American Capital Agency Corp. Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend on
Its Series A Preferred Stock
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital
Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") 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
2012. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2013 to preferred shareholders of
record as of January 1, 2013, with an
ex-dividend date of December 27,
2012.
For further information or questions, please contact our
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 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 and structured products. American
Capital manages $18.6 billion of
assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning
assets under management by affiliated managers, with $118 billion of total assets under management
(including levered assets). 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 $500
million. For further information, please refer to
www.AmericanCapital.com.
SOURCE American Capital Agency Corp.