Company: AOMN
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001766478-25-000028
Chunk: 23

Company: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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 by the IT Service Provider, the external threat environment, risk management strategies and any cybersecurity threats or incidents. Presentations to the Audit Committee or the full Board may also be provided from time to time by the IT Service Provider or another third party firm providing cybersecurity-related services for us or Angel Oak, including our Manager, as deemed necessary or appropriate. The Audit Committee reports to the full Board regarding its activities, including those related to cybersecurity.

#### Board and Committee Evaluation
The Board believes that conducting an annual evaluation is a critical component of good corporate governance and improves the performance of the Board as a whole and of its committees. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee oversees the annual Board and committee self-evaluation process. The process includes a review of areas that the Board or management believes the Board can better contribute to the Company as well as a review of committee structure, membership, leadership and succession. A summary of the evaluation results and recommendations for improvement is then reported to the full Board, and Company policies and practices are updated, as appropriate.

#### Corporate Responsibility Matters
We understand the importance of incorporating environmental, social and governance (“ ESG ”) considerations into our business and day-to-day operations, and we appreciate the increased interest of our stockholders in these matters.

We are primarily focused on acquiring and investing in first lien non-QM loans and other mortgage-related assets in the U.S. mortgage market. These investments provide capital to the housing market and help support home ownership, which can advance the important social impacts of individual wealth creation and community development. In addition, we are focused on our human capital. While we do not have any employees, our Manager and its affiliates, including Angel Oak, are committed to providing their employees dedicated to us an engaging and supportive environment in which to grow professionally and contribute to corporate objectives.

Given our Manager and Angel Oak are, together and including individuals not dedicated to us, organizations with fewer than 100 employees, and because we are engaging in managing a portfolio primarily consisting of non-QM loans and mortgage-backed securities, our business operations have a limited direct environmental impact, but we continuously evaluate opportunities to minimize our direct environmental effects. Some examples of efforts to reduce our environmental impact include: (i) the building housing Angel Oak’s corporate headquarters has earned the highest LEED certification and is located one block from public rail transportation; (ii) individual recycling containers are located in all common areas at Angel Oak’s corporate headquarters; and (iii) common areas at Angel Oak’s corporate headquarters have filtered water dispensers.

#### Committees and Meetings