Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. - Quarter Report: 2012 March (Form 10-Q)

10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2012

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission file number 001-34385

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maryland		26-2749336
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1555 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1800 Atlanta, Georgia		30309
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(404) 892-0896

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large Accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-Accelerated filer	¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

As of May 9, 2012, there were 115,404,893 outstanding shares of common stock of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION		1

Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements	1

	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011	1

	Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011	2

	Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011	3

	Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2012	4

	Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011	5

	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	6

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	42

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	44

PART II OTHER INFORMATION		46

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	46

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	46

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	46

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	46

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	46

Item 5.	Other Information	46

Item 6.	Exhibits	48

PART I

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


$ in thousands, except per share amounts	As of
	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Mortgage-backed securities, at fair value		15,577,764			14,214,149
Cash		155,803			197,224
Restricted cash		16,068			74,496
Investment related receivable		35,081			160,424
Investments in unconsolidated ventures, at fair value		52,187			68,793
Accrued interest receivable		56,176			54,167
Derivative assets, at fair value		1,171			1,339
Other assets		1,425			1,575

Total assets		15,895,675			14,772,167

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Repurchase agreements		13,006,380			12,253,038
Derivative liability, at fair value		380,200			396,780
Dividends and distributions payable		75,939			75,933
Investment related payable		259,468			107,032
Accrued interest payable		12,084			12,377
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		796			556
Due to affiliate		8,944			9,038

Total liabilities		13,743,811			12,854,754

Equity:
Preferred Stock: par value $0.01 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding		—			—
Common Stock: par value $0.01 per share; 450,000,000 shares authorized, 115,403,555 and 115,395,695 shares issued and outstanding, at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively		1,154			1,154
Additional paid in capital		2,299,661			2,299,543
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(169,887	)		(393,291	)
Distributions in excess of earnings		(6,998	)		(15,068	)

Total shareholders’ equity		2,123,930			1,892,338

Non-controlling interest		27,934			25,075

Total equity		2,151,864			1,917,413

Total liabilities and equity		15,895,675			14,772,167

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
$ in thousands, except per share data	2012			2011
Revenues
Interest income		141,960			68,536
Interest expense		55,285			15,578

Net interest income		86,675			52,958

Other income
Gain on sale of investments		6,045			1,200
Equity in earnings and fair value change in unconsolidated ventures		1,009			1,858
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps		(509	)		(5	)
Realized and unrealized credit default swap income		657			2,532

Total other income		7,202			5,585

Expenses
Management fee – related party		8,639			3,975
General and administrative		1,130			868

Total expenses		9,769			4,843

Net income		84,108			53,700

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		1,026			1,452

Net income attributable to common shareholders		83,082			52,248

Earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common shareholders (basic/diluted)		0.72			1.01

Dividends declared per common share		0.65			1.00

Weighted average number of shares of common stock:
Basic		115,398			51,857

Diluted		116,846			53,287

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
$ in thousands, except per share data	2012			2011
Net income		84,108			53,700

Other comprehensive income
Unrealized gains on available for sale securities, net		209,073			9,949
Unrealized gains on derivatives, net		17,089			30,200

Other comprehensive income		226,162			40,149

Comprehensive income		310,270			93,849
Less: comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest		(3,784	)		(2,353	)

Comprehensive income attributable to common shareholders		306,486			91,496

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY

For the three months ended March 31, 2012

(Unaudited)


	Attributable to Common Shareholders
$ in thousands, except per share amounts					Additional		Accumulated Other			Distributions in			Total			Non-
	Common Stock				Paid in		Comprehensive			excess of			Shareholders’			Controlling			Total
	Shares		Amount		Capital		Income (loss)			earnings			Equity			Interest			Equity
Balance at January 1, 2012		115,395,695		1,154		2,299,543		(393,291	)		(15,068	)		1,892,338			25,075			1,917,413

Net income		—		—		—		—			83,082			83,082			1,026			84,108
Other comprehensive income		—		—		—		223,404			—			223,404			2,758			226,162
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of of offering costs		2,496		—		42		—			—			42			—			42
Stock awards		5,364		—		—		—			—			—			—			—
Common stock dividends		—		—		—		—			(75,012	)		(75,012	)		—			(75,012	)
Common unit dividends		—		—		—		—			—			—			(926	)		(926	)
Amortization of equity-based compensation		—		—		76		—			—			76			1			77

Balance at March 31, 2012		115,403,555		1,154		2,299,661		(169,887	)		(6,998	)		2,123,930			27,934			2,151,864

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated financial statement.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)


$ in thousands	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income		84,108			53,700
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Amortization of mortgage-backed securities premiums and discounts, net		25,402			5,173
Unrealized loss on interest swap		509			5
Unrealized (gain) loss on credit default swap		168			(1,445	)
Gain on sale of mortgage-backed securities		(6,045	)		(1,200	)
Equity in earnings and fair value change in unconsolidated ventures		(1,009	)		(1,858	)
Amortization of equity-based compensation		77			30
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Increase in accrued interest		(2,009	)		(8,602	)
(Increase) decrease in other assets		150			(121	)
(Decrease) increase in accrued interest payable		(293	)		2,810
(Decrease) increase in due to affiliate		(57	)		908
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses		281			(102	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		101,282			49,298

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Purchase of mortgage-backed securities		(2,005,516	)		(1,905,329	)
Distributions from investment in unconsolidated ventures, net		17,615			1,839
Principal payments from mortgage-backed securities		540,608			223,615
Investment related receivable		(274	)		—
Proceeds from sale of mortgage-backed securities		570,409			42,466

Net cash used in investing activities		(877,158	)		(1,637,409	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		(36	)		470,138
Restricted cash		57,082			(35,152	)
Proceeds from repurchase agreements		33,933,342			11,852,390
Principal repayments of repurchase agreements		(33,180,000	)		(10,445,888	)
Investment related payable		—			13,056
Payments of dividends and distributions		(75,933	)		(49,741	)

Net cash provided by financing activities		734,455			1,804,803

Net change in cash		(41,421	)		216,692
Cash, beginning of period		197,224			63,552

Cash, end of period		155,803			280,244

Supplement disclosure of cash flow information
Interest paid		55,577			12,763

Non-cash investing and financing activities information

Net change in unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities and derivatives		226,163			40,149

Net change in unconsolidated ventures		—			3,469

Net change in restricted cash		1,346			(5,949	)

Dividends and distributions declared not paid		75,939			51,729

Payable for mortgage-backed securities purchased		(279,399	)		—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

Note 1 – Organization and Business Operations

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. (the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation focused on investing in, financing and managing residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans. The Company invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) for which a U.S. Government Agency such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) guarantees payments of principal and interest on the securities (collectively “Agency RMBS”). The Company’s Agency RMBS investments include mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”). The Company also invests in RMBS that are not issued or guaranteed by a U.S. government Agency (“non-Agency RMBS”), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), and residential and commercial mortgage loans. The Company is externally managed and advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc. (the “Manager”), a registered investment adviser and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), a global investment management company.

The Company conducts its business through IAS Operating Partnership LP (the “Operating Partnership”) as its sole general partner. As of March 31, 2012, the Company owned 98.8% of the Operating Partnership and Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco, owned the remaining 1.2%.

The Company finances its Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and CMBS investments through short-term borrowings structured as repurchase agreements. The Company has secured commitments for the Company with a number of repurchase agreement counterparties. The Company also finances its investments in certain non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and residential and commercial mortgage loans by contributing capital to the Invesco Mortgage Recovery Feeder Fund that invests in public-private investment funds (“PPIF”) managed by the Company’s Manager (“Invesco IMRF Fund”) as part of the Public-Private Investment Program (“PPIP”) created by the U.S. Treasury in conjunction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Federal Reserve. In addition, the Company may use other sources of financing including committed borrowing facilities and other private financing.

The Company elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2009. To maintain the Company’s REIT qualification, the Company is generally required to distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders annually.

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Quarterly Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and the results of operations of the Company for the interim periods presented have been included. Certain disclosures included in the Company’s annual report are not required to be included on an interim basis in the company’s quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q. The Company has condensed or omitted these disclosures. The interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 29, 2012. The results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other future period.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to U.S. GAAP. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Examples of estimates include, but are not limited to, estimates of the fair values of financial instruments, interest income on mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) and other-than-temporary impairment charges. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments that have original or remaining maturity dates of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At March 31, 2012, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, including amounts restricted, in excess of the FDIC deposit insurance limit of $250,000 per institution. The Company mitigates its risk of loss by actively monitoring the counterparties.

Underwriting Commissions and Offering Costs

Underwriting commissions and direct costs incurred in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) and subsequent follow-on common stock offerings are reflected as a reduction of additional paid-in-capital.

Repurchase Agreements

The Company finances its Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and its CMBS investment portfolio through the use of repurchase agreements. Repurchase agreements are treated as collateralized financing transactions and are carried at their contractual amounts, including accrued interest, as specified in the respective agreements.

In instances where the Company acquires Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS or CMBS through repurchase agreements with the same counterparty from whom such assets were purchased, the Company accounts for the purchase commitment and repurchase agreement on a net basis and records a forward commitment to purchase such assets as a derivative instrument if the transaction does not comply with the criteria for gross presentation. All of the following criteria must be met for gross presentation in the circumstance where the repurchase assets are financed with the same counterparty:

•

the initial transfer of and repurchase financing cannot be contractually contingent;

•

the repurchase financing entered into between the parties provides full recourse to the transferee and the repurchase price is fixed;

•

the financial asset has an active market and the transfer is executed at market rates; and

•

the repurchase agreement and financial asset do not mature simultaneously.

If the transaction complies with the criteria for gross presentation, the Company records the assets and the related financing on a gross basis on its balance sheet, and the corresponding interest income and interest expense in its statements of operations. Such forward commitments are recorded at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in income. Additionally, the Company records the cash portion of its investment in Agency RMBS and non-Agency RMBS as a mortgage related receivable from the counterparty on its balance sheet.

Fair Value Measurements

In January 2010, the FASB updated guidance entitled, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.” The guidance required a number of additional disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Specifically, entities should disclose: (i) the amount of significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and the reasons for these transfers; (ii) the reasons for any transfers in or out of Level 3; and (iii) information in the reconciliation of recurring Level 3 measurements about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements on a gross basis. Except for the requirement to disclose information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the reconciliation of recurring Level 3 measurements on a gross basis, all the amendments are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009. The Company adopted these provisions in preparing its Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2010.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS” (ASU 2011-04). The guidance clarifies the Board’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, and changes to a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The company adopted these provisions for the period ended March 31, 2012.

The adoption of these provisions only affected the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements and as a result had no impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and consolidated balance sheets.

The Company discloses the fair value of its financial instruments according to a fair value hierarchy (Levels 1, 2, and 3, as defined). In accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company is required to provide enhanced disclosures regarding instruments in the Level 3 category (which require significant management judgment), including a separate reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for each major category of assets and liabilities.

Additionally, U.S. GAAP permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value (the “fair value option”). Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are irrevocably recognized in earnings at each subsequent reporting date.

The Company elected the fair value option for its investments in unconsolidated ventures. The Company has the one-time option to elect fair value for these financial assets on the election date. The changes in the fair value of these instruments are recorded in equity in earnings and fair value change in unconsolidated ventures in the consolidated statements of operations.

For assets representing available-for-sale investment securities any change in fair value is reported through consolidated other comprehensive income (loss) with the exception of impairment losses, which are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.

Securities

The Company designates securities as held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, or trading depending on its ability and intent to hold such securities to maturity. Trading and securities available-for-sale are reported at fair value, while securities held-to-maturity are reported at amortized cost. Although the Company generally intends to hold most of its RMBS and CMBS until maturity, the Company may, from time to time, sell any of its RMBS or CMBS as part of its overall management of its investment portfolio and classifies its RMBS and CMBS as available-for-sale securities.

All securities classified as available-for-sale are reported at fair value, based on market prices from third-party sources, with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported as a separate component of shareholders’ equity. When applicable, included with available-for-sale securities are forward purchase commitments on to be announced securities (“TBA”). The Company records TBA purchases on the trade date and the corresponding payable is recorded as an outstanding liability as a payable for investments purchased until the settlement date of the transaction. This payable is presented in the “Investment related payable” line item on the consolidated balance sheet.

The Company evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment at least on a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such evaluation. The determination of whether a security is other-than-temporarily impaired involves judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. Consideration is given to (i) the length of time and the extent to which the fair value has been less than cost, (ii) the financial condition and near-term prospects of recovery, in fair value of the security, and (iii) the Company’s intent and ability to retain its investment in the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value.

