Angel Oak Mortgage REIT: adopts amended and restated bylaws

What happened

• On Oct 6, 2026, the board of directors of Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. adopted amended and restated bylaws (the "Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws"), effective immediately, the filing states.
• The filing says the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws make a number of procedural and governance changes, described below.

Key details

• Enhanced procedures for shareholder-requested special meetings, including requirements about special meeting requests and information and representations provided by requesting shareholders and related persons.
• Enhanced procedures for shareholder nominations of directors and submissions of shareholder proposals, including additional information required from proposing or nominating shareholders and proposed director nominees; timing rules for nominations or business when no annual meeting was held in the preceding year or when an annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after the prior meeting (notices may be delivered not earlier than the 150th day and not later than the later of the close of business on the 120th day prior to the meeting or the tenth day after public announcement).
• Provides that nominees must submit to interviews by the Board (or any Board committee or subset) within 10 days following the date of any reasonable request.
• Clarifies the Board’s and the chair’s authority to adopt rules governing shareholder meetings; clarifies the exclusive forum provision for certain state law claims; and establishes the federal district courts of the United States as the exclusive forum for complaints asserting solely claims arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
• Includes other updates described as ministerial, conforming, and changes in furtherance of gender neutrality.

Why it may matter

• Item reported: Item 5.03 (Amendments to articles of incorporation or bylaws). The item covers changes to the company’s bylaws governing shareholder meetings, nominations, forum selection and related procedures.
• The filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.