NEW YORK, March 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (“AG Mortgage” or the “Company”) (NYSE: MITT). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether AG Mortgage and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
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On March 27, 2020, AG Mortgage issued a press release disclosing that “[s]ince March 23, 2020, the Company and several of its subsidiaries have received notifications from several financing counterparties of alleged events of default under their financing agreements, and of certain of those counterparties’ intentions to accelerate the Company’s and such subsidiaries’ performance obligations under the relevant agreements.” AG Mortgage advised investors that “in the event of a default under one or more of those agreements, financial and other obligations under such agreements, and in some cases the Company’s obligations as a guarantor, may be accelerated and the counterparties may take ownership of the securities pledged to secure the financing obligations by the Company or its subsidiaries” and that “[t]he Company and its subsidiaries also may be subject to penalties under those agreements and may suffer cross-default claims from its other lenders.”
On this news, AG Mortgage’s stock price fell $1.20 per share, or 30.38%, to close at $2.75 per share on March 30, 2020.
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CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 9980