---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001766478-25-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOMR"
cik: "0001766478"
company_name: "Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T04:51:04.460817+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Angel Oak Mortgage REIT appoints Tian ce (David) Zhong to board, filling vacancy left by prior member resignation

## Summary
- Appointed as director effective June 17, 2025, with term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting.
- Mr. Zhong is the designee of Morgan Stanley affiliate (MS Investor) under a shareholder rights agreement.
- He is not NYSE-independent, will not receive director compensation, and serves on no board committees.
- Appointment fills a vacancy created by the resignation of the MS Investor's prior designee in June 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001766478-25-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOMR
- cik: 0001766478
- company_name: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647825000065/0001766478-25-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647825000065/aomr-20250617.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tian ce (David) Zhong was appointed as Director at Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647825000065/0001766478-25-000065-index.htm

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