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American Capital Agency Corp. Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend on Its Series A and Series B Preferred Stock

December 18, 2015 4:01 PM EST

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared cash dividends for the fourth quarter 2015 on its 8.000% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") (Nasdaq: AGNCP) and its 7.750% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") underlying its outstanding depositary shares (Nasdaq: AGNCB). 

Series

Ticker

Per Annum Dividend Rate

Dividend Per Share

Payment Date

Record Date

Ex-Dividend Date

A

AGNCP

8.000%

$0.50

January 15, 2016

January 1, 2016

December 29, 2015

B

AGNCB

7.750%

$0.484375*

January 15, 2016

January 1, 2016

December 29, 2015

* Per depositary share; each depositary share represents a 1/1,000th interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock.

For further information or questions, please contact the Investor Relations Department at (301) 968-9300 or [email protected].        

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP.American Capital Agency Corp. is a real estate investment trust that invests primarily 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 CAPITALAmerican 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 $23 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 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 $10 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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SOURCE American Capital Agency Corp.



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