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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 firm its independence from the Company.

Based on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors (and the Board of Directors agreed) that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also recommended that Grant Thornton LLP be retained as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year.

#### Audit Committee
<div align='center'>Michael B. Clement (Chair)

Audrey E. Greenberg

Steven G. Norcutt</div>

April 28, 2025

The foregoing report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this proxy statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent we specifically incorporate this information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such acts.

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### RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

#### Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Aggregate fees for professional services rendered for us for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 by Grant Thornton LLP were as follows:

|                    | Fee Type |   |      2024 |     |   |      2023 |
|:-------------------|:---------|:--|----------:|:----|:--|----------:|
| Audit Fees(1)      |          | $ | 1,815,819 |     | $ | 1,595,950 |
| Audit-Related Fees |          |   |         — |     |   |         — |
| Tax Fees           |          |   |         — |     |   |         — |
| All Other Fees     |          |   |         — |     |   |         — |
| Total Fees         |          | $ | 1,815,819 |     | $ | 1,595,950 |

(1) Audit Fees represent the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered to us and our subsidiaries with respect to the audit of our consolidated financial statements included in our annual reports and the reviews of the financial statements included in our quarterly reports. Additionally, Audit Fees also include the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the issuance of comfort letters, consents and related services in connection with public offerings of