Anworth Announces Annual Meeting Results

Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (NYSE: ANH) announced the results of its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), which was held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Stockholders of record on the record date of March 11, 2019 were entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

The following items were presented for stockholder approval:

• The election of six directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;
• An advisory vote to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers; and
• The ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.

87,971,072 votes were cast at the Annual Meeting. Of such total votes cast, the proposal for election of each of the Anworth Board of Director’s nominee for director passed with affirmative votes exceeding 87.10% of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes); the advisory vote to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers passed with affirmative votes exceeding 63.45% of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes); and the proposal for ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019 passed with affirmative votes exceeding 96.66% of the votes cast (excluding abstentions but including broker non-votes). The final voting results for each proposal will be filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on a Current Report on Form 8-K and will be available for viewing on our website at http://www.anworth.com.

About Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation

We are an externally-managed mortgage real estate investment trust (“REIT”). We invest primarily in mortgage-backed securities that are either rated “investment grade” or are guaranteed by federally sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. We seek to generate income for distribution to our shareholders primarily based on the difference between the yield on our mortgage assets and the cost of our borrowings. We are managed by Anworth Management LLC (our “Manager”), pursuant to a management agreement. Our Manager is subject to the supervision and direction of our Board and is responsible for (i) the selection, purchase, and sale of our investment portfolio; (ii) our financing and hedging activities; and (iii) providing us with portfolio management, administrative, and other services and activities relating to our assets and operations as may be appropriate. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ANH.” Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation is a component of the Russell 2000 Index.