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

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared cash dividends for the third 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	October 15, 2015	October 1, 2015	September 29, 2015
B	AGNCB	7.750%	$0.484375*	October 15, 2015	October 1, 2015	September 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 [phone] or [e-mail].        

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL AGENCY CORP.
American Capital Agency Corp. is a real estate investment trust that invests 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 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 $23 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $81 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 $11 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. 

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