Two Harbors Investment Corp. Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO; NYSE MKT: TWO.WS), a real estate investment trust that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, residential real properties and other financial assets, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Highlights

• The company reported Comprehensive Income of $141.6 million, or $0.66 per diluted weighted average common share.
• Book value increased to $9.94 per common share at June 30, 2012 compared to $9.67 per common share at March 31, 2012 due primarily to appreciation in the company's Agency and non-Agency RMBS holdings, net of hedges.
• The company reported Core Earnings of $76.1 million, or $0.35 per diluted weighted average common share. Second quarter Core Earnings were impacted by costs associated with the company's hedging strategy, the timing of capital deployment from its February 2012 capital raise and lower net interest spreads from securities acquired in recent months.
• The company's RMBS portfolio generated an aggregate yield of 4.6%, driven by a three-month average Constant Prepayment Rate (CPR) of 5.6% for its Agency RMBS portfolio during the second quarter.
• The company declared a dividend of $0.40 per common share, or 15.4% annualized dividend yield, based upon June 29, 2012 closing price of $10.36.
• The company completed an accretive public stock offering on July 18, 2012, which resulted in the issuance of 57.5 million shares of common stock for net proceeds of approximately $592.4 million. The company intends to deploy the proceeds from this offering over the coming months to make additional acquisitions of RMBS securities, residential mortgage loans and residential real properties, and for other general corporate purposes.

"We again had strong performance in our portfolio this quarter, delivering a 6.9% ¹ total return to stockholders and at the same time advancing our strategic priorities," said Thomas Siering, Two Harbors' President and Chief Executive Officer. "Both of our RMBS portfolios continue to perform well. We believe our security selection, hedging methods and ability to deploy capital across sectors allows us to optimize portfolio results."

(1) The term “total return” means (i) the change in Two Harbors' book value per share at June 30, 2012 as compared to March 31, 2012, plus (ii) dividends declared by Two Harbors in the second quarter of 2012, divided by Two Harbors' book value per share at March 31, 2012.

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