BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC") announced today that
its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on its 8.000%
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A
Preferred Stock") (Nasdaq: AGNCP) of $0.50 per share for the fourth quarter
2014. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2015 to preferred shareholders of
record as of January 1, 2015, with an
ex-dividend date of December 29,
2014.
In addition, AGNC's Board of Directors has declared a cash
dividend on its 7.750% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") underlying its outstanding
depositary shares (Nasdaq: AGNCB), equivalent to $0.484375 per depositary share for the fourth
quarter 2014. Each depositary share represents a 1/1,000th
interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock. The
dividend is payable on January 15,
2015 to preferred shareholders of record as of January 1, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of
December 29, 2014.
For further information or questions, please contact the
Investor Relations Department at (301) 968-9300 or
IR@AGNC.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP.
American Capital
Agency Corp. is a real estate investment trust that invests in
agency pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage
obligations for which the principal and interest payments are
guaranteed by a U.S. Government agency or a U.S.
Government-sponsored entity. The Company is externally
managed and advised by American Capital AGNC Management, LLC, an
affiliate of American Capital, Ltd. ("American Capital"). For
further information, please refer to www.AGNC.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL
American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq:
ACAS) is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset
manager. American Capital, both directly and through its
asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages
investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance,
real estate, energy & infrastructure and structured
products. American Capital manages $21
billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and
fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with
$80 billion of total assets under
management (including levered assets). Through an affiliate,
American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Agency
Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC), American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.
(Nasdaq: MTGE) and American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. (Nasdaq:
ACSF) with approximately $11 billion
of total net book value. From its eight offices in the U.S.
and Europe, American Capital and
its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment
opportunities from $10 million to $750
million. For further information, please refer to
www.AmericanCapital.com.
CONTACT:
Investors – (301) 968-9300
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