UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 18, 2007
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 001-13709 | 52-2059785 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 250, Santa Monica, California | 90401 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(310) 255-4493
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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:
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| Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On May 18, 2007, Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (the “Company”) filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland Articles Supplementary to its charter. The Articles Supplementary classified 2,000,000 additional unissued shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, as “6.25% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Series B Preferred Stock”). The 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock have the preferences and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in the Articles Supplementary. The reclassification increases the number of shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock from 1,150,000 shares immediately prior to the reclassification to 3,150,000 shares immediately after the reclassification.
A copy of the Articles Supplementary is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (a) | Not Applicable. |
| (b) | Not Applicable. |
| (c) | Not Applicable. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit # |
Description |
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| 3.1 | Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 6.25% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION | ||||||||
| Date: May 21, 2007 | By: | /s/ Lloyd McAdams | ||||||
|
Lloyd McAdams Chief Executive Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit # |
Description |
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| 3.1 | Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 6.25% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. | |
Exhibit 3.1
ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Article SIXTH of the Corporation’s charter (the “ Charter ”), the Board of Directors of the Corporation has reclassified 2,000,000 shares of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), into shares of the Corporation’s 6.25% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (“ Series B Preferred Stock ”).
SECOND: The reclassification increases the number of shares classified as Series B Preferred Stock from 1,150,000 shares immediately prior to the reclassification to 3,150,000 shares immediately after the reclassification. The reclassification decreases the number of shares classified as Preferred Stock from 13,700,000 immediately prior to the reclassification to 11,700,000 shares immediately after the reclassification.
THIRD: The terms of the Series B Preferred Stock (including, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption) are as provided in the Charter and remain unchanged by these Articles Supplementary.
FOURTH: The undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary on this 18th day of May, 2007.
| ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Lloyd McAdams | |
| Lloyd McAdams | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Attest: May 18, 2007
| /s/ Thad M. Brown |
| Thad M. Brown |
| Secretary |