The Board of Directors of Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE: HTS) (the “Company”) today declared cash dividends on shares of both its common and preferred stock for the third quarter of 2015.

Common Stock Dividend

The Company’s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per common share for the third quarter of 2015. The dividend will be paid on October 23, 2015, to stockholders of record on September 25, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of September 23, 2015.

7.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4765625 per share of the Company’s 7.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the third quarter of 2015. The dividend will be paid on October 15, 2015, to stockholders of record on September 30, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of September 28, 2015.

About Hatteras Financial Corp.

Hatteras Financial Corp. is a real estate investment trust formed in 2007 to invest in single-family residential real estate mortgage assets. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the Company is managed and advised by Atlantic Capital Advisors LLC. The Company is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices.