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Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering

^{Published on 2010-06-24 16:41:15 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) announced that it priced a public offering of 9,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $12.50 per share for total gross proceeds (before the underwriting discount and commissions and estimated expenses) of approximately $118.75 million. The Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,425,000 shares of common stock. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on June 30, 2010.

The Company intends to invest the net proceeds of the offering in Agency RMBS and for general corporate purposes.

Barclays Capital Inc. is the sole book runner for the offering. JMP Securities LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated are co-lead managers and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is a co-manager for the offering.

The offering will be made pursuant to the Companya™s existing shelf registration statement previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock. The offering of common stock will be made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement. A copy of the final prospectus and the related prospectus supplement may be obtained by contacting Barclays Capital Inc., by mail c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by email at [ Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com ] or by telephone at 1 (888) 603-5847.

About Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc.

Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests on a leveraged basis exclusively in whole-pool residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. Cypress Sharpridge Investments has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes.

Forward Looking Statements Disclaimer

This press release contains aforward-looking statementsa made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995, including with regard to the completion of the Companya™s offering of common stock and the anticipated use of proceeds. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use of the terms such as abelieve,a aexpect,a aanticipate,a aestimate,a aplan,a acontinue,a aintend,a ashould,a amaya or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Completion of the offering on the terms described, and the application of the net proceeds of the offering, are subject to numerous possible events, factors and conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and not all of which are known to us, including, without limitation, market conditions and those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010, each of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible to predict those events or how they may affect us. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.