CYS Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) (the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has established March 8, 2013, as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The annual meeting will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013, at 9:30 AM Eastern Time at the offices of K & L Gates LLP, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, 19th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

About CYS Investments, Inc.

CYS Investments, Inc. is a specialty finance company that invests on a leveraged basis in residential mortgage pass-through certificates for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. The Company refers to these securities as Agency RMBS. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes.

Please visit the Company's website at http://www.cysinv.com.

CYS Investments, Inc.
Richard E. Cleary, 617-639-0440
Chief Operating Officer