Company: MITN
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001514281-25-000033
Chunk: 54

Company: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 54
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 or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise, as determined by the Committee.

(b) "

#### Applicable Laws
" means the requirements relating to the administration of, and the issuance of securities under, equity-based awards or equity compensation plans, including, without limitation, the requirements of U.S. federal and state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or may be, granted under this Plan. For all purposes of this Plan, references to statutes and regulations shall be deemed to include any successor statutes or regulations, to the extent reasonably appropriate as determined by the Committee.

(c) "

#### Award
" means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit and Other Stock-Based Award granted under this Plan.

(d) "

#### Award Agreement
" means the document or documents by which each Award is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form, is subject to such terms as may be specified by the Committee, and is subject to the terms of this Plan.

(e) "

#### Board
" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f) "

#### Cause
" means, with respect to a Participant's termination by the Company or an Affiliate as an Eligible Person, for "Cause" as such term (or word of like import) is expressly defined in a then-effective written agreement between the Participant and the Company. In the absence of an effective written agreement that contains a definition of Cause, the term Cause shall mean any of the following (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee): (i) any act or omission by the Participant that constitutes a material breach by the Participant of any of his or her obligations under this Plan or an applicable Award Agreement; (ii) the Participant's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, (A) any felony or (B) another crime involving dishonesty or moral turpitude or a crime which could reflect negatively upon the Company (or any of its Affiliate) or otherwise impair or impede its operations; (iii) the Participant engaging in any misconduct, negligence, act of dishonesty, violence or threat of violence (including any violation of federal securities laws) that