Item 5. Other Information
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
During the three months ended September 30, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted , modified or terminated a "Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement" or "non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement," as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - Results of Special Meeting of Stockholders
On November 7, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting"). As of September 22, 2023, the record date for the Special Meeting, there were 20,219,246 shares of common stock of the Company entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. A quorum of 10,276,993 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting. The Company’s stockholders voted on the below matters which were set forth in the notice for the meeting.
The Common Stock Issuance Proposal was approved and sufficient votes were received to approve the Adjournment Proposal, but such adjournment was not necessary in light of the approval of the Common Stock Issuance Proposal. The vote tabulation for each proposal is as follows:
1. A proposal to approve the issuance of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 8, 2023, as amended or modified from time to time, by and among the Company, Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("WMC"), AGMIT Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of MITT ("Merger Sub"), and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein AG REIT Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the external manager of the Company, pursuant to which WMC will merge with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity of the Merger (the "Common Stock Issuance Proposal").
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
9,874,603
333,923
68,467
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2. A proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies for the approval of the Common Stock Issuance Proposal (the "Adjournment Proposal").
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
9,590,535
606,863
79,595
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
No.
Description
2.1
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 8, 2023, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., AGMIT Merger Sub, LLC, Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, AG REIT Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2023.
3.1
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2011 ("Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2").
3.2
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Amendment and Restatement of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2017.
3.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2022.
3.4
Articles Supplementary of 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2012.
3.5
Articles Supplementary of 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2012.
3.6
Articles Supplementary of 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019.
3.7
Articles of Amendment of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2021.
3.8
Articles of Amendment of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2021.
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2021 .
4.2
Specimen 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2012.
4.3
Specimen 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2012.
4.4
Specimen 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019.
10.1
Fourth Amendment to Management Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2023, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and AG REIT Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2023.
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31.1 *
Certification of Thomas J. Durkin pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2 *
Certification of Anthony W. Rossiello pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 *
Certification of Thomas J. Durkin pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2 *
Certification of Anthony W. Rossiello pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)
* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
November 9, 2023 By: /s/ THOMAS J. DURKIN
Thomas J. Durkin
Chief Executive Officer and President (principal executive officer)
November 9, 2023 By: /s/ ANTHONY W. ROSSIELLO
Anthony W. Rossiello
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial
officer and principal accounting officer)
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