Company: MITN
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001514281-25-000026
Chunk: 15

Company: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 15
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 (the “Per Share Merger Consideration”): (i) from us, 1.498 shares of our common stock; and (ii) from our Manager, a cash amount equal to $0.92 (the “Per Share Additional Manager Consideration”). No fractional shares of our common stock were issued in the Merger, and the value of any fractional interests to which a former holder of WMC Common Stock was otherwise entitled was paid in cash.

In connection with the Merger, we and our Manager entered into an amendment (the “MITT Management Agreement Amendment”) to our existing management agreement, pursuant to which (i) the base management fee will be reduced by $0.6 million for the first four quarters following the Effective Time, beginning with the fiscal quarter in which the Effective Time occurs (i.e., resulting in an aggregate $2.4 million waiver of base management fees), and (ii) our Manager will waive its right to seek reimbursement from us for any expenses otherwise reimbursable by us under the management agreement in an amount equal to approximately $1.3 million, which is the excess of $7.0 million over the aggregate Per Share Additional Manager Consideration paid by our Manager to the holders of WMC Common Stock under the Merger Agreement.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, approximately 9.2 million shares of our common stock were issued in connection with the Merger to former WMC common stockholders, and former WMC common stockholders owned approximately 31% of the common equity of MITT as the combined company following the consummation of the Merger.

Our strategies

Our investment strategy

We rely on the experience of our Manager’s personnel to direct our investments. Our Manager’s investment philosophy is based on a rigorous and disciplined approach to credit analysis and is focused on fundamental in-depth research. Our Manager makes investment decisions based on a variety of factors, including expected risk-adjusted returns, yields, relative value, credit fundamentals, vintage of collateral, prepayment speeds, supply and demand trends, general economic and market sector trends, the shape of the yield curve, liquidity, availability of adequate financing, borrowing costs, macroeconomic conditions, and maintaining our REIT qualification and our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act.

In accordance with investment guidelines adopted by our Board of Directors, our Manager evaluates specific investment opportunities as well as our overall portfolio composition. Our Manager makes day-to-day determinations as to the timing and allocations of our investment portfolio. These decisions depend upon prevailing market