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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 10, 2016
HATTERAS FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 1-34030 | 26-1141886 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (IRS Employer |
| Of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
751 West Fourth Street
Suite 400
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (336) 760-9331
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
Merger Agreement
On April 10, 2016, Hatteras Financial Corp., a Maryland corporation (Hatteras), Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a Maryland corporation (Annaly), and Ridgeback Merger Sub Corporation, a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Annaly (Purchaser), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and conditions thereof, Purchaser will commence an exchange offer (the Offer) to purchase all of Hatteras issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Hatteras Common Shares). In the Offer, holders of Hatteras Common Shares will have the option to elect from among three forms of consideration for each Hatteras Common Share (subject to proration as described below):
· $5.55 in cash and 0.9894 shares of Annaly common stock (the Mixed Consideration Option);
· $15.85 in cash (the Cash Consideration Option); or
· 1.5226 shares of Annaly common stock (the Stock Consideration Option).
Holders of Hatteras Common Shares who do not make a valid election will receive the Mixed Consideration Option for their Hatteras Common Shares. Holders who elect to receive the Cash Consideration Option or Stock Consideration Option will be subject to proration to ensure that approximately 65% of the aggregate consideration paid to holders of Hatteras Common Shares in the Offer will be paid in the form of Annaly common stock and approximately 35% of the aggregate consideration paid to holders of Hatteras Common Shares in the Offer will be paid in cash.
It is a condition to the closing of the Offer that one share more than two-thirds of the outstanding Hatteras Common Shares, when added to any Hatteras Common Shares owned by Annaly and Purchaser, are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. In addition to the minimum tender condition, completion of the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of other...
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