For debt securities, the amount of the other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss or impairments on securities that the Company has the intent or for which it is more likely than not that the Company will need to sell before recovery are recognized in earnings and reflected as a reduction in the cost basis of the security. The amount of the other-than-temporary impairment on debt securities related to other factors is recorded consistent with changes in the fair value of all other available-for-sale securities as a component of consolidated shareholders’ equity in other comprehensive income or loss with no change to the cost basis of the security.

Interest Income Recognition

Interest income on available-for-sale MBS, which includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on such MBS, is recognized over the life of the investment using the effective interest method. Management estimates, at the time of purchase, the future expected cash flows and determines the effective interest rate based on these estimated cash flows and the Company’s purchase price. As needed, these estimated cash flows are updated and a revised yield is computed based on the current amortized cost of the investment. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions subject to uncertainties and contingencies, including the rate and timing of principal payments (prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations), the pass through or coupon rate and interest rate fluctuations. In addition, management must use its judgment to estimate interest payment shortfalls due to delinquencies on the underlying mortgage loans. These uncertainties and contingencies are difficult to predict and are subject to future events that may impact management’s estimates and its interest income. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses from security transactions are determined based upon the specific identification method and recorded as gain (loss) on sale of available-for-sale securities in the consolidated statement of operations.

Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures

The Company has investments in unconsolidated ventures. In circumstances where the Company has a non-controlling interest but is deemed to be able to exert significant influence over the affairs of the enterprise the Company utilizes the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, the initial investment is increased each period for additional capital contributions and a proportionate share of the entity’s earnings and decreased for cash distributions and a proportionate share of the entity’s losses.

The Company elected the fair value option for its investments in unconsolidated ventures. The election for investments in unconsolidated ventures was made upon their initial recognition in the financial statements. The Company has elected the fair value option for the investments in unconsolidated ventures for the purpose of enhancing the transparency of its financial condition.

The Company measures the fair value of the investments in unconsolidated ventures on the basis of the net asset value per share of the investments.

Dividends and Distributions Payable

Dividends and distributions payable represent dividends declared at the balance sheet date which are payable to common shareholders and distributions declared at the balance sheet date which are payable to non-controlling interest common unit holders of the Operating Partnership, respectively.

Earnings per Share

The Company calculates basic earnings per share by dividing net income for the period by weighted-average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”), and unvested restricted stock, but use the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted-average number of shares outstanding.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income is comprised of net income, as presented in the consolidated statements of operations, adjusted for changes in unrealized gains or losses on available for sale securities and changes in the fair value of derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges.

Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments

U.S. GAAP provides disclosure requirements for derivatives and hedging activities with the intent to provide users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of: (i) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; (ii) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for; and (iii) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. U.S. GAAP requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative instruments.

The Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts, such as credit default swaps, that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting under U.S. GAAP.

Income Taxes

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT, commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2009. Accordingly, the Company will generally not be subject to U.S. federal and applicable state and local corporate income tax to the extent that the Company makes qualifying distributions to its shareholders, and provided the Company satisfies on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, the REIT requirements including certain asset, income, distribution and stock ownership tests. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT, and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, it will be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes and may be precluded from qualifying as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year in which the Company lost its REIT qualification. Accordingly, the Company’s failure to qualify as a REIT could have a material adverse impact on its results of operations and amounts available for distribution to its shareholders.

A REIT’s dividend paid deduction for qualifying dividends to the Company’s shareholders is computed using its taxable income as opposed to net income reported on the consolidated financial statements. Taxable income, generally, will differ from net income reported on the consolidated financial statements because the determination of taxable income is based on tax regulations and not financial accounting principles.

The Company may elect to treat certain of its future subsidiaries as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”). In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate-related business. A TRS is subject to U.S. federal, state and local corporate income taxes.

While a TRS will generate net income, a TRS can declare dividends to the Company which will be included in its taxable income and necessitate a distribution to its shareholders. Conversely, if the Company retains earnings at a TRS level, no distribution is required and the Company can increase book equity of the consolidated entity. The Company has no adjustments regarding its tax accounting treatment of any uncertainties. The Company expects to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions, if any, as income tax expense, which will be included in general and administrative expense.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company has adopted an equity incentive plan under which its independent directors, as part of their compensation for serving as directors, are eligible to receive quarterly restricted stock awards. In addition, the Company may compensate the officers and employees of the Manager and its affiliates under this plan pursuant to the management agreement.

Share-based compensation arrangements include share options, restricted share plans, performance-based awards, share appreciation rights, and employee share purchase plans. Compensation costs relating to share-based payment transactions are recognized in the consolidated financial statements, based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued on the date of grant, for awards to the Company’s independent directors. Compensation related to stock awards to officers and employees of the Manager and its affiliates are recorded at the estimated fair value of the award during the vesting period. The Company makes an upward or downward adjustment to compensation expense for the difference in the fair value at the date of grant and the date the award was earned.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The Company has implemented a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan (the “Plan”). Under the terms of the Plan, shareholders who participate in the Plan may purchase shares of common stock directly from the Company. Plan participants may also automatically reinvest all or a portion of their dividends for additional shares of stock.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-03, “Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements” (ASU 2011-03). ASU 2011-03 simplifies the accounting for financial assets transferred under repurchase agreements (repos) and similar arrangements, by eliminating the transferor’s ability criterion from the assessment of effective control over those assets. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, “Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS” (ASU 2011-04). ASU 2011-04 amends Topic 820 and does not modify the requirements for when fair value measurements apply; rather, it clarifies the Board’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements, and changes to a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. For public entities, this guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application by public entities was not permitted. The additional disclosure requirements were incorporated in Note 3, “Mortgage-Backed Securities” and Note 7, “Financial Instruments”.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Updated 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (ASU 2011-11). ASU 2011-11 amends Topic 210 to require additional disclosure information about offsetting and related arrangements. Entities will be required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transaction subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. This scope would include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on a basis of US GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The guidance is effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company does not believe that the adoption of the amended guidance will have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 3 – Mortgage-Backed Securities

All of the Company’s MBS are classified as available-for-sale and, as such, are reported at fair value, which is determined by obtaining valuations from an independent source. If the fair value of a security is not available from a dealer or third-party pricing service, or such data appears unreliable, the Company may estimate the fair value of the security using a variety of methods including other pricing services, repurchase agreement pricing, discounted cash flow analysis, matrix pricing, option adjusted spread models and other fundamental analysis of observable market factors. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, all of the Company’s MBS values were based on values obtained from third-party pricing services. The following tables present certain information about the Company’s investment portfolio at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.


March 31, 2012
$ in thousands	Principal Balance		Unamortized Premium (Discount)			Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain/ (Loss), net			Fair Value		Net Weighted Average Coupon ⁽¹⁾			Weighted Average Yield ⁽²⁾
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate		2,348,425		124,930			2,473,355		50,995			2,524,350		4.12	%		2.80	%
30 year fixed-rate		6,822,262		462,516			7,284,778		133,154			7,417,932		4.83	%		3.63	%
ARM		170,196		4,591			174,787		3,009			177,796		3.22	%		2.77	%
Hybrid ARM		1,402,233		34,345			1,436,578		29,387			1,465,965		3.26	%		2.68	%

Total Agency pass-through		10,743,116		626,382			11,369,498		216,545			11,586,043		4.44	%		3.31	%

Agency-CMO ⁽³⁾		1,162,414		(709,323	)		453,091		3,724			456,815		2.83	%		3.05	%
Non-Agency RMBS⁽⁴⁾		2,573,956		(236,118	)		2,337,838		(39,912	)		2,297,926		4.33	%		4.97	%
CMBS		1,228,371		(18,889	)		1,209,482		27,498			1,236,980		5.38	%		5.57	%

Total		15,707,857		(337,948)			15,369,909		207,855			15,577,764		4.38	%		3.73	%

(1)	Net weighted average coupon (“WAC”) is presented net of servicing and other fees.

(2)	Average yield incorporates future prepayment and loss assumptions.

(3)	The Agency CMO held by the Company is 13.6% interest-only securities and 86.4% CMO.

(4)	The non-Agency RMBS held by the Company is 10.1% fixed rate, 5.4% floating rate and 84.5% variable rate based on fair value.


December 31, 2011
$ in thousands	Principal Balance		Unamortized Premium (Discount)			Amortized Cost		Unrealized Gain/ (Loss), net			Fair Value		Net Weighted Average Coupon ⁽¹⁾			Weighted Average Yield ⁽²⁾
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate		2,289,495		123,610			2,413,105		36,454			2,449,559		4.18	%		2.85	%
30 year fixed-rate		6,055,045		410,257			6,465,302		116,309			6,581,611		4.95	%		3.66	%
ARM		113,413		2,398			115,811		2,065			117,876		3.40	%		3.07	%
Hybrid ARM		1,321,339		30,516			1,351,855		22,630			1,374,485		3.29	%		2.59	%

Total Agency pass-through		9,779,292		566,781			10,346,073		177,458			10,523,531		4.53	%		3.33	%


Agency-CMO ⁽³⁾		765,172		(592,342	)		172,830		(4,368	)		168,462		2.86	%		3.52	%
Non-Agency RMBS⁽⁴⁾		2,719,797		(252,135	)		2,467,662		(108,434	)		2,359,228		4.57	%		5.07	%
CMBS		1,250,607		(21,805	)		1,228,802		(65,874	)		1,162,928		5.38	%		5.60	%

Total		14,514,868		(299,501	)		14,215,367		(1,218	)		14,214,149		4.52	%		3.83	%

(1)	Net weighted average coupon (“WAC”) is presented net of servicing and other fees.

(2)	Average yield incorporates future prepayment and loss assumptions.

(3)	The Agency CMO held by the Company is 28.3% interest-only securities and 71.7% CMO.

(4)	The non-Agency RMBS held by the Company is 9.8% fixed rate, 5.2% floating rate and 85.0% variable rate based on fair value.

The following table summarizes our non-Agency RMBS portfolio by asset type as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively:


$ in thousands	March 31,2012		% of Non-Agency			December 31,2011		% of Non-Agency
Re-REMIC Senior		1,589,723		69.2	%		1,634,376		69.3	%
Prime		471,864		20.5	%		482,113		20.4	%
Alt-A		226,500		9.9	%		231,936		9.8	%
Subprime		9,839		0.4	%		10,803		0.5	%

Total Non-Agency		2,297,926		100.0	%		2,359,228		100.0	%

The components of the carrying value of the Company’s investment portfolio at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are presented below.


$ in thousands	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Principal balance		15,707,857			14,514,868
Unamortized premium		648,514			587,430
Unamortized discount		(986,462	)		(886,931	)
Gross unrealized gains		304,796			203,965
Gross unrealized losses		(96,941	)		(205,183	)

Fair value		15,577,764			14,214,149

The following table summarizes certain characteristics of the Company’s investment portfolio, at fair value, according to estimated weighted average life classifications as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:


$ in thousands	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Less than one year		106,894		68,217
Greater than one year and less than five years		10,255,694		12,150,472
Greater than or equal to five years		5,215,176		1,995,460

Total		15,577,764		14,214,149

The following tables present the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the Company’s MBS by length of time that such securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively:


March 31, 2012	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
$ in thousands	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate		229,918		(585	)		—		—			229,918		(585	)
30 year fixed-rate		1,144,850		(7,079	)		—		—			1,144,850		(7,079	)
ARM		49,953		(36	)		—		—			49,953		(36	)
Hybrid ARM		20,964		(7	)		—		—			20,964		(7	)

Total Agency pass-through		1,445,685		(7,707	)		—		—			1,445,685		(7,707	)

Agency-CMO		103,870		(5,121	)		—		—			103,870		(5,121	)
Non-Agency RMBS		1,006,684		(44,764	)		203,080		(18,680	)		1,209,764		(63,444	)
CMBS		339,579		(20,669	)		—		—			339,579		(20,669	)

Total		2,895,818		(78,261	)		203,080		(18,680	)		3,098,898		(96,941	)


December 31, 2011	Less than 12 Months					12 Months or More					Total
$ in thousands	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses			Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate		149,092		(754	)		—		—			149,092		(754	)
30 year fixed-rate		844,272		(5,563	)		—		—			844,272		(5,563	)
ARM		25,508		(179	)		13,062		(52	)		38,570		(231	)
Hybrid ARM		24,929		(73	)		—		—			24,929		(73	)

Total Agency pass-through		1,043,801		(6,569	)		13,062		(52	)		1,056,863		(6,621	)

Agency-CMO		50,084		(8,362	)		—		—			50,084		(8,362	)
Non-Agency RMBS		1,981,046		(104,813	)		46,193		(11,622	)		2,027,239		(116,435	)
CMBS		796,965		(73,765	)		—		—			796,965		(73,765	)

Total		3,871,896		(193,509	)		59,255		(11,674	)		3,931,151		(205,183	)

Gross unrealized losses on the Company’s Agency RMBS were $7.7 million at March 31, 2012. Due to the inherent credit quality of Agency RMBS, the Company determined that at March 31, 2012, any unrealized losses on its Agency RMBS portfolio were temporary.

