BETHESDA, Md., March 19, 2015 /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 first quarter 2015.
The dividend is payable on April 15,
2015 to preferred shareholders of record as of April 1, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of
March 30, 2015.
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 first
quarter 2015. Each depositary share represents a 1/1,000th
interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock. The
dividend is payable on April 15, 2015
to preferred shareholders of record as of April 1, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of
March 30, 2015.
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 $22
billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and
fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with
$86 billion of total assets under
management (including levered assets). Through a wholly owned
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., Europe and Asia, American Capital and its wholly owned
affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities
from $10 million to $600
million. For further information, please refer to
www.AmericanCapital.com.
CONTACT:
Investors – (301) 968-9300
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