 NEW YORK, July 31, 2021 PRNewswire -- Juan Monteverde , founder and managing partner at Monteverde Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2020 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Capstead Mortgage Corp. CMO or the Company CMO relating to its proposed merger with Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, CMO shareholders will receive a cash payment equal to a 15.75 premium to CMOs diluted book value per share and shares of BSPRT common stock calculated on an adjusted book-for-book basis. The investigation focuses on whether Capstead Mortgage Corp. and its Board of Directors violated securities laws andor breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by 1 failing to conduct a fair process, and 2 whether the transaction is properly valued. 