Gross unrealized losses on the Company’s Agency-CMO, non-Agency RMBS, and CMBS were $89.2 million at March 31, 2012. The Company does not consider these unrealized losses to be credit related, but rather due to non-credit related factors such as interest rate spreads, prepayment speeds, and market fluctuations. These investment securities are included in the Company’s assessment for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis.

The following table presents the impact of the Company’s MBS on its accumulated other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.


$ in thousands	Three Months ended March 31, 2012			Three Months ended March 31, 2011
Accumulated other comprehensive income from investment securities:
Unrealized gain (loss) on MBS at beginning of period		(1,218	)		31,267
Unrealized gain on MBS, net		209,073			9,949

Balance at the end of period		207,855			41,216

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company reclassified $3.2 million of net unrealized gains from other comprehensive income into gain (loss) on sale of investments as a result of the Company selling certain investments.

The Company assesses its investment securities for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis. When the fair value of an investment is less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date of the reporting period for which impairment is assessed, the impairment is designated as either “temporary” or “other-than-temporary.” In deciding on whether or not a security is other than temporarily impaired, the Company considers several factors, including the nature of the investment, communications from the trustees of securitizations regarding the credit quality of the security, the severity and duration of the impairment, the cause of the impairment, and the Company’s intent that it is more likely than not that the Company can hold the security until recovery of its cost basis.

The Company did not have other-than-temporary impairments for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

The following table presents a roll-forward of the credit loss component of other-than-temporary impairments for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.


	Three Months ended		Three Months ended
$ in thousands	March 31, 2012		March 31, 2011
Cumulative credit loss amount at the beginning of the period		—		510
Additions for credit losses for which other-than-temporary impairment
Reductions for securities sold		—		—

Cumulative credit loss amount at end of period		—		510

The following table presents components of interest income on the Company’s Agency and non-Agency portfolio for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.


For the three months ended March 31, 2012
$ in thousands	Coupon Interest			Net (Premium Amortization)/Discount Accretion			Interest Income
Agency		122,314			(31,497	)		90,817
Non-Agency		28,283			5,928			34,211
CMBS		16,810			168			16,978
Other		(46	)		—			(46	)

Total		167,361			(25,401	)		141,960


For the three months ended March 31, 2011
$ in thousands	Coupon Interest		Net (Premium Amortization)/Discount Accretion			Interest Income
Agency		51,358		(14,222	)		37,136
Non-Agency		15,503		8,966			24,469
CMBS		6,808		82			6,890
Other		41		—			41

Total		73,710		(5,174	)		68,536

Note 4 – Investments in Unconsolidated Ventures

Invesco Mortgage Recovery Feeder Fund, L.P. and Invesco Mortgage Recovery Loans AIV, L.P.

The Company invested in certain non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and residential and commercial mortgage loans by contributing equity capital to a legacy securities PPIF managed by the Manager, Invesco Mortgage Recovery Feeder Fund, L.P. (the “Invesco IMRF Fund”) that received financing under the U.S. government’s Public Private Investment Program (“PPIP”). In addition, the Manager identified a whole loan transaction for the Company, which resulted in the Company’s admission into an alternative investment vehicle, the Invesco Mortgage Recovery Loans AIV, L.P. (“AIV”). The Company’s initial commitment in the Invesco IMRF Fund and AIV was $25.0 million. During 2009 and 2010, the Invesco IMRF Fund and AIV accepted additional subscriptions and the

Company increased its overall commitment to $100.0 million, which effectively increased the Company’s initial ownership interest in the Invesco IMRF Fund and AIV. As of March 31, 2010, the Invesco IMRF Fund stopped accepting investment subscriptions and was deemed closed. The Company made its first contributions to the Invesco IMRF Fund in October 2009. The Company is committed to fund approximately $20.3 million in aggregate of additional capital at March 31, 2012 for the Invesco IMRF Fund and AIV. The Company realized approximately $353,000 (2011: $2.1 million) of equity in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2012 related to these investments. The Company also realized $151,000 of unrealized gain (2011: $234,000 of unrealized loss) from these investments for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The Company’s non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interests in these entities are accounted for under the equity method. Capital contributions, distributions, profits and losses of the Invesco IMRF Fund and AIV are allocated in accordance with the terms of the entities’ limited partnership agreements. Such allocations may differ from the stated percentage interests, if any, as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas as described in such agreements. The Company has made the fair value election for its investment in both unconsolidated ventures. The fair value measurement for the investment in unconsolidated ventures is based on the net asset value per share of the investment, or its equivalent.

IMRF Loan Portfolio Member LLC

On September 30, 2011, the Company invested in a portfolio of commercial mortgage loans by contributing $16.9 million, net of distributions, of equity capital to IMRF Loan Portfolio Member LLC (“IMRF”), a limited partnership managed by AIV. IMRF acquired the mortgage portfolio on the same day. The Company has fully funded its commitment to IMRF. The Company realized approximately $354,000 of equity in earnings and $152,000 of unrealized appreciation from these investments for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The Company’s non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interest in IMRF is accounted for under the equity method. Capital contributions, distributions, profits and losses of IMRF are allocated in accordance with the terms of the entity’s operating agreement. Such allocations may differ from the stated percentage interests, if any, as a result of preferred returns and allocation formulas as described in the agreement. The Company has made the fair value election for its investment in IMRF. The fair value measurement for the investment in unconsolidated limited liability companies is based on the net asset value per share of the investment, or its equivalent.

Note 5 – Borrowings

Repurchase Agreements

The Company has entered into repurchase agreements to finance the majority of its portfolio of investments. The repurchase agreements bear interest at a contractually agreed rate. The repurchase obligations mature and typically reinvest every thirty days to one year and have a weighted average aggregate interest rate of 0.61% and 0.68% at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Repurchase agreements are being accounted for as secured borrowings since the Company maintains effective control of the financed assets. The following table summarizes certain characteristics of the Company’s repurchase agreements at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:


$ in thousands	March 31, 2012					December 31, 2011
	Amount Outstanding		Weighted Average Interest Rate			Amount Outstanding		Weighted Average Interest Rate
Agency RMBS		10,426,516		0.34	%		9,491,538		0.38	%
Non-Agency RMBS		1,698,214		1.76	%		1,916,620		1.79	%
CMBS		881,650		1.55	%		844,880		1.55	%

Total		13,006,380		0.61	%		12,253,038		0.68	%

Under the repurchase agreements, the respective lender retains the right to mark the underlying collateral to fair value. A reduction in the value of pledged assets would require the Company to provide additional collateral or fund margin calls. In addition, the repurchase agreements are subject to certain financial covenants. The Company is in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2012.

The following tables summarize certain characteristics of the Company’s repurchase agreements at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:


March 31, 2012 $ in thousands Repurchase Agreement Counterparties	Amount Outstanding		Percent of Total Amount Outstanding			Company MBS Held as Collateral
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC		1,576,540		12.1	%		1,868,093
Nomura Securities International, Inc.		1,125,383		8.7	%		1,225,560
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC		918,185		7.1	%		975,028
JP Morgan Securities Inc.		917,294		7.1	%		1,043,080
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.		872,532		6.7	%		925,747
South Street Securities LLC		750,070		5.8	%		798,546
Goldman, Sachs & Co.		706,967		5.4	%		763,031
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated		639,303		4.9	%		721,591
RBS Securities Inc.		636,347		4.9	%		718,914
ING Financial Market LLC		597,565		4.6	%		643,720
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc		538,081		4.1	%		557,088
Royal Bank of Canada		519,031		4.0	%		592,021
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.		518,611		4.0	%		564,157
Banc of America Securities LLC		513,709		3.9	%		574,914
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.		483,830		3.7	%		527,734
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC		400,629		3.1	%		490,981
Gleacher and Company Securities Inc		356,293		2.7	%		377,018
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		303,315		2.3	%		334,690
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.		185,424		1.4	%		198,993
TD Securities		152,576		1.2	%		159,186
Guggenheim Liquidity Services, LLC		133,011		1.0	%		141,814
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc		100,999		0.8	%		106,605
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.		60,685		0.5	%		64,706

Total		13,006,380		100.0	%		14,373,217


December 31, 2011 $ in thousands Repurchase Agreement Counterparties	Amount Outstanding		Percent of Total Amount Outstanding			Company MBS Held as Collateral
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC		2,419,546		19.8	%		2,738,101
Nomura Securities International, Inc.		1,069,235		8.7	%		1,152,957
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.		925,863		7.6	%		979,907
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC		848,919		6.9	%		895,760
South Street Securities LLC		772,637		6.3	%		818,513
JP Morgan Securities Inc.		663,879		5.4	%		764,972
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated		645,570		5.3	%		710,729
Goldman, Sachs & Co.		606,922		5.0	%		649,514
RBS Securities Inc.		593,051		4.8	%		671,073
ING Financial Market LLC		537,122		4.4	%		568,813
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.		531,302		4.3	%		579,659
Banc of America Securities LLC		455,954		3.7	%		521,888
CitiGroup Global Markets Inc.		447,280		3.7	%		476,511
Royal Bank of Canada		422,700		3.4	%		482,988
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC		389,803		3.2	%		479,926
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.		348,707		2.8	%		372,876
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.		186,997		1.5	%		206,594
Guggenheim Liquidity Services, LLC		139,744		1.1	%		147,786
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc		106,121		0.9	%		113,695
UBS Securities Inc.		80,083		0.7	%		84,561
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.		61,603		0.5	%		63,999

Total		12,253,038		100.0	%		13,480,822

Company MBS held by counterparties as security for repurchase agreements was $14.4 billion and $13.5 billion at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. This represents a collateral ratio (Company MBS Held as Collateral/Amount Outstanding) of 111% and 110% respectively. The increase in the collateral ratio was due to the change in asset mix.

Cash collateral held by the counterparties at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 was zero and $37.5 million, respectively. Cash collateral was replaced by Agency RMBS.

Note 6 – Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources, and duration of its investments, debt funding, and the use of derivative financial instruments. Specifically, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative financial instruments are used to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash receipts and its known or expected cash payments principally related to the Company’s investments and borrowings.

The Company also utilizes credit derivatives such as credit default swaps (“CDS”) to provide credit event protection based on a financial index or specific security in exchange for receiving a fixed-rate fee or premium over the term of the contract. These instruments enable the Company to synthetically assume the credit risk of a reference security, portfolio of securities or index of securities. The counterparty pays a premium to the Company and the Company agrees to make a payment to compensate the counterparty for losses upon the occurrence of a specified credit event.

Although contract-specific, credit events generally include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium. Upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the difference between the value of the reference obligation and the CDS’s notional amount is recorded as a realized loss in the statement of operations.

Our only CDS contract was entered into on December 31, 2010 where the Company sold protection on a specific pool of non-Agency RMBS that exceed a specified loss limit of 25% for a stated fixed rate fee of 3%. The Company’s maximum exposure is the unpaid principal balance of the underlying RMBS that exceeds the specified loss limit. The Company is required to post cash collateral to secure potential loss payments.

At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the open CDS sold by the Company is summarized as follows:


$ in thousand	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Fair value amount		1,171		1,339
Notional amount		103,323		112,128
Maximum potential amount of future undiscounted payments		103,323		112,128
Recourse provisions with third parties		—		—
Collateral held by counterparty		15,978		17,324

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The Company finances its activities primarily through repurchase agreements, which are generally settled on a short-term basis, usually from one to twelve months. At each settlement date, the Company refinances each repurchase agreement at the market interest rate at that time. Since the interest rate on its repurchase agreements change on a one to twelve month basis, the Company is exposed to changing interest rates. The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company recorded $509,000 (2011: $5,000) of unrealized swap losses in earnings as hedge ineffectiveness attributable primarily to differences in the reset dates on the Company’s swaps versus the refinancing dates of certain of its repurchase agreements.

Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest is accrued and paid on the Company’s repurchase agreements. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $136.7 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense.

