Company: MITN
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001514281-25-000033
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Company: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 M. Christian Mitchell, an independent director - who brings legacy knowledge regarding WMC's assets as well as significant real estate/mortgage industry, financial and directorship experience. As a result, our Board of Directors has an average tenure of 4.2 years.

#### Board Leadership
Our business is conducted day-to-day by our executive officers and our Manager, under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer and the oversight of our Board, to enhance long-term value for our stockholders. Our Board is elected by our stockholders on an annual basis to oversee our executive officers and our Manager.

The Board annually appoints a chair of the board, who may or may not be our Chief Executive Officer. We currently separate the Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer roles. As Non-Executive Chair of the Board, Debra Hess presides over all meetings of the Board (including executive sessions of the independent directors) and stockholders, consults with the Chief Executive Officer and the Board committee chairs in establishing the agenda for Board and Board committee meetings, and acts as a liaison between the outside directors and management (including the Chief Executive Officer), and among independent directors. In addition, Ms. Hess serves as the focal point of communication to the Board regarding management plans and initiatives, ensures that the role between

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Board oversight and management operations is respected, and performs such other duties as the Board requires from time to time.

At present, our Board believes that the separation of the Chair and Chief Executive Officer roles, while not required, fosters clear accountability and enhances the Board’s oversight of and independence from management, as well as assists the Board’s ability to carry out its roles and responsibilities on behalf of stockholders. The Board also believes that the current leadership structure fosters effective decision-making and alignment on corporate strategy. In addition, the Board believes that separation of the Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer roles strengthens risk management and allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus more of his time and energy on day-to-day management and operations of the business.

The Board recognizes that one of its key responsibilities is to evaluate and determine its optimal leadership structure so as to provide independent oversight of management. The Board believes that there is no single, generally accepted approach to providing board leadership, and the right board leadership structure may vary as circumstances warrant. Consistent with this belief, our independent directors consider the board’s leadership structure on an annual basis.

#### Director Independence
Under the corporate governance standards of the NYSE, at least a