NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. (NASDAQ:NYMT) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 below on Form 8-K/A as required to Item 5.02(d) of Form 8-K. The Company inadvertently filed the information included in Item 5.02 below under Form 8-K on June 6, 2018.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 15, 2018, the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) disclosing that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) expects to appoint Lisa A. Pendergast, an independent director of the Company, to one or more committees of the Board following the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends and updates the Original Form 8-K. On June 5, 2018, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), the Board unanimously approved the appointment of Ms. Pendergast as a member of each of the Nominating Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.

About NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. (NASDAQ:NYMT)

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, investing in, financing and managing primarily mortgage-related assets and financial assets. Its investment portfolio includes residential mortgage loans, including second mortgages and loans sourced from distressed markets, multi-family commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), mezzanine loans to and preferred equity investments in owners of multi-family properties, equity and debt securities issued by entities that invest in residential and commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments, and Agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). It may also acquire and manage various other types of mortgage-related and financial assets, including non-Agency RMBS, collateralized mortgage obligations and securities issued by newly originated residential securitizations, including credit sensitive securities from these securitizations.