The Company is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a maximum period of 110 months.

As of March 31, 2012, the Company had the following interest rate derivatives outstanding, that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:


$ in thousands Counterparty	Notional		Maturity Date		Fixed Interest Rate in Contract
The Bank of New York Mellon		175,000		8/5/2012		2.07	%
The Bank of New York Mellon		100,000		5/24/2013		1.83	%
The Bank of New York Mellon		200,000		6/15/2013		1.73	%
SunTrust Bank		100,000		7/15/2014		2.79	%
Deutsche Bank AG		200,000		1/15/2015		1.08	%
Deutsche Bank AG		250,000		2/15/2015		1.14	%
Credit Suisse International		100,000		2/24/2015		3.26	%
Credit Suisse International		100,000		3/24/2015		2.76	%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.		100,000		7/15/2015		2.85	%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.		50,000		7/15/2015		2.44	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.		300,000		1/24/2016		2.12	%
The Bank of New York Mellon		300,000		1/24/2016		2.13	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.		300,000		4/5/2016		2.48	%
Citibank, N.A.		300,000		4/15/2016		1.67	%
The Bank of New York Mellon		500,000		4/15/2016		2.24	%
Credit Suisse International		500,000		4/15/2016		2.27	%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.		500,000		5/16/2016		2.31	%
Goldman Sachs Bank USA		500,000		5/24/2016		2.34	%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.		250,000		6/15/2016		2.67	%
Goldman Sachs Bank USA		250,000		6/15/2016		2.67	%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.		500,000		6/24/2016		2.51	%
Citibank, N.A.		500,000		10/15/2016		1.93	%
Deutsche Bank AG		150,000		2/5/2018		2.90	%
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.		100,000		4/5/2018		3.10	%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.		200,000		5/15/2018		2.93	%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.		200,000		3/15/2021		3.14	%
Citibank, N.A.		200,000		5/25/2021		2.83	%

Total		6,925,000				2.29	%

At March 31, 2012, the Company’s counterparties held approximately $90,000 of cash margin deposits and approximately $470.0 million in Agency RMBS as collateral against its swap contracts. The cash is classified as restricted cash and the Agency RMBS is included in the total mortgage-backed securities on our consolidated balance sheet.

Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Balance Sheet

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments, as well as their classification on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

$ in thousands

Asset Derivatives

Liability Derivatives

As of March 31, 2012

As of December 31, 2011

As of March 31, 2012

As of December 31, 2011

Balance
Sheet

Fair Value

Balance
Sheet

Fair Value

Balance

Sheet

Fair Value

Balance

Sheet

Fair Value

Interest rate swap asset

—

Interest rate swap asset

—

Interest rate swap liability

380,200

Interest rate swap liability

396,780

CDS

1,171

CDS

1,339

Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Income Statement

The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

Three months ended March 31, 2012

$ in thousands

Derivative

type for

cash flow

hedge

Amount of loss recognized
in OCI on derivative
(effective portion)

Location of loss
reclassified from
accumulated

OCI into

income

(effective

portion)

Amount of loss
reclassified from
accumulated OCI into
income (effective
portion)

Location of loss
recognized in
income on
derivative
(ineffective

portion)

Amount of loss
recognized in income
on derivative
(ineffective portion)

Interest Rate Swap

18,331

Interest Expense

35,420

Other Expense

509

Three months ended March 31, 2011

$ in thousands

Derivative
type for

cash flow
hedge

Amount of loss recognized
in OCI on derivative
(effective portion)

Location of loss
reclassified from
accumulated
OCI into

income
(effective
portion)

Amount of loss
reclassified from
accumulated OCI into
income (effective
portion)

Location of loss
recognized in
income on
derivative
(ineffective
portion)

Amount of loss
recognized in income
on derivative
(ineffective portion

Interest Rate Swap

21,873

Interest Expense

8,327

Other Expense


		Amount of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative
Derivative not designated as hedging instrument	Location of unrealized gain recognized in income on derivative	Three months ended March 31, 2012			Three months ended March 31, 2011
CDS Contract	Realized and unrealized credit default swap income		(168	)		1,445

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

The Company has agreements with each of its derivative counterparties. Some of those agreements contain a provision where if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender, then the Company could also be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

The Company has an agreement with certain of its derivative counterparties that contains a provision where if the Company’s net asset value declines by certain percentages over specified time periods, then the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations. The Company also has an agreement with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company’s shareholders’ equity declines by certain percentages over specified time periods, then the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

The Company has an agreement with certain of its derivative counterparties that contain a provision where if the Company fails to maintain a minimum shareholders’ equity or market value of $100 million and $80 million, respectively, then the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations.

As of March 31, 2012, the fair value of derivatives in a net liability position, which includes accrued interest but excludes any adjustment for non-performance risk, related to these agreements was $386.0 million. The Company has minimum collateral posting thresholds with certain of its derivative counterparties and has posted

collateral of approximately $90,000 of cash and $470.0 million of Agency RMBS. If the Company had breached any of these provisions at March 31, 2012, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value.

The Company was in compliance with all of the financial provisions of these agreements through March 31, 2012.

Note 7 – Financial Instruments

U.S. GAAP defines fair value, provides a consistent framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP and Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 820 expands fair value financial statement disclosure requirements. ASC Topic 820 does not require any new fair value measurements and only applies to accounting pronouncements that already require or permit fair value measures, except for standards that relate to share-based payments.

Valuation techniques are based on observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect readily obtainable data from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. The three levels are defined as follows:

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Level 1 Inputs – Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

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Level 2 Inputs – Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.

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Level 3 Inputs – Instruments with primarily unobservable value drivers.

The fair values on a recurring basis of the Company’s MBS and interest rate hedges based on the level of inputs at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are summarized below:


	March 31, 2012
	Fair Value Measurements Using:
$ in thousands	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total at Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage-backed securities(1)		—		15,577,764		—		15,577,764
Investments in unconsolidated ventures		—		—		52,187		52,187
Derivatives		—		—		1,171		1,171

Total		—		15,577,764		53,358		15,631,122

Liabilities
Derivatives		—		380,200		—		380,200

Total		—		380,200		—		380,200


	December 31, 2011
	Fair Value Measurements Using:
$ in thousands	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total at Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage-backed securities(1)		—		14,214,149		—		14,214,149
Investments in unconsolidated ventures		—		—		68,793		68,793
Derivatives		—		—		1,339		1,339

Total		—		14,214,149		70,132		14,284,281

Liabilities
Derivatives		—		396,780		—		396,780

Total		—		396,780		—		396,780

(1)	For more detail about the fair value of our MBS and type of securities, see Note 3 in the unaudited consolidated financial statements.

The following table presents additional information about the Company’s investments in unconsolidated ventures which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:


$ in thousands	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Beginning balance		68,793			54,725
Purchases		—			74,365
Sales and settlements		(17,615	)		(63,598	)
Total net gains / (losses) included in net income
Realized gains/(losses), net		706			6,760
Unrealized gains/(losses), net		303			(3,459	)
Unrealized gain/(losses), net included in other comprehensive income		—			—

Ending balance		52,187			68,793

The following table presents additional information about the Company’s CDS contract which is measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:


$ in thousands	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Beginning balance		1,339			—
Purchases		—			—
Sales and settlements		—			—
Total net gains / (losses) included in net income
Realized gains/(losses), net		—			—
Unrealized gains/(losses), net		(168	)		1,339
Unrealized gain/(losses), net included in other comprehensive income		—			—

Ending balance		1,171			1,339

The following table summarizes quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements:


$ in thousands	Fair Value at March 31, 2012		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range	Weighted Average
CDS Contract		1,171	Discounted cash flow	Swap Rate			2.64	%
				Discount Rate			1.27	%
				Constant Prepayment Rate	3.0% - 25.0%		8.63	%
				Constant Default Rate	0.6% - 28.2%		8.79	%
				Loss Severity	47.8% - 76.1%		63.10	%

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the CDS contract are swap rate, discount rate, constant prepayment rate, constant default rate, and loss severity in the event of default. Significant increases (decreases) in swap rate, discount rate, constant prepayment rate, constant default rate or loss severity in isolation would result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumption used for the constant default rate would likely be accompanied by a directionally similar change in the assumptions used for swap rate, discount rate, and loss severity and a directionally opposite change in the assumption used for constant prepayment rate.

The fair value of the repurchase agreements is a Level 3 fair value measurement, based on an expected present value technique. This method discounts future estimated cash flows using rates the Company determined best reflect current market interest rates that would be offered for securities with similar characteristics and credit quality. At March 31, 2012 the repurchase agreements had a fair value of $13.0 billion and a carrying value of $13.0 billion. At December 31, 2011 the Company’s repurchase agreements had a fair value of $12.3 billion and a carrying value of $12.3 billion.

Note 8 – Related Party Transactions

The Company is externally managed and advised by the Manager. Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, the Manager and its affiliates provides the Company with its management team, including its officers,

along with appropriate support personnel. Each of the Company’s officers is an employee of Invesco or one of Invesco’s affiliates. The Company does not have any employees. With the exception of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Controller, the Manager is not obligated to dedicate any of its employees exclusively to the Company, nor is the Manager or its employees obligated to dedicate any specific portion of its or their time to the Company’s business. The Manager is at all times subject to the supervision and oversight of the Company’s board of directors and has only such functions and authority as the Company delegates to it.

Management Fee

The Company pays the Manager a management fee equal to 1.50% of the Company’s shareholders’ equity per annum, which is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears. For purposes of calculating the management fee, shareholders’ equity is equal to the sum of the net proceeds from all issuances of equity securities since inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance), plus retained earnings at the end of the most recently completed calendar quarter (without taking into account any non-cash equity compensation expense incurred in current or prior periods), less any amount paid to repurchase common stock since inception, and excluding any unrealized gains, losses or other items that do not affect realized net income (regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income). This amount will be adjusted to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in U.S. GAAP, and certain non-cash items after discussions between the Manager and the Company’s independent directors and approval by a majority of the Company’s independent directors.

The Manager has agreed to reduce (but not below zero) the management fee payable by the Company under the management agreement with respect to any equity investment managed by the Manager. The fee reduction occurs at the equity investment level.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company incurred management fees of approximately $8.6 million (2011: $4.0 million), of which approximately $8.6 million (2011: $4.0 million), was accrued but has not been paid.

Expense Reimbursement

Pursuant to the management agreement, the Company is required to reimburse the Manager for operating expenses related to the Company incurred by the Manager, including directors and officers insurance, accounting services, auditing and tax services, filing fees, and miscellaneous general and administrative costs. The Company’s reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company incurred costs, originally paid by Invesco, of approximately $592,000 (2011:$1.4 million). Approximately $550,000 (2011: $1.2 million) was either prepaid or expensed for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Approximately $42,000 (2011: $174,000) was charged against equity as a cost of raising capital for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Termination Fee

A termination fee is due to the Manager upon termination of the management agreement by the Company equal to three times the sum of the average annual management fee earned by the Manager during the 24-month period prior to such termination, calculated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter.

Note 9 – Shareholders’ Equity

Securities Convertible into Shares of Common Stock

The limited partner who holds units of the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) has the right to cause the Operating Partnership to redeem their OP Units for cash equal to the market value of an equivalent number of shares of common stock, or at the Company’s option, the Company may purchase their OP Units by issuing one share of

common stock for each OP Unit redeemed. The Company has also adopted an equity incentive plan which includes the ability of the Company to grant securities convertible into the Company’s common stock to the independent directors and the executive officers of the Company and the personnel of the Manager and its affiliates.

Registration Rights

The Company entered into a registration rights agreement with regard to the common stock and OP Units owned by the Manager and Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., respectively, upon completion of the Company’s IPO and any shares of common stock that the Manager may elect to receive under the management agreement or otherwise. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company has granted to the Manager and Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., (i) unlimited demand registration rights to have the shares purchased by the Manager or granted to it in the future and the shares that the Company may issue upon redemption of the OP Units purchased by Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd. registered for resale, and (ii) in certain circumstances, the right to “piggy-back” these shares in registration statements the Company might file in connection with any future public offering so long as the Company retains the Manager under the management agreement.

Public Offerings

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company issued 2,496 shares of common stock at an average price of $16.66 under the share purchase feature of the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (“DRSPP”) with total proceeds to the Company of approximately $42,000, net of issuance costs.

