# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001766478
**File Stem:** 0001766478-25-000065
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 5663
**Document Hash:** a264ee784f29a71d6286bf95b28836e0
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001766478-25-000065.hdr.sgml**: 20250617

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001766478-25-000065

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250617

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250617

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250617

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001766478
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE [6500]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 371892154
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-40495
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251053347

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1725
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 404-953-4900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1725
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Angel Oak Mortgage, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20230309

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20230303

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Angel Oak Mortgage, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190130

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)** 

**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2025

**Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Maryland** | 001-40495 | **37-1892154** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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**3344 Peachtree Road Northeast, Suite 1725, Atlanta, Georgia 30326**

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(404) 953-4900** 

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common stock, $0.01 par value per share | AOMR | New York Stock Exchange |
| 9.500% Senior Notes due 2029 | AOMN | New York Stock Exchange |
| 9.750% Senior Notes due 2030 | AOMD | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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| Emerging growth company | ☐ |
| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. | ☐ |

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**Item 5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

On June 17, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Tian ce (David) Zhong as a director, effective June 17, 2025, with a term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of the Company's stockholders. Mr. Zhong fills a vacant seat which was created due to the resignation of a previous Board member in June 2025.

In accordance with the MS Shareholder Rights Agreement, Mr. Zhong will not be entitled to receive compensation for his service as a director. Mr. Zhong has entered into an indemnification agreement in substantially the same form as the indemnification agreement filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 24, 2025. Mr. Zhong has not been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board.

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Date: June 17, 2025 | ANGEL OAK MORTGAGE REIT, INC. |
|  | By: <u>/s/ Brandon Filson</u> |
|  | Name: Brandon Filson |
|  | Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |

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