Company: ADAMM
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001273685-25-000038
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Company: ADAMAS TRUST, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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ominating & Corporate Governance Committee and our Board of Directors will consider any factors they deem relevant or appropriate. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors.

With respect to the advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation and the advisory vote regarding the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on these proposals at the Annual Meeting is necessary for approval, on an advisory basis, of our named executive officer compensation and the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not count as votes cast on these proposals, and thus will have no effect on the result of the vote on these proposals.

With respect to the proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on this matter at the Annual Meeting is necessary for ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Abstentions will not count as votes cast on this proposal and thus will have no effect on the result of the vote. As noted above, no broker non-votes will arise in the context of the proposal to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Pursuant to our charter, holders of shares of our common stock are not entitled to exercise appraisal rights under the Maryland General Corporation Law unless our Board of Directors, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of our Board of Directors, shall determine that such rights apply to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination. Our Board of Directors has made no such determination with respect to the business to be considered at the Annual Meeting.

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#### PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The seven persons named below have been nominated to serve on our Board of Directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until such time as their respective successors are elected and qualified. Our Board of Directors is comprised of seven directors, five of whom are independent in accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). Each nominee is currently a director of the Company and each such person has consented to stand for election at the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that the persons named below as nominees for directors will be unable, or