BETHESDA, Md., March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company")
announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash
dividend of $0.65 per share for the
first quarter 2014. The dividend is payable on April 28, 2014 to common shareholders of record
as of March 31, 2014, with an
ex-dividend date of March 27,
2014.
The Company also announced today that in the first quarter of 2014,
it made open market purchases of approximately 3.4 million shares
of American Capital Agency common stock, or 1% of the Company's
outstanding shares as of December 31,
2013. The shares were purchased at an average price of
$22.10 per share, including expenses,
totaling approximately $74 million.
Since commencing a buyback program in the fourth quarter of
2012, the Company has purchased approximately 46.3 million shares
of American Capital Agency common stock for total consideration of
approximately $1.0 billion, including
expenses.
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 (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 $19
billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and
fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with
$93 billion of total assets under
management (including levered assets). Through an affiliate,
American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Agency
Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) with approximately $9
billion of net book value, American Capital Mortgage
Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: MTGE) with approximately $1 billion of net book value and American Capital
Senior Floating, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACSF). 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
SOURCE American Capital Agency Corp.