Share-Based Compensation

The Company established the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan for grants of restricted common stock and other equity based awards to the independent directors and the executive officers of the Company and personnel of the Manager and its affiliates (the “Incentive Plan”). Under the Incentive Plan, a total of 1,000,000 shares of common stock are currently reserved for issuance. Unless terminated earlier, the Incentive Plan will terminate in 2019, but will continue to govern the unexpired awards. The Company recognized compensation expense of approximately $38,000 (2011: $34,000) for the three months ended March 31, 2012. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company issued 2,208 shares (2011: 1,428 shares), of restricted stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan to the Company’s non-executive directors. The fair market value of the shares granted was determined using the closing stock market price on the date of the grant.

On March 2, 2012, the Company issued 15,827 restricted stock units to non-executive employees of the Manager. The restricted stock units vest equally in four installments on the anniversary date of each award. Compensation related to stock awards to employees of the Manager is recorded at the estimated fair value of the award during the vesting period. The Company makes an upward or downward adjustment to compensation expense for the difference in fair value at the date of grant and date the award was earned.

On March 15, 2012 and March 19, 2012, the Company issued 3,156 shares of common stock (net of tax withholding) to non-executive employees of the Manager in respect of restricted stock units which vested under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.

The Company recognized compensation expense of approximately $40,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 related to awards to non-executive employees of the Manager and its affiliates which is reimbursed by the Manager under the management agreement.

Dividends

On March 15, 2012, the Company declared a dividend of $0.65 per share of common stock. The dividend was paid on April 27, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 26, 2012.

Note 10 – Earnings per Share

Earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is computed as follows:


$ in thousands	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Numerator (Income)
Basic Earnings
Net income available to common shareholders		83,082		52,248
Effect of dilutive securities:
Income allocated to non-controlling interest		1,026		1,452

Dilutive net income available to shareholders		84,108		53,700

Denominator (Weighted Average Shares)
Basic Earnings:
Shares available to common shareholders		115,398		51,857
Effect of dilutive securities:
Restricted Stock Awards		23		5
OP Units		1,425		1,425

Dilutive Shares		116,846		53,287

Note 11 – Non-controlling Interest - Operating Partnership

Non-controlling interest represents the aggregate OP Units in the Operating Partnership held by limited partners (the “Unit Holders”). Income allocated to the non-controlling interest is based on the Unit Holders’ ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. The ownership percentage is determined by dividing the number of OP Units held by the Unit Holders by the total number of dilutive shares of common stock. The issuance of common stock (“Share” or “Shares”) or OP Units changes the percentage ownership of both the Unit Holders and the holders of common stock. Since an OP unit is generally redeemable for cash or Shares at the option of the Company, it is deemed to be equivalent to a Share. Therefore, such transactions are treated as capital transactions and result in an allocation between shareholders’ equity and non-controlling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to account for the change in the ownership of the underlying equity in the Operating Partnership. As of March 31, 2012, non-controlling interest related to the outstanding 1,425,000 OP Units represented a 1.2% (2011: 1.9%) interest in the Operating Partnership. Income allocated to the Operating Partnership non-controlling interest for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was approximately $1.0 million (2011: $1.5 million). For the three months ended March 31, 2012, distributions paid to the non-controlling interest were $926,300 (2011: $1.4 million), and payable to the non-controlling interest were approximately $926,300 (2011: $1.4 million).

Note 12 – Subsequent Events

The Company has reviewed subsequent events occurring through the date that these consolidation financial statements were issued, and determined that no subsequent events occurred that would require accrual or additional disclosure.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

In this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or this “Report,” we refer to Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries as “we,” “us,” “our Company,” or “our,” unless we specifically state otherwise or the context indicates otherwise. We refer to our external manager, Invesco Advisers, Inc., as our “Manager,” and we refer to the indirect parent company of our Manager, Invesco Ltd. (NYSE:IVZ,) together with its consolidated subsidiaries (other than us), as “Invesco.”

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to our consolidated financial statements, which are included in Item 1 of this report, as well as the information contained in our most recent Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Forward-Looking Statements

We make forward-looking statements in this Report and other filings we make with the SEC within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such statements are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provided by the same. Forward-looking statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond our control. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, investment strategies, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. When we use the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “may” or similar expressions and future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” and “would,” and any other statement that necessarily depends on future events, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

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our business and investment strategy;

•

our investment portfolio;

•

our projected operating results;

•

actions and initiatives of the U.S. government and changes to U.S. government policies, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and mortgage loan modification programs and our ability to respond to and comply with such actions, initiatives and changes;

•

our ability to obtain additional financing arrangements and the terms of such arrangements;

•

financing and advance rates for our target assets;

•

changes to our expected leverage;

•

general volatility of the securities markets in which we invest;

•

general volatility of foreign financial markets and their governments’ responses;

•

interest rate mismatches between our target assets and our borrowings used to fund such investments;

•

the adequacy of our cash flow from operations and borrowings to meet our short-term liquidity needs;

•

our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet any margin calls;

•

changes in the credit rating of the U.S. government;

•

changes in interest rates and interest rate spreads and the market value of our target assets;

•

changes in prepayment rates on our target assets;

•

the impact of any deficiencies in foreclosure practices of third parties and related uncertainty in the timing of collateral disposition;

•

effects of hedging instruments on our target assets;

•

rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our target assets;

•

modifications to whole loans or loans underlying securities;

•

the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility;

•

counterparty defaults;

•

changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, and similar matters and our ability to respond to such changes;

•

our ability to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

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our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”);

•

availability of investment opportunities in mortgage-related, real estate-related and other securities;

•

availability of U.S. government Agency guarantees with regard to payments of principal and interest on securities;

•

availability of qualified personnel;

•

our understanding of our competition;

•

changes to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”); and

•

market trends in our industry, interest rates, real estate values, the debt securities markets or the general economy.

These forward-looking statements are based upon information presently available to our management and are inherently subjective, uncertain and subject to change. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from our expectations. We caution investors not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and urge you to carefully consider the risks identified under the captions “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this Report and our most recent Form 10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

All written or oral forward-looking statements that we make, or that are attributable to us, are expressly qualified by this cautionary notice. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update the information in any public disclosure if any forward-looking statement later turns out to be inaccurate, except as may otherwise be required by law.

Overview

We are a Maryland corporation primarily focused on investing in, financing and managing residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans. We are externally managed and advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc., our Manager, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. We elected to qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2009. Accordingly, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on our taxable income that we distribute currently to our shareholders as long as we maintain our qualification as a REIT. We operate our business in a manner that will permit us to maintain our exclusion from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

Our objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to our shareholders, primarily through dividends and secondarily through capital appreciation. To achieve this objective, we primarily invest in the following:

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Agency RMBS, which are residential mortgage-backed securities, for which a U.S. government Agency such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) or a federally chartered corporation such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) guarantees payments of principal and interest on the securities;

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Non-Agency RMBS, which are RMBS that are not issued or guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or a federally chartered corporation;

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CMBS, which are commercial mortgage-backed securities; and

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Residential and commercial mortgage loans.

We finance our investments in Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and CMBS through short-term borrowings structured as repurchase agreements. We have also financed our investments in certain non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and residential and commercial mortgage loans by contributing capital to the Invesco IMRF Fund that received financing under the U.S. government’s PIPP, established and managed by our Manager or one of its affiliates, which, in turn, invests in our target assets.

Recent Developments

On March 15, 2012, we declared a dividend of $0.65 per share of common stock. The dividend was paid on April 27, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 26, 2012.

Factors Impacting Our Operating Results

Our operating results can be affected by a number of factors and primarily depend on, among other things, the level of our net interest income, the market value of our assets and the supply of, and demand for, the target assets in which we invest. Our net interest income, which includes the amortization of purchase premiums and accretion of purchase discounts, varies primarily as a result of changes in market interest rates and prepayment speeds, as measured by the constant prepayment rate (“CPR”) on our target assets. Interest rates and prepayment speeds vary according to the type of investment, conditions in the financial markets, competition and other factors, none of which can be predicted with any certainty.

Market Conditions

Beginning in the summer of 2007, significant adverse changes in financial market conditions resulted in a deleveraging of the entire global financial system. As part of this process, residential and commercial mortgage markets in the United States experienced a variety of difficulties, including loan defaults, credit losses and reduced liquidity. As a result, many lenders tightened their lending standards, reduced lending capacity, liquidated significant portfolios or exited the market altogether, and therefore, financing with attractive terms was generally unavailable. In response to these unprecedented events, the U.S. government has taken a number of actions to stabilize the financial markets and encourage lending. Significant measures include the enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to, among other things, establish the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”), the enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (“HERA”), which established a new regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the establishment of the TALF and the PPIP. Some of these programs are beginning to expire and the impact of the wind-down of these programs on the financial sector and on the economic recovery is unknown. Increased volatility in the RMBS markets may have an adverse effect on the market value and performance of the RMBS in which we invest. Moreover, we rely on financing to acquire, on a leveraged basis, the target assets in which we invest. If market conditions deteriorate further, our lenders may exit the repurchase market, further tighten lending standards, or increase the amount of equity capital required to obtain financing making it more difficult and costly for us to obtain financing.

The Dodd-Frank Act enacted on July 21, 2010, contains numerous provisions affecting the financial and mortgage industries, many of which may have an impact on our operating environment and the target assets in which we invest. Consequently, the Dodd-Frank Act may affect our cost of doing business, may limit our investment opportunities and may affect the competitive balance within our industry and market areas.

On September 21, 2011, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced “Operation Twist,” which is a program by which it intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of U.S. Treasury securities with remaining maturities between 6 and 30 years and sell an equal amount of U.S. Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 3 years or less. Operation Twist could result in a flattening in the yield curve and lower long-term interest rates. Lower long-term interest rates could result in increased prepayment rates and a narrowing of our net interest margin. Consequently, Operation Twist and any other future securities purchase programs and actions by the U.S. Federal Reserve could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and our ability to pay distributions to our shareholders.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) and the Department of the Treasury introduced the Home Affordable Refinance Program (“HARP”) in early 2009. HARP provides borrowers, who may not otherwise qualify for refinancing because of declining home values or reduced access to mortgage insurance, the ability to refinance their mortgages into a lower interest rate and/or more stable mortgage product. On October 24, 2011, the FHFA announced a series of changes to the rules regarding the HARP with the intent of increasing the number of borrowers eligible to refinance their mortgage under this program. The FHFA announced changes to the guidelines related to loan-to-value, appraisals, and certain fees, among other things, subject to a variety of qualifications and the extension of the end date for the HARP until December 31, 2013. It does not change the time period which these loans were originated, maintaining the requirement that the loans must have been guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on or before May 31, 2009. We do not expect the current HARP or future modifications to have a material impact on our results of operations in future periods.

On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to ¹/4 percent and it currently anticipates that economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014. Low levels of federal funds rates may reduce our borrowing costs. However, there can be no assurance that federal funds rates will remain near 0 percent, or that such low levels will reduce our cost of funds.

Investment Activities

As of March 31, 2012, 52.0% of our equity was invested in Agency RMBS, 28.5% in non-Agency RMBS, 17.1% in CMBS, and 2.4% in the Invesco PPIP Fund and other investments in unconsolidated ventures. We use

leverage on our target assets to achieve our return objectives. For our total investment portfolio, we focus on securities we believe provide attractive returns when levered approximately 3 to 7 times. The leverage on classes of assets may periodically exceed the stated ranges as we adjust our borrowings to obtain the best available source and minimize total interest expense, while maintaining our overall portfolio leverage guidelines.

As of March 31, 2012, we had approximately $7.4 billion in Agency 30-year fixed rate RMBS securities that offered higher coupons and call protection based on the collateral attributes. We balanced this with approximately $2.5 billion in Agency 15-year fixed rate RMBS securities, approximately $1.5 billion in Agency hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage RMBS (“ARMs”) and approximately $177.8 million in Agency ARM RMBS we believe to have similar durations based on prepayment speeds. As of March 31, 2012, we had purchased approximately $2.3 billion non-Agency RMBS.

As of March 31, 2012, we owned approximately $1.2 billion in CMBS and financed $881.7 million in repurchase agreements. In addition, as of March 31, 2012, we had purchased approximately $456.8 million in CMOs.

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we purchased approximately $2.3 billion of mortgage-backed securities. The average yield on these purchases as of March 31, 2012 is 3.1%.

