Hatteras Financial Announces Board Authorization of 10M Share Stock Repurchase Program

Hatteras Financial

(the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire up to 10 million shares of the Company's common stock. About Hatteras Financial Corp. Hatteras Financial Corp. is a real estate investment trust formed in 2007 to invest in single-family residential mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed or issued by U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government-sponsored entities, such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Company is managed and advised by Atlantic Capital Advisors LLC. The Company is a component of the Russell 1000® index.