Company: AOMN
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001766478-25-000028
Chunk: 27

Company: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 stockholders, if such candidates meet our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s criteria for Board membership, evaluating them in the same manner in which our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee evaluates other candidates. Such recommendations should be made in writing to our Nominating and Corporate

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Governance Committee or the Corporate Secretary of the Company and should include a description of the qualifications of the proposed candidate.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has the authority and right to retain a search firm to identify or evaluate potential nominees if it so desires.

In evaluating candidates to serve on the Board, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s objective is to select individuals with skills and experience that can assist the Company and the Board in achieving their objectives. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers (i) the listing standards of the NYSE and any other applicable law, regulation or rule and (ii) all other factors it considers appropriate, which may include the Company’s business environment, educational and professional background, analytical ability, independence, diversity of experience, viewpoints and backgrounds, willingness to devote adequate time to Board duties and ability to act in and represent the balanced best interests of the Company and its stockholders as a whole, rather than special constituencies. Though neither the Board nor our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has a formal policy concerning diversity, the Board values diversity on the Board, believes diversity should be considered in the director identification and nominating process, and seeks director nominees that have a diverse range of views, backgrounds and leadership, as well as business experience. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considers the extent to which the candidate would fill a present need on the Board.

Once our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has identified a prospective nominee, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make an initial determination as to whether to conduct a full evaluation of the candidate. This initial determination will be based on the information provided to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee with the nomination of the prospective candidate, as well as our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s own knowledge of the prospective candidate, which may be supplemented by inquiries to the person making the nomination or others.

As described above under “—Shareholder Rights Agreements,” each of the MS Investor and the DK Investor has the right to designate one nominee for election to the Board, subject to certain limitations. Pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Agreements and each of the MS Investor’s and DK Investor’s respective ownership levels,