Portfolio Characteristics

The table below represents the vintage of the credit assets as of March 31, 2012:


	2003			2004			2005			2006			2007			2008		2009			2010			2011			Total
Re-REMIC Senior		—			—			—			—			—			—		0.4	%		7.1	%		61.6	%		69.1	%
Prime		1.0	%		1.2	%		1.2	%		3.4	%		12.9	%		—		—			—			0.9	%		20.6	%
Alt-A		—			—			1.4	%		3.8	%		4.7	%		—		—			—			—			9.9	%
Subprime		—			0.4	%		—			—			—			—		—			—			—			0.4	%

Total Non-Agency		1.0	%		1.6	%		2.6	%		7.2	%		17.6	%		—		0.4	%		7.1	%		62.5	%		100.0	%

CMBS		—			—			22.2	%		21.6	%		—			—		—			16.4	%		39.8	%		100.0	%

The tables below represent the geographic concentration as of March 31, 2012:


Non-Agency RMBS State	Percentage			CMBS State	Percentage
Non-Agency RMBS State	Percentage			CMBS State	Percentage
California		50.0	%	California		14.8	%
Florida		8.0	%	New York		12.4	%
New York		5.6	%	Texas		10.4	%
Virginia		3.2	%	Florida		5.8	%
Washington		2.9	%	Illinois		4.6	%
New Jersey		2.9	%	Pennsylvania		4.0	%
Maryland		2.9	%	New Jersey		3.6	%
Arizona		2.8	%	Massachusetts		3.3	%
Illinois		2.2	%	Ohio		3.3	%
Colorado		2.0	%	Virginia		3.1	%
Other		17.5	%	Other		34.7	%

The vintage and geographic concentrations have not significantly changed since December 31, 2011.

Financing and Other Liabilities. We enter into repurchase agreements to finance the majority of our Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and CMBS. These agreements are secured by our Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and CMBS and bear interest at rates that have historically moved in close relationship to the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”). As of March 31, 2012, we had entered into repurchase agreements totalling $13.0 billion. We also committed to invest up to $100.0 million in the Invesco PPIP Fund, which, in turn, invests in our target assets. As of March 31, 2012, approximately $79.7 million of our commitment to the Invesco PPIP Fund has been called and we are committed to fund approximately $20.3 million in additional capital.

The Company records the liability for mortgage-backed securities purchased for which settlement has not taken place as an investment related payable. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had investment related payables of $259.5 million and $107.0 million, respectively, of which no items were outstanding greater than thirty days. The change in balance was primarily due to an increase in mortgage-backed security purchases at the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

Hedging Instruments. We generally hedge as much of our interest rate risk as we deem prudent in light of market conditions. No assurance can be given that our hedging activities will have the desired beneficial impact on our results of operations or financial condition. Our investment policies do not contain specific requirements as to the percentages or amount of interest rate risk that we are required to hedge.

Interest rate hedging may fail to protect or could adversely affect us because, among other things:

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available interest rate hedging may not correspond directly with the interest rate risk for which protection is sought;

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the duration of the hedge may not match the duration of the related liability;

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the party owing money in the hedging transaction may default on its obligation to pay;

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the credit quality of the party owing money on the hedge may be downgraded to such an extent that it impairs our ability to sell or assign our side of the hedging transaction; and

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the value of derivatives used for hedging may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with accounting rules to reflect changes in fair value. Downward adjustments or mark-to-market losses would reduce our shareholders’ equity.

As of March 31, 2012, we have entered into interest rate swap agreements designed to mitigate the effects of increases in interest rates under a portion of our repurchase agreements. These swap agreements provide for fixed interest rates indexed off of one-month LIBOR and effectively fix the floating interest rates on $6.9 billion of borrowings under our repurchase agreements as of March 31, 2012. We intend to continue to add interest rate hedge positions according to our hedging strategy.

Book Value per Share

Our book value per share was $18.42 and $16.41 as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, on a fully diluted basis, after giving effect to our units of limited partnership interest in our operating partnership, which may be converted to common shares at the sole election of the Company. The increase in our book value was primarily due to the change in valuation of our investment portfolio and our interest rate hedges that is recorded in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) on our balance sheet. Refer to Note 3 -“Mortgage-Backed Securities” for the impact of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income on our investment portfolio. The value of our assets and liabilities change daily based on market conditions. Refer to Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks” for interest rate risk and its impact on fair value.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions that involve the exercise of judgment and use of assumptions as to future uncertainties.

Our most critical accounting policies involve decisions and assessments that could affect our reported assets and liabilities, as well as our reported revenues and expenses. We believe that all of the decisions and assessments upon which our consolidated financial statements are based are reasonable at the time made and based upon information available to us at that time. We rely upon independent pricing of our assets at each quarter’s end to arrive at what we believe to be reasonable estimates of fair market value. The complete listing of our Critical Accounting Policies was disclosed in our 2011 annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012, and there have been no material changes to our Critical Accounting Policies as disclosed therein.

Expected Impact of New Authoritative Guidance on Future Financial Information

In December 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Updated 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (ASU 2011-11). ASU 2011-11 amends Topic 210 to require additional disclosure information about offsetting and related arrangements. Entities will be required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transaction subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. This scope would include derivatives, sale and repurchase agreements and reverse sale and repurchase agreements. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on a basis of US GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The guidance is effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. We do not believe that the adoption of the amended guidance will have a significant effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

The table below presents certain information from our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three month periods ending March 31, 2012 and 2011.


	Three Months Ended March 31,
$ in thousands, except per share data	2012		2011
Revenues
Interest income		141,960		68,536
Interest expense		55,285		15,578

Net interest income		86,675		52,958

Other income		7,202		5,585

Expenses
Management fee – related party		8,639		3,975
General and administrative		1,130		868

Total expenses		9,769		4,843

Net income		84,108		53,700

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		1,026		1,452

Net income attributable to common shareholders		83,082		52,248

Earnings per share:
Net income attributable to common shareholders (basic/diluted)		0.72		1.01

Dividends declared per common share		0.65		1.00

Weighted average number of shares of common stock:
Basic		115,398		51,857

Diluted		116,846		53,287


	As of and for the Three Months ended
$ in thousands	March 31,
*Average Balances:**	2012			2011
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate, at fair value (Including CMOs)		2,911,107			1,938,559
30 year fixed-rate, at fair value		7,132,530			2,317,847
ARM, at fair value		180,221			40,696
Hybrid ARM, at fair value		1,498,789			366,152
Non-Agency RMBS, at fair value		2,314,748			1,204,275
CMBS, at fair value		1,219,502			545,960

Average MBS portfolio		15,256,897			6,413,489

Average Portfolio Yields (1):
Agency RMBS:
15 year fixed-rate (Including CMOs)		2.55	%		3.14	%
30 year fixed-rate		3.46	%		3.40	%
ARM		2.42	%		2.59	%
Hybrid ARM		2.54	%		2.12	%
Non-Agency RMBS		5.91	%		8.13	%
CMBS		5.57	%		5.05	%
Average MBS portfolio		3.72	%		4.27	%

*Average Borrowings:**
Agency RMBS		10,319,296			4,221,169
Non-Agency RMBS		1,787,893			746,399
CMBS		870,104			439,341

Total borrowed funds		12,977,293			5,406,909

Average Cost of Funds (2):
Agency RMBS		0.32	%		0.29	%
Non-Agency RMBS		1.81	%		1.47	%
CMBS		1.58	%		1.34	%
Unhedged cost of funds		0.61	%		0.54	%
Hedged cost of funds		1.70	%		1.15	%

Average Equity (3):		2,082,508			1,156,199
Average debt/equity ratio (average during period)		6.23x			4.68x
Debt/equity ratio (as of period end)		6.04x			3.68x

*	Average amounts for each period are based on weighted month end balances, all percentages are annualized.

(1)	Average portfolio yield for the period was calculated by dividing interest income, including amortization of premiums and discounts, by our average of the investment balance at fair value.

(2)	Average cost of funds is calculated by dividing interest expense, by our average borrowings.

(3)	Average equity is calculated based on a weighted balance basis.

Net Income Summary

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our net income attributable to common shareholders was $83.1 million (2011: $52.2 million) or $0.72 (2011: $1.01) basic and diluted income per weighted average share available to common shareholders.

The increase in net income attributable to common shareholders and decrease in our earnings per share for the three month periods is primarily attributable to the growth in our investment portfolio resulting from our follow-on common stock offerings and in the change in the composition of our investment portfolio based on market conditions. The average MBS portfolio increased approximately $8.8 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared

to the three months ended March 31, 2011. Since March 31, 2011, we have raised approximately $827.2 million in equity through two follow-on common stock offerings and the share purchase feature of the DRSPP.

Interest Income and Average Earning Asset Yield

Our primary source of income is interest earned on our investment portfolio. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we had average earning assets of $15.3 billion (2011: $6.4 billion) and earned interest income of $142.0 million (2011: $68.5 million). The yield on our average investment portfolio was 3.72% (2011: 4.27%).

The change in our average assets and the portfolio yield for three months ended March 31, 2012 versus March 31, 2011 was primarily the result of the increase in our investment portfolio in connection with adding leverage and utilizing proceeds from our follow-on common stock offerings during 2011 and a change in our portfolio composition as we have allocated a higher amount of equity to Agency RMBS at lower yields and higher leverage.

The CPR of our portfolio impacts the amount of premium and discount on the purchase of securities that is recognized into income. Our Agency and non-Agency RMBS had a weighted average CPR of 12.1 and 13.3 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The table below shows the three month CPR for our RMBS compared to bonds with similar characteristics (“Cohorts”):


	March 31, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Company		Cohort		Company		Cohort
15 year Agency RMBS		10.3		21.7		11.2		25.6
30 year Agency RMBS		10.2		18.6		12.1		20.6
Agency Hybrid ARM RMBS		16.2		NA		19.4		NA
Non-Agency RMBS		16.0		NA		14.8		NA

Overall		12.1		NA		13.3		NA

Interest Expense and the Cost of Funds

Our largest expense is the interest expense on borrowed funds. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we had average borrowed funds of $13.0 billion (2011: $5.4 billion) and total interest expense of $55.3 million (2011: $15.6 million). The increase in average borrowed funds and interest expense was primarily the result of increasing the size of our investment portfolio.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our average cost of funds was 1.70% (2011: 1.15%). Since a substantial portion of our repurchase agreements are short term, changes in market rates are directly reflected in our interest expense. Interest expense includes borrowing costs, as well as costs for our interest rate hedges.

Net Interest Income

Our net interest income, which equals interest income less interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012, totaled $86.7 million (2011: $53.0 million). Our net interest rate margin, which equals the yield on our average assets for the period less the average cost of funds for the three months ended March 31, 2012, was 2.02% (2011: 3.12%). The increase in net interest income was primarily the result of increasing our investment portfolio with our follow-on common stock offerings. The decrease in net interest margin was primarily due to higher hedged cost of funds related to the increase in average borrowings and interest rate swaps and a decrease in portfolio yield.

Gain on Sale of Investments

As part of our credit process, all of our MBS are reviewed on a monthly basis to determine if they continue to meet our risk and return targets. This process involves looking at changing market assumptions and the impact those assumptions will have on the individual securities. As a result of our change in market assumptions, we sold securities and recognized net gain of approximately $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (2011: $1.2 million).

Equity in Earnings and Change in Fair Value of Unconsolidated Ventures

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we recognized equity in earnings and unrealized gain on the change in fair value of our investment in the Invesco IMRF Fund of approximately $353,000 (2011: $2.1 million), and approximately $151,000 (2011: $234,000 loss), respectively. The decrease in equity in earnings and increase in unrealized income on the change in fair value was primarily the result of realizing gains on investments sold during 2012.

On September 30, 2011, we invested in a portfolio of commercial mortgage loans by contributing $16.9 million, net of distributions, of equity capital to IMRF Loan Portfolio Member LLC (“IMRF”). For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we recognized equity in earnings and unrealized appreciation on the change in fair value of our investment in the IMRF of approximately $354,000 and $152,000, respectively.

Other Income (Loss)

The Company finances its activities primarily through repurchase agreements, which are generally settled on a short-term basis, usually from one to twelve months. At each settlement date, the Company refinances each repurchase agreement at the market interest rate at that time. Since the interest rate on its repurchase agreements change on a one to twelve month basis, the Company is exposed to changing interest rates. The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish these objectives, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps as part of its interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

Our other income (loss) relates to the unrealized loss on interest rate swaps of approximately $509,000 (2011: $5,000) which represents the ineffective portion of the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps which is recognized directly in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

On December 30, 2010, we entered into a credit default swap (“CDS”) contract. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 we recognized income of $657,000 (2011: $2.5 million) on our investment in the CDS of which $168,000 million (2011: $1.4 million) is an unrealized loss based on change in the fair market value of the CDS and $825,000 (2011: $1.1 million) represents premium payments we receive for providing protection.

