UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K 

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2019

 

 

 

DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   1-9819   52-1549373

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

4991 Lake Brook Drive, Suite 100

Glen Allen, Virginia

  23060-9245
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 217-5800

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.01 par value DX New York Stock Exchange
8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share DXPRA New York Stock Exchange
7.625% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share DXPRB New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company   ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 31, 2019, Dynex Capital, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), entered into an amendment, dated May 31, 2019 (the “Amendment”), to the Distribution Agreement, dated June 29, 2018 (the “Agreement”), among the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JMP Securities LLC. The Amendment modifies the parties to the Agreement to include JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC as an additional sales agent. The Amendment also increases the shares of the Company’s common stock by 15,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) allocated to at the market sales.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein. In connection with the Amendment, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of Mayer Brown LLP with respect to the legality of the Shares to be sold pursuant to the Agreement.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description  
5.1   Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP with respect to the legality of the shares.
10.1   Amendment No.1 to Distribution Agreement, dated May 31, 2019, among J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, JMP Securities LLC, JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC and Dynex Capital, Inc.
23.1   Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (included in exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
     
Date: May 31, 2019 By:   

/s/ Stephen J. Benedetti  

 

    Stephen J. Benedetti
   

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

 

 

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