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PRESS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CONTACT:
Alison Griffin
July 28, 2011
 
 
(804) 217-5897


DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER
DILUTED EPS OF $0.34 AND BOOK VALUE
PER COMMON SHARE OF $9.59

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE: DX) reported diluted earnings per common share of $0.34 for the second quarter of 2011 versus $0.38 diluted earnings per common share for the second quarter of 2010. The Company also reported book value per common share of $9.59 at June 30, 2011 versus $9.51 at March 31, 2011 and $9.64 at December 31, 2010. Other highlights for the quarter include:
Fully invested the remaining proceeds from the March 2011 capital raise of $94.8 million, increasing the investment portfolio to $2,591.1 million at June 30, 2011 versus $2,279.6 million at March 31, 2011;
Earned net interest income of $15.0 million for the second quarter of 2011 versus $7.9 million for the same period in 2010 and $12.7 million in the first quarter of 2011;
Generated a net interest spread of 2.45% for the second quarter of 2011 versus 2.75% for the same period in 2010 and 2.68% for the first quarter of 2011;
Investment portfolio at June 30, 2011 is composed of 84% Agency MBS and 11% non-Agency MBS with 87% of the Agency MBS in Hybrid ARMs and ARMS and 13% in CMBS;
Declared a $0.27 dividend per share to common shareholders for the quarter for an annualized dividend yield of 11.2% based on the June 30, 2011 closing stock price of $9.68;
Generated an annualized return on average equity for the second quarter of 2011 of 14.2% and an annualized return on equity of 14.0% based on the June 30, 2011 closing price of $9.68; and
Increased overall leverage to 5.9 times equity capital at June 30, 2011 from 5.2 times at March 31, 2011 and 4.6 times at December 31, 2010.
As previously announced, the Company's quarterly conference call to discuss the second quarter results is today, July 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Interested investors may access the call by dialing 1-877-317-6789 or by webcast over the internet at www.dynexcapital.com through a link provided under “Investor Relations/IR Highlights.”
Thomas Akin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We invested the remaining proceeds from our March 2011 capital raise during the second quarter and stand fully invested at June 30, 2011. Our overall leverage is now at 5.9 times equity capital, which is within our target leverage range. Most of the investment activity during





the second quarter was in Hybrid Agency ARMs and consequently the investment portfolio is now more heavily weighted to Agency MBS versus our targeted mix of 60% Agency and 40% non-Agency investments. We have recently seen attractive risk-adjusted opportunities in non-Agency investments and expect to deploy capital in these investments over the balance of the year as we move toward our targeted investment mix. That said, we are pleased with the investments we added during the second quarter given our strong earnings and growth in book value per common share during the quarter. Our net interest spread is a solid 2.45%, our leverage is at our target, and our portfolio remains extremely high quality with 94% either Agency or 'AAA'-rated.”
Results of Operations
Net interest income increased to $15.0 million for the second quarter of 2011 versus $7.9 million for the second quarter of 2010. Most of the increase is attributable to growth in average interest earning investments to $2,357.3 million for the second quarter of 2011 from $941.0 million for the second quarter of 2010, partially offset by a decline in the yield on interest earning assets. Amortization of investment purchase premium for the second quarter of 2011 was $6.6 million versus $1.9 million for the second quarter of 2010 and $3.9 million for the first quarter of 2011, reflecting the growing investment portfolio and the higher cost basis of recently added Agency MBS.
Net portfolio interest spread for the second quarter of 2011 was 2.45% versus 2.75% for the second quarter of 2010 and 2.68% for the first quarter of 2011. The net portfolio interest spread of 2.45% is the difference between the yield on the Company's interest-earning investment portfolio of 3.61% and its cost of funds of 1.16%. The net portfolio interest spread has decreased from prior quarters as a result of the overall decline in investment yields due to the addition of lower yielding Hybrid Agency ARMs to the investment portfolio with proceeds from the Company's capital raise in March 2011. During the second quarter of 2011 the yield on these investments was 3.18%. Cost of funds declined 6 basis points for the second quarter of 2011 compared to the first quarter of 2011 from continued improvement in repurchase agreement borrowing costs.
Gain on sale of investments for the second quarter of 2011 of $0.7 million resulted primarily from the sale of short-reset Agency Hybrid ARMs with a par value of $30.8 million. The Company selectively sold these lower yielding investments and redeployed the proceeds in higher yielding non-Agency investments.
Agency MBS Investments
During the quarter, the Company purchased $432.9 million in Hybrid Agency ARMS with a weighted average coupon of 5.07%, a weighted average months-to-reset of 49 months, and weighted average purchase price of 106.8 as of June 30, 2011. The Company also purchased $24.2 million in CMBS I/O's during the second quarter.
Bryon Boston, Chief Investment Officer, stated, "With respect to Agency RMBS, we continue to believe that the long-term structural shift in the mortgage market toward tighter underwriting standards has reduced the probability of an extreme prepayment event, thus improving the risk-return profile of these securities."
As of June 30, 2011, the Company had $1,566.9 million in Hybrid Agency ARMs with a weighted average months-to-reset of 40 months, $339.4 million in Agency ARMs with a weighted average months-to-reset of 8 months, and $275.6 million in fixed rate Agency CMBS. The Company's Agency MBS at June 30, 2011 consisted of $1,541.2