Expenses

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we incurred management fees of $8.6 million (2011: $4.0 million), which are payable to our Manager under our management agreement. The increase in management fees is attributable to an increase in shareholders’ equity resulting from our follow-on common stock offerings. The management fee and the relationship between the Company and the Manager are discussed further in our discussion of related party relationships.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our general and administrative expense of approximately $1.1 million (2011: $868,000) include operating expenses not covered under our management agreement. These expenses primarily consist of directors and officers insurance, accounting services, auditing and tax services, filing fees, and miscellaneous general and administrative costs. The increase in costs is primarily related to an increase in general and administrative expenses.

Net Income and Return on Average Equity

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our net income was $84.1 million (2011: $53.7 million) and our annualized return on average equity was 16.16% (2011: 18.58%). The change in net income and average return on equity was primarily the result of increasing our investment portfolio from the proceeds of our common stock offerings and the changes in our portfolio composition during 2012 and 2011.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is a measurement of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to pay dividends, fund investments, repayment of borrowings and other general business needs. Our primary sources of funds for liquidity consists of the net proceeds from our common equity offerings, net cash provided by operating activities, cash from repurchase agreements and other financing arrangements and future issuances of equity and/or debt securities. We also have sought, and may continue to finance our assets under, and may otherwise participate in, programs established by the U.S. government.

We currently believe that we have sufficient liquidity and capital resources available for the acquisition of additional investments, repayments on borrowings, margin requirements and the payment of cash dividends as required for continued qualification as a REIT. We generally maintain liquidity to pay down borrowings under repurchase arrangements to reduce borrowing costs and otherwise efficiently manage our long-term investment capital. Because the level of these borrowings can be adjusted on a daily basis, the level of cash and cash equivalents carried on our balance sheet is significantly less important than our potential liquidity available under borrowing arrangements.

We held cash and cash equivalents of approximately $155.8 million at March 31, 2012 (2011: $280.2 million). Our cash and cash equivalents decreased due to normal fluctuations in cash balances related to the timing of principal and interest payments, repayments of debt, and asset purchases and sales.

Our operating activities provided net cash of approximately $101.3 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2012 (2011: $49.3 million). The cash provided by operating activities increased due to the increase in net interest income earned by our portfolio, which increase in net income resulted from the increase in average interest earning assets of $15.3 billion in investments at March 31, 2012 as compared to $6.4 billion at March 31, 2011.

Our investing activities used net cash of $877.2 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2012 (2011: $1.6 billion). During the three month period ended March 31, 2012 we utilized cash to purchase $2.0 billion in securities which were offset by proceeds from asset sales of $570.4 million and principal payments of $540.6 million. During the three month period ended March 31, 2011 we utilized cash to purchase $1.9 billion of securities, sold $42.5 million of securities and received principal payments of $223.6 million. The increase in principal payments resulted from the larger portfolio at March 31, 2012 as compared to March 31, 2011.

Our financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2012 consisted of net proceeds of approximately $753.3 million from our repurchase agreements.

Our financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011 consisted of net proceeds from our follow-on public offerings in which we raised approximately $470.1 million and $1.4 billion from our repurchase agreements.

The table below shows the allocation of our equity and debt-to-equity ratio as of March 31, 2012. The leverage on each class of assets may periodically exceed the stated ranges as we adjust our borrowings to obtain the best available source and minimize total interest expense while maintaining our overall portfolio leverage guidelines.


$ in thousands	Agency			Non-Agency			CMBS			Unconsolidated Ventures			Total
Borrowings		10,426,516			1,698,214			881,650			—			13,006,380
Equity allocation		1,118,380			613,642			367,655			52,187			2,151,864
Debt / Equity Ratio		9.3			2.8			2.4			—			6.0
% of Total Equity		52.0	%		28.5	%		17.1	%		2.4	%		100.0	%

As of March 31, 2012, the weighted average margin requirement, or the percentage amount by which the collateral value must exceed the loan amount, which we also refer to as the “haircut,” under our repurchase agreements for Agency RMBS was approximately 4.80% (weighted by borrowing amount), under our repurchase agreements for non-Agency RMBS was approximately 18.56% and under our repurchase agreements for CMBS was approximately 19.91%. Across our repurchase facilities for Agency RMBS, the haircuts range from a low of 3% to a high of 10%, for non-Agency RMBS range from a low of 10% to a high of 35% and for CMBS range from a low of 12% to a high of 30%. Our hedged cost of funds was approximately 1.70% and 1.64% as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. Declines in the value of our securities portfolio can trigger margin calls by our lenders under our repurchase agreements. An event of default or termination event would give some of our counterparties the option to terminate all repurchase transactions existing with us and require any amount due by us to the counterparties to be payable immediately.

As discussed above under “—Market Conditions,” the residential mortgage market in the United States has experienced difficult economic conditions including:

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increased volatility of many financial assets, including agency securities and other high-quality RMBS assets, due to potential security liquidations;

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increased volatility and deterioration in the broader residential mortgage and RMBS markets; and

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significant disruption in financing of RMBS.

If these conditions persist, then our lenders may be forced to exit the repurchase market, become insolvent or further tighten lending standards or increase the amount of required equity capital or haircut, any of which could make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain financing. In addition, because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in conservatorship of the U.S. government, if the U.S.’s credit rating is further downgraded, it may impact the credit risk associated with Agency RMBS and other assets, and, therefore, decrease the value of the Agency RMBS, non-Agency RBMS and CMBS in our portfolio, which could cause our repurchase counterparties to make margin calls on our borrowings and swaps, if our collateral is insufficient to cover the debt secured by our assets.

Effective as of August 27, 2010, we implemented a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan (the “DRSPP”), pursuant to which we registered and reserved for issuance 2,000,000 shares of our common stock. Under the terms of the DRSPP, shareholders who participate in the DRSPP may purchase shares of our common stock directly from us, in cash investments up to $10,000. At our sole discretion, we may accept optional cash investments in excess of $10,000 per month, which may qualify for a discount from the market price of 0% to 3%. The DRSPP participants may also automatically reinvest all or a portion of their dividends for additional shares of our stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we issued 2,496 shares of common stock (2011: 709 shares) under the share purchase feature of our DRSPP.

On December 13, 2011, we announced a share repurchase program that was approved by our Board of Directors for up to 7 million shares of our common stock. The shares may be repurchased from time to time through privately negotiated transactions or open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan in accordance

with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Exchange Act or by any combination of such methods. The manner, price, number and timing of share repurchases will be subject to a variety of factors, including market conditions and applicable SEC rules. As of March 31, 2012, we have not repurchased any shares under this program.

Effects of Margin Requirements, Leverage and Credit Spreads

Our securities have values that fluctuate according to market conditions and, as discussed above, the market value of our securities will decrease as prevailing interest rates or credit spreads increase. When the value of the securities pledged to secure a repurchase loan decreases to the point where the positive difference between the collateral value and the loan amount is less than the haircut, our lenders may issue a “margin call,” which means that the lender will require us to pay the margin call in cash or pledge additional collateral to meet that margin call. Under our repurchase facilities, our lenders have full discretion to determine the value of the securities we pledge to them. Most of our lenders will value securities based on recent trades in the market. Lenders also issue margin calls as the published current principal balance factors change on the pool of mortgages underlying the securities pledged as collateral when scheduled and unscheduled paydowns are announced monthly.

We experience margin calls in the ordinary course of our business. In seeking to effectively manage the margin requirements established by our lenders, we maintain a position of cash and unpledged securities. We refer to this position as our “liquidity.” The level of liquidity we have available to meet margin calls is directly affected by our leverage levels, our haircuts and the price changes on our securities. If interest rates increase as a result of a yield curve shift or for another reason or if credit spreads widen, then the prices of our collateral (and our unpledged assets that constitute our liquidity) will decline, we will experience margin calls, and we will use our liquidity to meet the margin calls. There can be no assurance that we will maintain sufficient levels of liquidity to meet any margin calls. If our haircuts increase, our liquidity will proportionately decrease. In addition, if we increase our borrowings, our liquidity will decrease by the amount of additional haircut on the increased level of indebtedness.

We intend to maintain a level of liquidity in relation to our assets that enables us to meet reasonably anticipated margin calls but that also allows us to be substantially invested in securities. We may misjudge the appropriate amount of our liquidity by maintaining excessive liquidity, which would lower our investment returns, or by maintaining insufficient liquidity, which would force us to liquidate assets into unfavorable market conditions and harm our results of operations and financial condition.

Forward-Looking Statements Regarding Liquidity

Based upon our current portfolio, leverage rate and available borrowing arrangements, we believe that cash flow from operations and available borrowing capacity, will be sufficient to enable us to meet anticipated short-term (one year or less) liquidity requirements to fund our investment activities, pay fees under our management agreement, fund our distributions to shareholders and for other general corporate expenses.

Our ability to meet our long-term (greater than one year) liquidity and capital resource requirements will be subject to obtaining additional debt financing. We may increase our capital resources by obtaining long-term credit facilities or through public or private offerings of equity or debt securities, possibly including classes of preferred stock, common stock, and senior or subordinated notes. Such financing will depend on market conditions for capital raises and our ability to invest such offering proceeds. If we are unable to renew, replace or expand our sources of financing on substantially similar terms, it may have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Contractual Obligations

On July 1, 2009, we entered into an agreement with our Manager pursuant to which our Manager is entitled to receive a management fee and the reimbursement of certain expenses, which was amended on May 24, 2011. The management fee is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears in an amount equal to 1.50% of our shareholders’ equity, per annum. Our Manager uses the proceeds from its management fee in part to pay compensation to its officers and personnel who, notwithstanding that certain of those individuals are also our officers, receive no cash compensation directly from us. We are required to reimburse our Manager for operating expenses related to us incurred by our Manager, including certain salary expenses and other expenses relating to legal, accounting, due diligence and other services. Expense reimbursements to our

Manager are made in cash on a monthly basis following the end of each month. Our reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation. Refer to Note 8 – “Related Party Transactions” for details of our reimbursements to our Manager.

Contractual Commitments

As of March 31, 2012, we had the following contractual commitments and commercial obligations:


	Payments Due by Period
$ in thousands	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		After 5 years
Repurchase agreements		13,006,380		13,006,380		—		—		—
Invesco PPIP Fund investment		20,319		20,319		—		—		—

Total contractual obligations		13,026,699		13,026,699		—		—		—

As of March 31, 2012, we have approximately $11.4 million in contractual interest payments related to our repurchase agreements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We committed to invest up to $100.0 million in the Invesco IMRF Fund, which, in turn, invests in our target assets. As of March 31, 2012 and 2011, approximately $79.7 million and $65.3 million of the commitment has been called, respectively.

We also utilize credit derivatives, such as credit default swaps, to provide credit event protection based on a financial index or specific security in exchange for receiving a fixed-rate fee or premium over the term of the contract. These instruments enable us to synthetically assume the credit risk of a reference security, portfolio of securities or index of securities. The counterparty pays a premium to us and we agree to make a payment to compensate the counterparty for losses upon the occurrence of a specified credit event.

Our only CDS contract was entered into on December 30, 2010 with a $150.0 million notional balance where we sold protection on a specific pool of non-Agency RMBS that exceed a specified loss limit of 25% for a stated fixed rate fee of 3%. Our maximum exposure is the unpaid principal balance of the underlying RMBS that exceeds the specified loss limit. We posted cash collateral to secure potential loss payments of $16.0 million as of March 31, 2012. The remaining notional amount of the CDS at March 31, 2012 is $103.3 million (2011: $112.1 million), and we estimated the fair market value of the CDS to be approximately $1.2 million (2011: $1.4 million) at March 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2012, we have not made any payments related to the CDS contract.

Shareholders’ Equity

During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we issued 2,496 shares of common stock at an average price of $16.66 under the share repurchase feature of the DRSPP with total proceeds of approximately $42,000.

Unrealized Gains and Losses

Since we account for our investment securities as “available-for-sale,” unrealized fluctuations in market values of assets do not impact our U.S. GAAP income but rather are reflected on our balance sheet by changing the carrying value of the asset and shareholders’ equity under “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).” In

addition, unrealized fluctuations in market values of our cash flow hedges that qualify for hedge accounting are also reflected in “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).” For the three months ended March 31, 2012, net unrealized loss included in shareholders’ equity was $226.2 million (2011: $40.1 million gain).

The increase in net unrealized gain is primarily attributable to changes in the market values of our cash flow hedges that qualify for hedge accounting. Refer to Note 3 – “Mortgage-Backed Securities” and Note 6 – “Derivative and Hedging Activities” for more details on the unrealized gains and losses in both our investment securities and our cash flow hedges.

