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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CONTACT:
Alison Griffin
July 30, 2012
 
 
(804) 217-5897

DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2012
DILUTED EPS OF $0.35 AND BOOK VALUE PER COMMON SHARE OF $9.66

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Dynex Capital, Inc. (NYSE: DX) reported net income of $18.8 million, or $0.35 per diluted common share for the second quarter of 2012 versus $16.5 million, or $0.33 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2012 and $13.6 million, or $0.34 per diluted common share, for the second quarter of 2011.
Second Quarter 2012 Highlights
Book value per common share was $9.66 at June 30, 2012, $9.62 at March 31, 2012, and $9.20 at December 31, 2011.
Annualized return on average equity was 14.3% during the second quarter of 2012 compared to 14.7% for the first quarter of 2012 and 14.2% for the second quarter of 2011.
Net interest spread was 2.18% for the second quarter of 2012 versus 2.41% for the first quarter of 2012 and 2.45% for the second quarter of 2011.
Net interest income was $19.0 million for the second quarter of 2012 versus $19.1 million in the first quarter of 2012 and $15.0 million in the second quarter of 2011. The decline in net interest income from the first quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2012 was related principally to an additional $1.7 million in premium amortization in the second quarter of 2012 versus the first quarter of 2012 primarily from changes in forecasted prepayment speeds from the first quarter to the second quarter as a result of continued declines in mortgage rates and the HARP refinance program.
The investment portfolio prepaid at a constant prepayment rate, or CPR, of 14.3% for the second quarter of 2012 versus 15.4% for the first quarter of 2012 and 18.0% for the second quarter of 2011.
Dividend per common share for the second quarter of 2012 was increased to $0.29 for an annualized dividend yield of 11.2% based on the June 30, 2012 closing stock price of $10.38.
Overall leverage was 6.1 times equity capital at June 30, 2012 compared to 5.4 times at March 31, 2012 and 6.0 times at December 31, 2011. The overall leverage target for the Company based on the current investment portfolio is approximately 6.0 times equity capital.
As previously announced, the Company's quarterly conference call to discuss the second quarter results is today at 11:00 a.m. ET. Interested investors may access the call and the related slides by dialing 1-877-270-2148 or by webcast over the internet at www.dynexcapital.com through a link provided under “Investor Relations/IR Highlights.”
Commenting on the Company's results for the quarter, Mr. Thomas Akin, Chairman and Chief Executive





Officer, stated, "Results for the quarter were solid given the somewhat volatile environment and a slowing macroeconomic outlook.  Global growth concerns continue to drive rates lower and may lead to additional accommodation by the Federal Reserve in coming quarters.  Our book value increase from $9.62 last quarter to $9.66 this quarter was driven by the excess of our earnings of $0.35 per common share and our second quarter dividend of $0.29 per common share even as CMBS spreads widened during the quarter.  Our goal is to continue to shelter as much of our taxable earnings as possible as tax rates are expected to rise for all investors in 2013. Our dividend increase to $0.29 in the second quarter reflects the Board's confidence in our earnings and business model and the sixth increase since 2008 without any reductions.  Our most recent preferred transaction gives the Company additional permanent capital at a good rate and should be accretive to our earnings in this investment environment.  We expect to have the capital fully invested in short order.  We continue to remain committed to our short duration and high quality investment strategy that has served our shareholders well."
Results of Operations
Net interest income decreased to $19.0 million for the second quarter of 2012 versus $19.1 million for the first quarter of 2012. The decline in net interest income from the first quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2012 was related to a difference of $1.7 million in premium amortization in the second quarter of 2012 versus the first quarter of 2012, from changes in forecasted prepayment speeds from the first quarter to the second quarter. While the prepayment rate for the investment portfolio overall for the second quarter of 2012 as measured by CPR decreased to 14.3% from 15.4% for first quarter of 2012, the Company is forecasting higher prepayment speeds on its Agency RMBS as a result of lower primary mortgage rates and the HARP refinance program and changed its forecasted prepayment rates accordingly. The Company believes that approximately $300 million of its Agency RMBS are at a higher risk of prepayment due to HARP. These higher forecasted prepayment speeds resulted in premium amortization of $1.0 million in the second quarter of 2012 versus a reduction of $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2012. Overall, amortization of investment purchase premium, which reduces interest income, was $20.6 million for the second quarter of 2012 versus $12.6 million for the first quarter of 2012 and $6.6 million for the second quarter of 2011.
Net interest spread for the second quarter of 2012 was 2.18% versus 2.41% for the first quarter of 2012 and 2.45% for the second quarter of 2011. The net interest spread for the second quarter of 2012 is the difference between the yield on the Company's interest-earning investment portfolio of 3.29% and its cost of funds of 1.11%. For the first quarter of 2012 the yield on the Company's interest-earning investments was 3.58% and its cost of funds was 1.17%. The net interest spread declined sequentially in the second quarter due to a decline in the yield on interest-earning assets principally from a higher percentage of Agency MBS which are lower yielding investments. In addition, the net interest spread declined by 0.04% due to the additional $1.0 million in premium amortization in the second quarter of 2012 as a result of an increase in expected prepayment speeds for future periods noted above. Conversely, the first quarter of 2012 was positively impacted by 0.03% from a decrease in expected prepayment speeds. Average interest earning investments were $3,339.5 million for the second quarter of 2012 versus $2,771.9 million for the first quarter of 2012.
Gain on sale of investments, net for the second quarter of 2012 of $2.6 million includes a gain of $1.9 million