million in Fannie Mae Agency MBS and $640.7 million in Freddie Mac Agency MBS. The following table summarizes certain information about the Company's Agency MBS investments for the periods presented:
(amounts in thousands)
Quarter ended
June 30, 2011
Quarter ended
March 31, 2011
Quarter ended
June 30, 2010
Weighted average annualized yield for the period
3.17
 %
3.32
 %
3.45
 %
Weighted average annualized cost of funds including interest rate swaps for the period
(0.81
)%
(0.87
)%
(0.63
)%
Net interest spread for the period
2.36
 %
2.45
 %
2.82
 %
Average balance for the period
$
1,966,814

$
1,377,160

$
559,789

CPR for the period
23.2
 %
21.9
 %
33.9
 %
Weighted average coupon
4.65
 %
4.59
 %
4.58
 %
Weighted average months-to-reset on ARMs and Hybrid ARMs, period end
35

32

19

Amortized cost (as a % of par), period end
 
 
 
Agency RMBS
105.7
 %
105.0
 %
104.7
 %
Agency CMBS (excluding IOs)
108.8
 %
109.0
 %
109.8
 %
Weighted average repurchase agreement original term to maturity (days), period end
50

50

45


Non-Agency Investments
As of June 30, 2011, the fair value of the Company's non-Agency CMBS and RMBS was $266.8 million and $10.4 million, respectively. Below is certain information about the Company's non-Agency MBS and securitized mortgage loan portfolio as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2011:
(amounts in thousands)
CMBS
RMBS
Securitized loans
Principal balance
$
250,817

$
11,561

$
129,049

Amortized cost basis, net of reserves
$
253,853

$
10,513

$
130,925

Average balance for the period, amortized cost
$
238,562

$
12,671

$
138,137

Weighted average annualized yield for the period
6.03
 %
6.23
 %
5.51
 %
Weighted average annualized cost of funds
(3.16
)%
(1.19
)%
(3.27
)%
Net interest spread for the period
2.87
 %
5.04
 %
2.24
 %
Amortized cost (excluding reserves) as a % of par
97.1
 %
90.9
 %
100.4
 %
Percentage 'AAA' and 'AA'-rated
75.7
 %
43.5
 %
62.0
 %
Percentage below 'AA'-rated
24.3
 %
56.5
 %
38.0
 %
Seriously delinquent loans (loans 60+ days past due) in the Company's securitized mortgage loan portfolio totaled $25.2 million as of June 30, 2011, $24.6 million as of March 31, 2011, and $17.7 million as of December 31, 2010. Three seriously delinquent commercial loans totaling $2.4 million were liquidated during the second quarter of 2011 at no additional loss to the Company after consideration of the associated allowance for loan losses. In addition, three seriously delinquent commercial loans were liquidated subsequent to the end of the second quarter with a total combined unpaid principal balance of $4.9 million. As of June 30, 2011, the allowance for loan losses was $3.3 million for the Company's securitized mortgage loan portfolio.






