Company: AOMN
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001766478-25-000019
Chunk: 92

Company: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 92
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 Management LP, each beneficially own over 10% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, each of the MS Entity and the DK Entity has significant influence in the election of our directors, who exercise overall supervision and control over us and our subsidiaries.

In addition, pursuant to the shareholder rights agreement that we and our Manager entered into with the MS Entity in connection with our IPO, the MS Entity, subject to certain limitations, has the right to designate one nominee for election to our Board of Directors for so long as the MS Entity and its affiliates beneficially own, in the aggregate, shares of our common stock representing at least 10% of the shares of our common stock then outstanding (excluding shares of our common stock that are subject to issuance upon the exercise or exchange of rights of conversion, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of our common stock). Furthermore, pursuant to the shareholder rights agreement that we and our Manager entered into with the DK Entity in connection with our IPO, the DK Entity, subject to certain limitations, has the right to designate one nominee for election to our Board of Directors for so long as the DK Entity and its affiliates (1) maintain beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock equal to at least 10% of the shares of our common stock then outstanding or (2) are one of the largest three (3) beneficial owners of shares of our common stock and maintain beneficial ownership, in the aggregate, of shares of our common stock equal to at least 7% of the shares of our common stock then outstanding. For purposes of the ownership requirements in this shareholder rights agreement, shares of our common stock that are subject to issuance upon the exercise or exchange of rights of conversion, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares, will not be counted as outstanding. These and certain other pre-IPO investors were granted rights to receive a share of our Manager’s revenues received under the Management Agreement in connection with their investments prior to the IPO.

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Additionally, the MS Entity and the DK Entity, and our other pre-IPO investors entered into a registration rights agreement with us in connection with our IPO, pursuant to which they are entitled to registration rights in respect of shares of our common stock.

We expect that each of the MS Entity and the DK Entity will continue to exert a significant influence on our business and affairs in the future as a result of their substantial ownership interest in us and the terms of our shareholder rights agreements. As a result, we expect that each of these parties will continue