from the liquidation of a delinquent securitized commercial mortgage loan with an amortized cost basis of $3.6 million and a gain of $0.7 million from the sale of $55.0 million in unsecured mortgage-linked amortizing notes issued by Freddie Mac.
Financial Condition
The Company's investment portfolio was $3,628.2 million at June 30, 2012 versus $3,276.2 million at March 31, 2012. The Company has increased its Agency MBS investments to $2,979.0 million at June 30, 2012 from $2,656.2 million at March 31, 2012 and increased its non-Agency MBS investments to $559.0 million at June 30, 2012 from $465.7 million at March 31, 2012. Agency MBS investments has increased slightly as a percentage of the Company's investment portfolio from 81% at March 31, 2012 to 82% at June 30, 2012.
Byron L. Boston, President and Chief Investment Officer commented, "During the quarter we continued our diversified investment strategy with an emphasis on acquiring higher yield prepayment protected Agency CMBS along with Agency hybrid ARMs as we invested the remaining capital from our February 2012 common stock issuance. Prepayments on Agency RMBS continue to be a major theme and we have taken a conservative approach with respect to estimating future prepayments given the government's emphasis on refinancing higher coupon Agency RMBS borrowers. The investment landscape today is a little more challenging than earlier in the year given the flatter yield curve and higher dollar prices for mortgage investments. We continue to see better opportunities in CMBS at levels that are comparable to current returns in our investment portfolio. We will remain cautious however given the uncertainty in the Eurozone as we seek to balance risk and return and minimize book value volatility."
Agency MBS Investments
The following table presents the Company's Agency MBS portfolio by category and certain other information as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2012:
 
As of June 30, 2012
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2012
($ in thousands)
Principal balance (notional for IOs)
Net Premium (Discount)
Amortized cost
Fair value
WAVG Coupon (3)
 
WAVG Yield (4)
RMBS
$
2,216,357

$
120,813

$
2,337,170

$
2,350,404

3.87
%
 
2.33
%
CMBS
286,982

22,412

309,394

328,757

5.19
%
 
3.69
%
CMBS IO (1)
4,543,349

295,046

295,046

299,878

1.17
%
 
5.06
%
Total (2)
$
2,503,339

$
438,271

$
2,941,610

$
2,979,039

 
 
2.75
%
(1) Amortized cost and fair value for IO securities excludes notional balance.
(2) Total principal balance excludes notional amount of IO securities.
(3) Weighted average coupon is based on par value except for CMBS IO which is based on notional balance.
(4) Weighted average yield is based on weighted average amortized cost for the quarter for all investments.
The Company's Agency RMBS investments consist of ARMs and Hybrid ARMs and have a weighted average months to coupon reset of 51 months. The Company's Agency CMBS investments consist of fixed rate securities collateralized by multifamily loans and have a weighted average maturity of 104 months.





