Company: AOMN
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001766478-25-000028
Chunk: 61

Company: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 61
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 be terminated by the licensor without cause and in its sole judgment after thirty days’ written notice to us or immediately if the licensor believes that we are using the licensed marks improperly. The licensor will retain the right to continue using the “Angel Oak” name. The trademark license agreement does not permit us to preclude the licensor from licensing or transferring the ownership of the “Angel

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Oak” name to third parties, some of whom may compete against us. Furthermore, in the event that the trademark license agreement is terminated, we will be required to, among other things, change our name and NYSE ticker symbol.

#### Indemnification Agreements
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers, including certain non-NEOs, that obligates us to indemnify them to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. The indemnification agreements provide that, if a director or officer is a party to, or witness in, or is threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, or otherwise becomes a participant in, any proceeding by reason of his or her service as a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of our company or as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, REIT, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that he or she is or was serving in such capacity at our request, we must indemnify the director or officer for all judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement and all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, or on his or her behalf, in connection with any such proceeding to the maximum extent permitted under Maryland law, including in any proceeding brought by the director or officer to enforce his or her rights under the indemnification agreement, to the extent provided by the agreement. The indemnification agreements also require us to advance expenses incurred by the indemnitee within ten days of the receipt by us of a statement from the indemnitee requesting the advance, provided the statement reasonably evidences the expenses and is accompanied or preceded by:

• a written affirmation of the indemnitee’s good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification; and

• a written undertaking, which may be unsecured, by the indemnitee or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid if it shall ultimately be established