OREANDA-NEWS. June 09, 2016. The Board of Directors of CYS Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) (the “Company”) today declared a quarterly dividend of \\$0.25 per share of common stock for the second quarter of 2016. The common stock dividend will be paid on July 13, 2016 to stockholders of record of common stock on June 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 April 15, 2016, and ends on July 14, 2016. This dividend is payable on July 15, 2016 to stockholders of record of Series A Preferred Stock as of July 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 April 15, 2016, and ends on July 14, 2016. This dividend is payable on July 15, 2016 to stockholders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as of July 1, 2016.

About CYS Investments, Inc.

CYS Investments, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests on a leveraged basis primarily in residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or

Ginnie Mae. The Company refers to these securities as Agency RMBS. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes.

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