The following table summarizes average yield and financing costs for the Company's Agency MBS investments for the periods presented:
($ in thousands)
Quarter ended
June 30, 2012
Quarter ended
March 31, 2012
Quarter ended
June 30, 2011
Weighted average annualized yield for the period
2.75
 %
2.98
 %
3.17
 %
Weighted average annualized cost of funds including interest rate swaps for the period
(0.88
)%
(0.91
)%
(0.81
)%
Net interest spread for the period
1.87
 %
2.07
 %
2.36
 %
Average balance of investments for the period
$
2,755,376

$
2,179,787

$
1,966,814

Average balance of financing for the period
$
(2,466,672
)
$
(1,911,423
)
$
(1,745,208
)
The weighted average annualized yield on Agency MBS for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 declined primarily from the addition of lower yielding Hybrid ARMs to the portfolio and the downward reset of interest rates on ARMs that adjusted during the quarter.
The following table presents the average constant prepayment rates for the Company's Agency MBS for the periods presented:
 
Quarter ended
June 30, 2012
Quarter ended
March 31, 2012
Quarter ended
December 31, 2011
Quarter ended September 30, 2011
RMBS
20.8
%
21.4
%
25.4
%
23.9
%
CMBS
%
%
%
%
CMBS IO
%
%
%
%
Total
18.3
%
18.4
%
21.5
%
20.8
%
Non-Agency MBS Investments
The following table presents the Company's non-Agency MBS portfolio by category and certain other information as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2012:
 
As of June 30, 2012
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2012
($ in thousands)
Principal balance (notional for IOs)
Net Premium (Discount)
Amortized cost
Fair value
WAVG Coupon (3)
 
WAVG Yield (4)
RMBS
$
19,282

$
(851
)
$
18,431

$
18,108

4.43
%
 
5.60%
CMBS
473,198

(19,105
)
454,093

474,868

5.47
%
 
5.81%
CMBS IO (1)
1,011,637

63,601

63,601

65,990

1.26
%
 
7.64%
Total (2)
$
492,480

$
43,645

$
536,125

$
558,966

 
 
6.05%
(1) Amortized cost and fair value for IO securities excludes notional balance.
(2) Total principal balance excludes notional amount of IO securities.
(3) Weighted average coupon is based on par value except for CMBS IO which is based on notional balance.
(4) Weighted average yield is based on weighted average amortized cost for the quarter for all investments.

The following table summarizes average yield and financing costs for the Company's non-Agency MBS investments for the periods presented:





($ in thousands)
Quarter ended
June 30, 2012
Quarter ended
March 31, 2012
Quarter ended
June 30, 2011
Weighted average annualized yield for the period
6.05
 %
6.49
 %
6.04
 %
Weighted average annualized cost of funds including interest rate swaps for the period
(2.55
)%
(2.52
)%
(3.07
)%
Net interest spread for the period
3.50
 %
3.97
 %
2.97
 %
Average balance of investments for the period
$
472,106

$
421,981

$
251,233

Average balance of financing for the period
$
(381,826
)
$
(366,590
)
$
(215,338
)
The change in net interest spread for non-Agency MBS for the second quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2012 was primarily due to a lower weighted average coupon earned on purchases during the second quarter of 2012.
Information related to the credit ratings for the Company's non-Agency MBS as of June 30, 2012 is as follows:
 
RMBS
CMBS
IOs
Weighted average
AAA
41.3
%
34.7
%
100.0
%
42.7
%
AA
1.4
%
12.3
%
%
10.5
%
A
%
52.2

