Company: CHMI-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-014748
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Company: Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 Board approved) that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC. The members of the Audit Committee are not professionally engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting. Members of the Audit Committee rely, without independent verification, on the information provided to them and on the representations made by management and the registered independent public accountants. Accordingly, the Audit Committee’s oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles or appropriate internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee’s considerations and discussions referred to above do not assure that the audit of our financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or that EY is in fact “independent”. 44

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In accordance with and to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, the information contained in the foregoing Audit Committee Report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed to be “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or under the Exchange Act.

| Submitted by the Audit Committee:  |
| Robert C. Mercer, Jr., Chairperson |
| Joseph Murin                       |
| Sharon L. Cook                     |

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PROPOSAL NO. 4: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF EY The Audit Committee selected the accounting firm of EY to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Although current laws, rules and regulations, as well as the Audit Committee charter, require our independent registered public accounting firm to be engaged, retained and supervised by the Audit Committee, the Board considers the appointment of the independent registered public accounting firm to be an important matter of stockholder concern and is submitting the appointment of EY for ratification by stockholders as a matter of good corporate practice. EY has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since 2012, prior to our company’s initial public offering. A representative of EY is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting and will be given the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. The Board recommends that you vote for the ratification of the appointment of EY as our