---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001766478-26-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOMR"
cik: "0001766478"
company_name: "Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T13:42:13.578961+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Angel Oak Mortgage REIT dismisses KPMG as auditor, engages Deloitte & Touche

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed KPMG on March 9, 2026; no disagreements or reportable events in fiscal 2024 or 2025.
- Engaged Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
- KPMG's audit reports for 2024 and 2025 were unqualified and not modified.
- Deloitte had no prior consultations with the company on accounting or audit matters before engagement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001766478-26-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOMR
- cik: 0001766478
- company_name: Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647826000005/0001766478-26-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647826000005/aomr-20260309.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  source text: On March 9, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647826000005/0001766478-26-000005-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. dismissed KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: KPMG LLP
  - Successor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  source text: (a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On March 9, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1766478/000176647826000005/0001766478-26-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.