%
44.4
%
Below A or not rated
57.3
%
0.8
%
%
2.4
%
Securitized Mortgage Loans
Securitized mortgage loans had an amortized cost basis, net of reserves, of $89.2 million and a principal balance of $90.1 million with $45.9 million principal in commercial mortgage loans and $44.2 million principal in single-family mortgage loans at June 30, 2012. Seriously delinquent loans (loans 60+ days past due) totaled $4.4 million as of June 30, 2012 versus $15.2 million at March 31, 2012 and $18.4 million as of December 31, 2011. As previously noted, one seriously delinquent loan with an amortized cost of $3.6 million was liquidated during the second quarter at a gain of $1.9 million. In addition, one seriously delinquent loan with a carrying value of $7.2 million was modified during the quarter and is now current. As of June 30, 2012, the allowance for loan losses for the Company's securitized mortgage loan portfolio remained the same as at March 31, 2012 at $1.6 million versus $2.5 million at December 31, 2011.
Hedging Activities
During the second quarter of 2012, the Company entered into 14 additional interest rate swaps with a combined notional amount of $395.0 million, a weighted average pay-fixed rate of 1.19%, and a weighted average maturity of 70 months. As of June 30, 2012, the Company had a notional total of $1.5 billion in pay-fixed interest rate swaps with a weighted average rate of 1.53% and a weighted average remaining maturity of 46 months. Of this amount, $275.0 million with a weighted average pay-fixed rate of 1.62% are forward-starting swaps which become effective in 2013. Additionally, $27.0 million of the Company's $1.5 billion of interest rate swaps are considered trading instruments and have a weighted average rate of 2.88% and weighted average remaining maturity of 56 months and are intended to offset market value changes of Agency CMBS with a par value at June 30, 2012 of $26.1 million which are also designated as trading instruments.





Shareholders' Equity
Shareholders' equity increased to $525.1 million at June 30, 2012 from $522.9 million at March 31, 2012 and $371.3 million at December 31, 2011. Book value per common share increased to $9.66 at June 30, 2012 from $9.62 at March 31, 2012 and $9.20 at December 31, 2011. The increase in shareholders' equity from December 31, 2011 was due primarily to common equity the Company raised in the first quarter of 2012 as well as the increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $24.8 million from improved market values on investments. In addition, net income of $35.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 exceeded $31.0 million in common stock dividends declared as the Company utilized a portion of its tax net operating loss carryforwards to offset its distribution requirement. The increase in book value per common share largely resulted from the increase in accumulated other comprehensive income and the excess of earnings over dividends declared as noted above.
The following table summarizes the allocation of the Company's shareholders' equity as of June 30, 2012 and the net interest income contribution for the quarters indicated to each component of the Company's balance sheet:
($ in thousands)
Asset Carrying Basis
Associated Financing(1)/Liability
Carrying Basis


Allocated
Shareholders' Equity
% of Shareholders' Equity

2Q12 Net Interest Income Contribution

1Q12 Net Interest Income Contribution
Agency RMBS
$
2,350,404

$
2,162,480

$
187,924

35.8
 %
$
8,561

$
9,691

Agency CMBS
328,757

225,099

103,658

19.7
 %
1,658

1,542

Agency CMBS IO
299,878

243,725

56,153

10.7
 %
2,494

1,273

Non-Agency RMBS
18,108

14,575

3,533

0.7
 %
188

175

Non-Agency CMBS
474,868

389,289

85,579

16.3
 %
3,768

3,938

Non-Agency CMBS IO
65,990

51,101

14,889

2.8
 %
966

1,032

Securitized mortgage loans (2)
89,225

57,718

31,507

6.0
 %
1,298

1,164

Other investments (2)
933


933

0.2
 %
75

272

Derivative instruments(3)

39,267

(39,267
)
(7.5
)%


Cash and cash equivalents
53,763


53,763

10.2
 %


Other assets/other liabilities
47,271

20,870

26,401

5.1
 %


 
$
3,729,197

$
3,204,124

$
525,073

100.0
 %
$
19,008

$
19,087

(1)
Associated financing for investments includes repurchase agreements and securitization financing issued to third parties (which is 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 each respective investment category.

Tax Loss Carryforward
As of December 31, 2011, the Company had an estimated net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforward of $143.0 million.  As a result of the common stock offering in February 2012, the Company has incurred an “ownership change” under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 382”).  In general, if a company incurs an ownership change under Section 382, that company's ability to utilize an NOL carryforward to offset its taxable income (and in the case of Dynex, after taking the REIT distribution requirements into account), becomes limited to a certain amount per year.





