TPG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
For the period ended May 5, 2025. Filed Mar 21, 2025.
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May 5, 2025 · Filed Mar 21, 2025
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DEF 14A 1 mitt2025proxy.htm DEF 14A
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
(Rule 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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March 21, 2025
Dear Fellow Stockholders:
You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., which will be held virtually on Monday, May 5, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. You will be able to participate in the Annual Meeting, vote, and submit your questions via live webcast by visiting
https://web.lumiconnect.com/201017455. Details of the business to be presented at the meeting can be found in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”).
Pursuant to rules adopted by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, we have provided access to our proxy materials over the Internet. Accordingly, we are sending a notice regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials (“Notice”) on or about March 21, 2025 to our stockholders of record on March 11, 2025. The Notice and Proxy Statement contain instructions for your participation in this process, including how to access our Proxy Statement and the Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 over the Internet, how to authorize your proxy to vote online, and how to request a paper copy of the Proxy Statement and Annual Report to Stockholders if you so desire.
If you are unable to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, it is nevertheless very important your shares be represented and voted. You may authorize your proxy to vote your shares over the Internet as described in the Notice and Proxy Statement. Alternatively, if you received a paper copy of the proxy card by mail, please complete, date, sign and promptly return the proxy card by mail so your shares may be voted. You may also vote by telephone as described in your proxy card. If you vote your shares over the Internet, by mail or by telephone prior to the Annual Meeting, you may nevertheless revoke your proxy and cast your vote electronically via live webcast at the Annual Meeting.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend our appreciation for your participation and continued support.
Sincerely,
Non-Executive Chair of the Board
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 5, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to holders of shares of common stock of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), that the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held virtually on Monday, May 5, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time. You can vote and submit questions during the Annual Meeting by visiting https://web.lumiconnect.com/201017455. The Annual Meeting will be held for the following purposes:
to consider and vote upon the election of six directors, with each director serving until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified;
to consider and vote upon the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025;
to consider and vote upon the approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation, as described in the Proxy Statement;
to consider and vote upon the approval of the Company’s 2025 Equity Incentive Plan; and
to consider and vote upon the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.
We know of no other matter to come before the Annual Meeting. Only holders of record of our common stock at the close of business on March 11, 2025 (the “Record Date”), are entitled to notice of, and to attend and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any postponement or adjournment thereof.
If you plan on virtually attending the Annual Meeting, you will need to enter the 11-Digit Control Number on your notice regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials (“Notice”). Whether or not you plan to access the Annual Meeting, please authorize your proxy to vote your shares over the Internet, as described in the Notice. Alternatively, if you received a paper copy of the proxy card by mail, please mark, sign, date and promptly return the proxy card in the self-addressed stamped envelope provided. You may also authorize your proxy to vote your shares by telephone as described in your proxy card. Stockholders who authorize a proxy to vote their shares over the Internet, by mail or by telephone prior to the Annual Meeting may nevertheless access the Annual Meeting, revoke their proxies and cast their vote electronically at the virtual meeting.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Jenny B. Neslin
General Counsel and Secretary
March 21, 2025
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting to Be Held on Monday, May 5, 2025. This Proxy Statement and the Company’s Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 are available on the “Annual Reports & Proxy Statements” page of the “Financials” section of our website at www.agmit.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |
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| PROXY STATEMENT | 1 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING | 1 |
| PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 8 |
| DIRECTOR NOMINEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 8 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 13 |
| PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM | 22 |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS | 23 |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT | 24 |
| PROPOSAL 3: ADVISORY VOTE APPROVING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 25 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 26 |
| COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT | 32 |
| DIRECTOR COMPENSATION | 33 |
| COMMON STOCK OWNERSHIP OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND SIGNIFICANT STOCKHOLDERS | 34 |
| PROPOSAL 4: APPROVAL OF AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. 2025 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN | 36 |
| OTHER MATTERS | 40 |
| APPENDIX A: AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. 2025 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN | 46 |
| PROXY CARD | 64 |
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