Hatteras Financial Corp. Declares Second Quarter 2016 Dividends on Shares of Common Stock

WINSTON SALEM, N.C.--()--The Board of Directors of Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE: HTS) (the “Company”) today declared cash dividends on shares of its common stock for the second quarter of 2016.

Common Stock Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per common share for the second quarter of 2016. The dividend will be paid on July 8, 2016, to stockholders of record on June 23, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of June 21, 2016.

About Hatteras Financial Corp.

Hatteras Financial Corp. is a real estate investment trust formed in 2007 to invest in single-family residential real estate mortgage assets. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Company is managed and advised by Atlantic Capital Advisors LLC. The Company is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices.

Additional Information about Exchange Offer with Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor is it a substitute for the exchange offer materials that Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (“Annaly”) and its merger subsidiary have filed with the SEC in connection with the exchange offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company. Annaly and its merger subsidiary have filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO, Annaly has filed a registration statement on Form S-4, and the Company has filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the exchange offer. THE EXCHANGE OFFER MATERIALS (INCLUDING AN OFFER TO EXCHANGE, A RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCHANGE OFFER DOCUMENTS) AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS (AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS OF COMPANY SECURITIES SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING EXCHANGING THEIR SECURITIES.

The Offer to Exchange, the related Letter of Transmittal and certain other exchange offer documents, as well as the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement, are available to all holders of Company common stock at no expense to them. The exchange offer materials and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement are available for free at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional copies may be obtained for free by contacting Annaly’s Investor Relations department at 1-888-8Annaly (1-888-816-6159).

Contacts

Hatteras Financial Corp.
Kenneth A. Steele, Chief Financial Officer
336-760-9331
www.hatfin.com

Contacts

Hatteras Financial Corp.
Kenneth A. Steele, Chief Financial Officer
336-760-9331
www.hatfin.com