OREANDA-NEWS. The Board of Directors of CYS Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) (the “Company”) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2016. The common stock dividend will be paid on April 13, 2016 to stockholders of record of common stock on March 22, 2016.

In accordance with the terms of the 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company has declared a Series A Preferred Stock cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of Series A Preferred Stock for the quarterly period that began on January 15, 2016, and ends on April 14, 2016. This dividend is payable on April 15, 2016 to stockholders of record of Series A Preferred Stock as of April 1, 2016.

In accordance with the terms of the 7.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company has declared a Series B Preferred Stock cash dividend of $0.46875 per share of Series B Preferred Stock for the quarterly period that began on January 15, 2016, and ends on April 14, 2016. This dividend is payable on April 15, 2016 to stockholders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as of April 1, 2016.