BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital
Mortgage Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: MTGE) ("MTGE" or the "Company")
announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash
dividend of $0.65 per share for the
fourth quarter 2013. The dividend is payable on January 28, 2014 to common shareholders of record
as of December 31, 2013, with an
ex-dividend date of December 27,
2013.
The Company also announced today that in the fourth quarter of
2013, it made open market purchases of approximately 1.5 million
shares of American Capital Mortgage common stock, or 2.9% of the
Company's outstanding shares as of September
30, 2013. The shares were purchased at an average price of
$19.42 per share, including expenses,
totaling approximately $30.0 million.
Since commencing a buyback program in the fourth quarter of 2012,
the Company has purchased approximately 7.9 million shares of
American Capital Mortgage common stock for total consideration of
approximately $160.9 million,
including expenses.
For further information or questions, please contact our
Investor Relations Department at (301) 968-9220 or IR@MTGE.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP.
American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. is a real estate
investment trust that invests in and manages a leveraged portfolio
of agency mortgage investments, non-agency mortgage investments and
other mortgage-related investments. The Company is externally
managed and advised by American Capital MTGE Management, LLC, an
affiliate of American Capital, Ltd. ("American Capital"). For
further information, please refer to www.MTGE.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
$20 billion of assets, including
assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management
by affiliated managers, with $117
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 $10 billion of net book
value and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: MTGE)
with approximately $1 billion of net
book value. 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:
Investor Relations – (301) 968-9220
SOURCE American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.