As a result of this mark-to-market accounting treatment, our book value and book value per share are likely to fluctuate far more than if we used historical amortized cost accounting. As a result, comparisons with companies that use historical cost accounting for some or all of their balance sheet may not be meaningful.

Share-Based Compensation

We established the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan for grants of restricted common stock and other equity based awards to our independent, non-executive directors, and to the officers and employees of the Manager (the “Incentive Plan”). Under the Incentive Plan, a total of 1,000,000 shares are currently reserved for issuance. Unless terminated earlier, the Incentive Plan will terminate in 2019, but will continue to govern the unexpired awards. Our three independent, non-executive directors are each eligible to receive $50,000 in restricted common stock annually. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we recognized compensation expense of approximately $38,000 (2011: $34,000) and issued 2,208 shares (2011: 1,428 shares) of restricted stock to our independent, non-executive directors pursuant to the Incentive Plan. The number of shares issued was determined based on the closing price on the NYSE on the actual date of grant.

Dividends

We intend to continue to make regular quarterly distributions to holders of our common stock. U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its taxable income. We intend to pay regular quarterly dividends to our shareholders in an amount equal at least 90% of our net taxable income. Before we pay any dividend, whether for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise, we must first meet both our operating requirements and debt service on our repurchase agreements and other debt payable. If our cash available for distribution is less than our net taxable income, we could be required to sell assets or borrow funds to make cash distributions, or we may make a portion of the required distribution in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution of debt securities.

Inflation

Virtually all of our assets and liabilities are interest rate sensitive in nature. As a result, interest rates and other factors influence our performance far more than inflation. Changes in interest rates do not necessarily correlate with inflation rates or changes in inflation rates.

Unrelated Business Taxable Income

The company has not engaged in transactions that would result in a portion of our income to be treated as unrelated business taxable income.

Other Matters

We calculate that we satisfied each of the asset tests in Section 856(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) for the period ended March 31, 2012. We also calculate that our revenue qualifies for the 75% source of income test and for the 95% source of income test rules for the period ended March 31, 2012. Consequently, we believe we met the REIT income and asset test as of March 31, 2012. We also met all REIT requirements regarding the ownership of our common stock and the distribution of dividends of our net income as of March 31, 2012. Therefore, as of March 31, 2012, we believe that we qualified as a REIT under the Code.

At all times, we intend to conduct our business so that neither we nor our Operating Partnership nor the subsidiaries of our Operating Partnership are required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act. If

we were required to register as an investment company, then our use of leverage would be substantially reduced. Because we are a holding company that conducts our business through our Operating Partnership and the Operating Partnership’s wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, the securities issued by these subsidiaries that are excepted from the definition of “investment company” under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, together with any other investment securities the Operating Partnership may own, may not have a combined value in excess of 40% of the value of the Operating Partnership’s total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the 40% test. This requirement limits the types of businesses in which we are permitted to engage in through our subsidiaries. In addition, we believe neither we nor the Operating Partnership are considered an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act because they do not engage primarily or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, through the Operating Partnership’s wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries, we and the Operating Partnership are primarily engaged in the non-investment company businesses of these subsidiaries. IAS Asset I LLC and certain of the Operating Partnership’s other subsidiaries that we may form in the future rely upon the exclusion from the definition of “investment company” under the 1940 Act provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the 1940 Act, which is available for entities “primarily engaged in the business of purchasing or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate.” This exclusion generally requires that at least 55% of each subsidiary’s portfolio be comprised of qualifying assets and at least 80% be comprised of qualifying assets and real estate-related assets (and no more than 20% comprised of miscellaneous assets). Qualifying assets for this purpose include mortgage loans fully secured by real estate and other assets, such as whole pool Agency and non-Agency RMBS, that the SEC or its staff in various no-action letters has determined are the functional equivalent of mortgage loans fully secured by real estate. We treat as real estate-related assets CMBS, debt and equity securities of companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses, Agency partial pool certificates and securities issued by pass-through entities of which substantially all of the assets consist of qualifying assets and/or real estate-related assets. Additionally, unless certain mortgage securities represent all the certificates issued with respect to an underlying pool of mortgages, the MBS may be treated as securities separate from the underlying mortgage loans and, thus, may not be considered qualifying interests for purposes of the 55% requirement. We calculate that as of March 31, 2012, we conducted our business so as not to be regulated as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

The primary components of our market risk are related to interest rate, prepayment and market value. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we believe the risk can be quantified from historical experience and we seek to actively manage that risk, to earn sufficient compensation to justify taking those risks and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we undertake.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental, monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations, and other factors beyond our control. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our investments and our repurchase agreements. Our repurchase agreements are typically of limited duration and will be periodically refinanced at current market rates. We mitigate this risk through utilization of derivative contracts, primarily interest rate swap agreements, interest rate caps and interest rate floors.

Interest Rate Effect on Net Interest Income

Our operating results depend in large part upon differences between the yields earned on our investments and our cost of borrowing and interest rate hedging activities. Most of our repurchase agreements provide financing based on a floating rate of interest calculated on a fixed spread over LIBOR. The fixed spread will vary depending on the type of underlying asset which collateralizes the financing. Accordingly, the portion of our portfolio which consists of floating interest rate assets are match-funded utilizing our expected sources of short-term financing, while our fixed interest rate assets are not match-funded. During periods of rising interest rates, the borrowing costs associated with our investments tend to increase while the income earned on our fixed interest rate investments may remain substantially unchanged. This increase in borrowing costs results in the narrowing of the net interest spread between the related assets and borrowings and may even result in losses. Further, during this portion of the interest rate and credit cycles, defaults could increase and result in credit losses to us, which could adversely affect our liquidity and operating results. Such delinquencies or defaults could also have an adverse effect on the spread between interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

Hedging techniques are partly based on assumed levels of prepayments of our RMBS. If prepayments are slower or faster than assumed, the life of the RMBS will be longer or shorter, which would reduce the effectiveness of any hedging strategies we may use and may cause losses on such transactions. Hedging strategies involving the use of derivative securities are highly complex and may produce volatile returns.

Interest Rate Effects on Fair Value

Another component of interest rate risk is the effect that changes in interest rates will have on the market value of the assets that we acquire. We face the risk that the market value of our assets will increase or decrease at different rates than those of our liabilities, including our hedging instruments.

We primarily assess our interest rate risk by estimating the duration of our assets and the duration of our liabilities. Duration measures the market price volatility of financial instruments as interest rates change. We generally calculate duration using various financial models and empirical data. Different models and methodologies can produce different duration numbers for the same securities.

The impact of changing interest rates on fair value can change significantly when interest rates change materially. Therefore, the volatility in the fair value of our assets could increase significantly in the event interest rates change materially. In addition, other factors impact the fair value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and hedging instruments, such as the shape of the yield curve, market expectations as to future interest rate changes and other market conditions. Accordingly, changes in actual interest rates may have a material adverse effect on us.

Prepayment Risk

As we receive prepayments of principal on our investments, premiums paid on these investments are amortized against interest income. In general, an increase in prepayment rates will accelerate the amortization of purchase premiums, thereby reducing the interest income earned on the investments. Conversely, discounts on such investments are accreted into interest income. In general, an increase in prepayment rates will accelerate the accretion of purchase discounts, thereby increasing the interest income earned on the investments.

Extension Risk

We compute the projected weighted-average life of our investments based upon assumptions regarding the rate at which the borrowers will prepay the underlying mortgages. In general, when a fixed-rate or hybrid adjustable-rate security is acquired with borrowings, we may, but are not required to, enter into an interest rate swap agreement or other hedging instrument that effectively fixes our borrowing costs for a period close to the anticipated average life of the fixed-rate portion of the related assets. This strategy is designed to protect us from rising interest rates, because the borrowing costs are fixed for the duration of the fixed-rate portion of the related target asset.

However, if prepayment rates decrease in a rising interest rate environment, then the life of the fixed-rate portion of the related assets could extend beyond the term of the swap agreement or other hedging instrument. This could have a negative impact on our results from operations, as borrowing costs would no longer be fixed after the end of the hedging instrument, while the income earned on the hybrid adjustable-rate assets would remain fixed. This situation may also cause the market value of our hybrid adjustable-rate assets to decline, with little or no offsetting gain from the related hedging transactions. In extreme situations, we may be forced to sell assets to maintain adequate liquidity, which could cause us to incur losses.

Market Risk

Market Value Risk

Our available-for-sale securities are reflected at their estimated fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in other comprehensive income pursuant to ASC Topic 320. The estimated fair value of these securities fluctuates primarily due to changes in interest rates and other factors. Generally, in a rising interest rate environment, the estimated fair value of these securities would be expected to decrease; conversely, in a decreasing interest rate environment, the estimated fair value of these securities would be expected to increase.

The sensitivity analysis table presented below shows the estimated impact of an instantaneous parallel shift in the yield curve, up and down 50 and 100 basis points, on the market value of our interest rate-sensitive investments and net interest income, at March 31, 2012, assuming a static portfolio. When evaluating the impact of changes in interest rates, prepayment assumptions and principal reinvestment rates are adjusted based on our Manager’s expectations. The analysis presented utilized assumptions, models and estimates of our Manager based on our Manager’s judgment and experience.


Change in Interest Rates		Percentage Change in Projected Net Interest Income			Percentage Change in Projected Portfolio Value
	+1.00 %		11.30	%		(1.88	) %
	+0.50 %		17.92	%		(0.74	) %
	-0.50 %		(23.62	) %		0.63	%
	-1.00 %		(48.48	) %		0.55	%

Real Estate Risk

Residential and commercial property values are subject to volatility and may be affected adversely by a number of factors, including, but not limited to: national, regional and local economic conditions (which may be adversely affected by industry slowdowns and other factors); local real estate conditions (such as the supply of housing stock); changes or continued weakness in specific industry segments; construction quality, age and design;

demographic factors; and retroactive changes to building or similar codes. In addition, decreases in property values reduce the value of the collateral and the potential proceeds available to a borrower to repay our loans, which could also cause us to suffer losses.

Credit Risk

We believe that our investment strategy will generally keep our credit losses and financing costs low. However, we retain the risk of potential credit losses on all of the residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as the loans underlying the non-Agency RMBS and CMBS in our portfolio. We seek to manage this risk through our pre-acquisition due diligence process and through the use of non-recourse financing, which limits our exposure to credit losses to the specific pool of mortgages that are subject to the non-recourse financing. In addition, with respect to any particular asset, our Manager’s investment team evaluates, among other things, relative valuation, supply and demand trends, shape of yield curves, prepayment rates, delinquency and default rates, recovery of various sectors and vintage of collateral.

Risk Management

To the extent consistent with maintaining our REIT qualification, we seek to manage risk exposure to protect our investment portfolio against the effects of major interest rate changes. We generally seek to manage this risk by:

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monitoring and adjusting, if necessary, the reset index and interest rate related to our target assets and our financings;

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attempting to structure our financing agreements to have a range of different maturities, terms, amortizations and interest rate adjustment periods;

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using hedging instruments, primarily interest rate swap agreements but also financial futures, options, interest rate cap agreements, floors and forward sales to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of our target assets and our borrowings; and

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actively managing, on an aggregate basis, the interest rate indices, interest rate adjustment periods, and gross reset margins of our target assets and the interest rate indices and adjustment periods of our financings.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that the required information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We have evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2012. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon our evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

No change occurred in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 2012 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM1.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may be involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. As of March 31, 2012, we were not involved in any such legal proceedings.

ITEM1A.

RISK FACTORS.

There were no material changes during the period covered by this report to the risk factors previously disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012. Additional risks not presently known, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition and results of operation.

ITEM2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM3.

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM5.

OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

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 thereunto duly authorized.


	INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.

May 9, 2012		By:	/s/ Richard J. King
			Richard J. King
			President and Chief Executive Officer

May 9, 2012		By:	/s/ Donald R. Ramon
			Donald R. Ramon
			Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 6. Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2009.

3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 8 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-151665), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2009.

31.1		Certification of Richard J. King pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2		Certification of Donald R. Ramon pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1		Certification of Richard J. King pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2		Certification of Donald R. Ramon pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101		The following series of unaudited XBRL-formatted documents are collectively included herewith as Exhibit 101. The financial information is extracted from Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.’s unaudited consolidated interim financial statements and notes that are included in this Form 10-Q Report. 101.INS XBRL Instance Document 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T that this interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.