NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.

DEF 14A 1 nref20260416_def14a.htm FORM DEF 14A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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Dear NREF Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time. The annual meeting will be held exclusively through a virtual format.You will not be able to attend the annual meeting in person.

If your shares are held by a financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer), and you want to participate in, but not vote at the annual meeting, please email EQ Fund Solutions, LLC (“EQ”) atattendameeting@equiniti.com, with “NREF Meeting” in the subject line and provide your full name, address and proof of ownership as of March 27, 2026 from your financial intermediary. EQ will then email you the annual meeting registration link. Please be aware if your shares are held through a financial intermediary, and you wish to vote at the annual meeting, you must first obtain a legal proxy from your financial intermediary. You may forward an email from your financial intermediary containing the legal proxy or attach an image of the legal proxy via email to EQ atattendameeting@equiniti.com and put “NREF Legal Proxy” in the subject line. EQ will then email you the registration link along with a proxy voting control number.

If you are a stockholder of record and wish to attend and vote at the annual meeting, please send an email to EQ atattendameeting@equiniti.com with “NREF Meeting” in the subject line and provide your name and address in the body of the email. EQ will then email you the registration link for the annual meeting. If you would like to vote during the annual meeting, you may do so by entering the control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card.

Requests to attend the annual meeting must be received by EQ no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time on June 1, 2026. On the date of the annual meeting, stockholders are encouraged to log on 15 minutes before the meeting start time. Please contact EQ at (877)-283-0325 with any questions regarding accessing the annual meeting.

Information about the meeting, nominees for the election of directors and the other matters to be voted on at the meeting is presented in the following notice of annual meeting and proxy statement. We hope that you will plan to virtually attend the annual meeting.

It is important that your shares be represented. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the meeting, please vote using the internet or telephone procedures described on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card, or sign, date and promptly mail a proxy card in the provided pre-addressed, postage paid envelope. If you would like to vote during the annual meeting, you may do so by entering the control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card.

Sincerely,

James Dondero

President and Chairman

NEXPOINT REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To be held on June 2, 2026

The 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), will be held on June 2, 2026, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time. The annual meeting will be held exclusively through a virtual format.You will not be able to attend the annual meeting in person. The meeting will be held for the following purposes:

Information concerning the matters to be voted upon at the meeting is set forth in the accompanying proxy statement. We have also made available to you the Company’s 2025 annual report. If you receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you request a copy.

Holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of the close of business on March 27, 2026 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting. Accordingly, on or about April 23, 2026, we will begin mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to all stockholders of record as of March 27, 2026. We will also post our proxy materials on the website referenced on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials at https://www.vote.proxyonline.com. All stockholders may choose to access our proxy materials online or may request to receive a printed set or email of our proxy materials at no charge as described on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

While you will not be able to attend the annual meeting in person, we have structured our virtual annual meeting to provide stockholders the same rights as if the meeting were held in person, including the ability to vote shares electronically during the meeting and ask questions in accordance with the rules of conduct for the meeting. To promote fairness and efficient conduct of the meeting, we will respond to no more than two questions from any single stockholder.

If your shares of the Company are held by a financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer), and you want to participate in, but not vote at the annual meeting, please email EQ Fund Solutions, LLC (“EQ”) at attendameeting@equiniti.com, with “NREF Meeting” in the subject line and provide your full name, address and proof of ownership as of March 27, 2026 from your financial intermediary. EQ will then email you the annual meeting registration link. Please be aware if your shares are held through a financial intermediary, and you wish to vote at the annual meeting, you must first obtain a legal proxy from your financial intermediary. You may forward an email from your financial intermediary containing the legal proxy or attach an image of the legal proxy via email to EQ at attendameeting@equiniti.com and put “NREF Legal Proxy” in the subject line. EQ will then email you the registration link along with a proxy voting control number.

If you are a stockholder of record of the Company and wish to attend and vote at the annual meeting, please send an email to EQ at attendameeting@equiniti.com with “NREF Meeting” in the subject line and provide your name and address in the body of the email. EQ will then email you the registration link for the annual meeting. If you would like to vote during the annual meeting, you may do so by entering the control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card.

Requests to attend the annual meeting must be received by EQ no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time on June 1, 2026. On the date of the annual meeting, stockholders are encouraged to log on 15 minutes before the meeting start time. Please contact EQ at (877) 283-0325 with any questions regarding accessing the annual meeting.

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to virtually attend the meeting, please vote using the internet or telephone procedures described on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card, or sign, date and promptly mail a proxy card in the provided pre-addressed, postage paid envelope. If you would like to vote during the annual meeting, you may do so by entering the control number included on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

D.C. Sauter

General Counsel and Secretary

Dallas, Texas

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 2, 2026. The Company’s Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and 2025 Annual Report to Stockholders are available on the internet at https://www.vote.proxyonline.com.