 For purposes of Section 382, an ownership change occurs if over a rolling three-year period, the percentage of the company stock owned by 5% or greater shareholders has increased by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of common stock owned by such shareholders during the three year period.  Based on management's analysis and expert third party advice, which necessarily includes certain assumptions regarding the characterization under Section 382 of our uses of capital, the Company has determined that the ownership change under Section 382 will limit its ability to use its NOL carryforward to offset its taxable income to an estimated maximum amount of $13.4 million per year.

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 is actively investing 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 and risks posed by our investment portfolio, our future investment strategies, our future leverage levels and financing strategies, the expected performance of our investment portfolio and certain of our investments, and the impact of a Section 382 ownership change on our future use of NOLs. 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 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 another ownership change under Section 382 that further impacts the use of our tax net operating loss carryforward or an inadvertent ownership change prior to February 2012. 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, 2011, and other reports filed with and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(amounts in thousands except share and per share data)

 
June 30, 2012
 
December 31, 2011
ASSETS
(unaudited)
 
 
Agency MBS
$
2,979,039

 
$
1,965,159

Non-Agency MBS
558,966

 
421,096

Securitized mortgage loans, net
89,225

 
113,703

Other investments, net
933

 
1,018

 
3,628,163

 
2,500,976

Cash and cash equivalents
53,763

 
48,776

Principal receivable on investments
16,592

 
13,826

Accrued interest receivable
17,618

 
12,609

Other assets, net
13,061

 
6,006

Total assets
$
3,729,197

 
$
2,582,193

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 

 
 

Liabilities:
 

 
 

Repurchase agreements
$
3,111,924

 
$
2,093,793

Payable for securities pending settlement
502

 

Non-recourse collateralized financing
31,561

 
70,895

Derivative liabilities
39,267

 
27,997

Accrued interest payable
1,991

 
2,165

Accrued dividends payable
15,766

 
11,307

Other liabilities
3,113

 
4,687

 Total liabilities
3,204,124

 
2,210,844

 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity:
 

 
 

Common stock, par value $.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares
authorized; 54,366,382 and 40,382,530 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
544

 
404

Additional paid-in capital
759,167

 
634,683

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
21,505

 
(3,255
)
Accumulated deficit
(256,143
)
 
(260,483
)
 Total shareholders' equity
525,073

 
371,349

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
3,729,197

 
$
2,582,193

 
 
 
 
Book value per common share
$
9.66

 
$
9.20









DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
 (amounts in thousands except per share data)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30,
 
June 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Agency MBS
$
18,181

 
$
15,244

 
$
35,107

 
$
26,762

Non-Agency MBS
7,338

 
3,830

 
14,875

 
7,521

Securitized mortgage loans
1,527

 
1,961

 
3,031

 
4,180

Other investments
79

 
30

 
384

 
67

 
27,125

 
21,065

 
53,397

 
38,530

Interest expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repurchase agreements
7,863

 
4,760

 
14,507

 
8,188

Non-recourse collateralized financing
254

 
1,272

 
735

 
2,578

 
8,117

 
6,032

 
15,242

 
10,766

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income
19,008

 
15,033

 
38,155

 
27,764

Provision for loan losses

 
(200
)
 
(60
)
 
(450
)
Net interest income after provision for loan losses
19,008

 
14,833

 
38,095

 
27,314

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on sale of investments, net
2,587

 
742

 
2,938

 
742

Fair value adjustments, net
117

 
131

 
(93
)
 
5

Other income, net
159

 
143

 
528

 
186

General and administrative expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Compensation and benefits
(1,779
)
 
(1,209
)
 
(3,577
)
 
(2,341
)
Other general and administrative
(1,245
)
 
(1,046
)
 
(2,568
)
 
(2,032
)
Net income
$
18,847

 
$
13,594

 
$
35,323

 
$
23,874

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
54,354

 
40,333

 
51,931

 
36,763

Diluted
54,354

 
40,334

 
51,931

 
36,765

Net income per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.35

 
$
0.34

 
$
0.68

 
$
0.65

Diluted
$
0.35

 
$
0.34

 
$
0.68

 
$
0.65

Dividends declared per common share
$
0.29

 
$
0.27

 
$
0.57

 
$
0.54