Hedging Activities
During the second quarter of 2011, the Company entered into $135 million of pay-fixed interest rate swaps with an average rate of 1.20% and original weighted average maturity of 41 months. As of June 30, 2011, the Company had a total of $1,007 million in pay-fixed interest rate swaps with a weighted average rate of 1.57% and a weighted average remaining maturity of 38 months. Of this amount, $27 million are considered trading instruments and have a weighted average rate of 2.88% and weighted average remaining maturity of 63 months and are intended to offset market value changes of Agency CMBS with a par value of $22.5 which are also designated as trading instruments. The remaining interest rate swaps are being used to hedge the Company's exposure to changes in LIBOR for its repurchase agreement borrowings.
Shareholders' Equity and Book Value per Common Share
Shareholders' equity was $386.9 million as of June 30, 2011 versus $383.5 million at March 31, 2011 and $292.4 million as of December 31, 2010. The Company's common shares outstanding at June 30, 2011 were 40,343,159 versus 40,318,159 at March 31, 2011 and 30,342,897 at December 31, 2010.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the Company's shareholders' equity as of June 30, 2011 and the net earnings contribution for the quarters indicated to each component of the Company's balance sheet:

(amounts in thousands)
Asset Carrying Basis
Associated Financing(1)/Liability
Carrying Basis


Allocated
Shareholders' Equity
% of Shareholders' Equity

2Q11 Net Interest Income Contribution

1Q11 Net Interest Income Contribution
Agency RMBS
$
1,906,300

$
1,728,495

$
177,805

46.0
 %
$
10,099

$
7,977

Agency CMBS
275,550

192,652

82,898

21.4
 %
1,597

1,268

Non-Agency RMBS
10,442

7,693

2,749

0.7
 %
165

167

Non-Agency CMBS
266,753

218,442

48,311

12.5
 %
2,002

1,931

Securitized mortgage loans (2)
130,925

91,950

38,975

10.1
 %
940

1,101

Other investments (2)
1,127


1,127

0.3
 %
29

33

Derivative instruments(3)
432

13,295

(12,863
)
(3.3
)%


Cash and cash equivalents
33,975


33,975

8.8
 %
1

4

Other assets/other liabilities
31,199

17,316

13,883

3.6
 %


 
$
2,656,703

$
2,269,843

$
386,860

100.0
 %
$
14,833

$
12,481

(1)
Associated financing for investments includes repurchase agreements, securitization financing issued to third parties and TALF financing (the latter two of which are presented on the Company's balance sheet as “non-recourse collateralized financing”). Associated financing for hedging instruments represents the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements in a liability position.
(2)
Net interest income contribution amount is after provision for loan losses.
(3)
Net interest income contribution from derivative instruments designated as hedges of repurchase agreement financing is included within net interest income contribution amounts for Agency RMBS, Agency CMBS, and non-Agency CMBS. Derivative instruments designated as trading do not have an effect on net interest income as changes in their fair value are included on the statement of income in “fair value adjustments, net”.






Company Description
Dynex Capital, Inc. is an internally managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, which invests in mortgage assets on a leveraged basis.  The Company invests in Agency and non-Agency RMBS and CMBS.  The Company also has investments in securitized single-family residential and commercial mortgage loans originated by the Company from 1992 to 1998.  Additional information about Dynex Capital, Inc. is available at www.dynexcapital.com.

Note: This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe,” “expect,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Forward-looking statements in this release include, without limitation, statements regarding future interest rates, our views on expected characteristics of future investment environments, our future investment strategies, our future leverage levels and financing strategies, and the expected performance of our investment portfolio and certain of our investments. The Company's actual results and timing of certain events could differ materially from those projected in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of unforeseen external factors. These factors may include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic and market conditions, including the ongoing volatility in the credit markets which impacts asset prices and the cost and availability of financing, defaults by borrowers, availability of suitable reinvestment opportunities, variability in investment portfolio cash flows, fluctuations in interest rates, fluctuations in property capitalization rates and values of commercial real estate, defaults by third-party servicers, prepayments of investment portfolio assets, other general competitive factors, uncertainty around government policy, the impact of regulatory changes, including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the full impacts of which are unknown at this time, and the impact of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. For additional information on risk factors that could affect the Company's forward-looking statements, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and other reports filed with and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Thousands except per share data)

 
June 30, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
ASSETS
(unaudited)
 
 
Agency MBS
$
2,181,850

 
$
1,192,579

Non-Agency MBS
277,195

 
267,356

Securitized mortgage loans, net
130,925

 
152,962

Other investments, net
1,127

 
1,229

 
2,591,097

 
1,614,126

Cash and cash equivalents
33,975

 
18,836

Derivative assets
432

 
692

Principal receivable on investments
14,402

 
3,739

Accrued interest receivable
11,380

 
6,105

Other assets, net
5,417

 
6,086

Total assets
$
2,656,703

 
$
1,649,584

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 

 
 

Liabilities:
 

 
 

Repurchase agreements
$
2,133,249

 
$
1,234,183

Non-recourse collateralized financing
105,983

 
107,105

Derivative liabilities
13,295

 
3,532

Accrued interest payable
1,437

 
1,079

Accrued dividends payable
10,893

 
8,192

Other liabilities
4,986

 
3,136

 Total liabilities
2,269,843

 
1,357,227

 


 


Shareholders’ equity:
 

 
 

Common stock, par value $.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 40,343,159 and 30,342,897 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
403

 
303

Additional paid-in capital
633,969

 
538,304

Accumulated other comprehensive income
6,699

 
10,057

Accumulated deficit
(254,211
)
 
(256,307
)
 Total shareholders' equity
386,860

 
292,357

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
2,656,703

 
$
1,649,584

 
 
 
 
Book value per common share
$
9.59

 
$
9.64
























DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Thousands except per share data)
(unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency MBS
$
15,244

 
$
4,610

 
$
26,762

 
$
9,478

Non-Agency MBS
3,830

 
3,741

 
7,521

 
6,241

Securitized mortgage loans
1,961

 
3,355

 
4,180

 
6,978

Other investments
29

 
32

 
62

 
64

Cash and cash equivalents
1

 
2

 
5

 
5

 
21,065

 
11,740

 
38,530

 
22,766

Interest expense:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Repurchase agreements
4,760

 
1,362

 
8,188

 
2,625

Non-recourse collateralized financing
1,272

 
2,446

 
2,578

 
5,013

 
6,032

 
3,808

 
10,766

 
7,638

Net interest income
15,033

 
7,932

 
27,764

 
15,128

Provision for loan losses
(200
)
 
(150
)
 
(450
)
 
(559
)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
14,833

 
7,782

 
27,314

 
14,569

Gain on sale of investments, net
742

 
716

 
742

 
794

Fair value adjustments, net
132

 
71

 
5

 
153

Other income, net
142

 
555

 
186

 
1,224

General and administrative expenses:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Compensation and benefits
(1,209
)
 
(870
)
 
(2,341
)
 
(1,842
)
Other general and administrative
(1,046
)
 
(987
)
 
(2,032
)
 
(2,094
)
Net income
13,594

 
7,267

 
23,874

 
12,804

Preferred stock dividends

 
(1,003
)
 

 
(2,005
)
Net income to common shareholders
$
13,594

 
$
6,264

 
$
23,874

 
$
10,799

Weighted average common shares:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
40,333

 
15,122

 
36,763

 
14,668

Diluted
40,334

 
19,347

 
36,765

 
18,893

Net income per common share:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Basic
$
0.34

 
$
0.41

 
$
0.65

 
$
0.74

Diluted
$
0.34

 
$
0.38

 
$
0.65

 
$
0.68

Dividends declared per common share
$
0.27

 
$
0.23

 
$
0.54

 
$
0.46