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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 LLP, or Grant Thornton, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Grant Thornton has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since December 2009.

The Audit Committee annually reviews Grant Thornton’s independence and performance in deciding whether to retain Grant Thornton or engage a different independent registered public accounting firm. In the course of these reviews, the Audit Committee considers, among other things:

Based on this evaluation, the Audit Committee believes that Grant Thornton is independent and that it is in the best interests of our Company and our stockholders to retain Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

Although stockholder approval is not required, we desire to obtain from our stockholders an indication of their approval or disapproval of the Audit Committee’s action in appointing Grant Thornton as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Although we seek ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm, the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton does not preclude the Audit Committee from subsequently determining to change independent registered public accounting firms if it determines such action to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. If our stockholders do not ratify, confirm and approve this appointment, the appointment will be reconsidered by the Audit Committee and our Board of Directors.

We expect that a representative of Grant Thornton will attend the Annual Meeting where the representative will be afforded an opportunity to make a statement and to respond to appropriate questions.

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” the ratification, confirmation and approval of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

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### INFORMATION ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES

#### Corporate Governance Highlights
Our Board of Directors is committed to maintaining best-in-class corporate governance practices and policies that are in the best interests of our stockholders. Highlights of our corporate governance practices are provided below:

| Corporate Governance Highlights                                                                                                          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Independent Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.                                                        |     | Stockholders, in addition to the Board of Directors, have the power to alter, amend or repeal our Bylaws and to make new Bylaw provisions, in each case by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock