Company: AOMN
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001766478-25-000028
Chunk: 18

Company: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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 of Directors
When considering whether directors have the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to enable the Board to satisfy its oversight responsibilities effectively in light of our business and structure, the Board focused primarily on each person’s background and experience as reflected in the information disclosed in each of the directors’ individual biographies set forth above. The Board believes that the director nominees provide an

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appropriate mix of experience, qualifications, attributes and skills relevant to our business. In particular, the Board considered the following important characteristics, among others, with respect to each director:

• Mr. Fierman—his familiarity with our operations, and his extensive experience in mortgage lending.

• Mr. Cummings—his extensive experience in credit investments.

• Mr. Jones—his broad experience in the real estate industry, as an attorney and as a former chief investment officer and chief administrative officer.

• Mr. Minami—his experience in real estate and portfolio management.

• Mr. Morgan—his experience in the financial markets as well as his portfolio management experience.

• Mr. Parsons—his experience in the mortgage and specialty finance sector.

• Ms. Savarese—her extensive experience in the mortgage and specialty finance sectors.

• Mr. Shankar—his extensive experience in residential mortgage credit.

#### Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

#### Shareholder Rights Agreements
Concurrent with our IPO, we and our Manager entered into separate shareholder rights agreements with each of the MS Investor and the DK Investor. Pursuant to the MS shareholder rights agreement, the MS Investor, subject to certain limitations, has the right to designate one nominee for election to the Board for so long as the MS Investor 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 DK shareholder rights agreement, the DK Investor, subject to certain limitations, has the right to designate one nominee for election to the Board for so long as the DK Investor 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