NLY 2023 Annual Report

15. CAPITAL STOCK (A) Common Stock The following table provides a summary of the Company’s common shares authorized, and issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022. Shares authorized Shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Par Value Common stock 1,468,250,000 2,936,500,000 500,080,287 468,309,810 $0.01 In December 2020, the Company announced that its Board authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding common shares through December 31, 2021 (the “Prior Share Repurchase Program”). In January 2022, the Company announced that its Board authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding shares of common stock through December 31, 2024 (the “Current Share Repurchase Program”). The Current Share Repurchase Program replaced the Prior Share Repurchase Program. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, no shares were repurchased under the Current Share Repurchase Program or Prior Share Repurchase Program. On August 6, 2020, the Company entered into separate Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements on August 6, 2021, and Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements on November 3, 2022, collectively, the “Sales Agreements”) with each of Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Sales Agents”). Pursuant to the Sales Agreements, the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $1.5 billion, from time to time through any of the Sales Agents (the “at-the-market sales program”). During the year ended December 31, 2023, under the at-the-market sales program, the Company issued 31.4 million shares for proceeds of $0.7 billion, net of commissions and fees. During the year ended December 31, 2022, under the at-the-market sales program, the Company issued 45.7 million shares for proceeds of $1.1 billion, net of commissions and fees. The foregoing share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the effects of the Reverse Stock Split. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company closed two public offerings for an aggregate original issuance of 50 million shares of common stock for aggregate proceeds of $1.31 billion before deducting offering expenses. In connection with each offering, the Company granted the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional 3.75 million shares of common stock, which the underwriters exercised in full in both instances, resulting in an additional $196.5 million in proceeds before deducting offering expenses for the year ended December 31, 2022. (B) Preferred Stock The following is a summary of the Company’s cumulative redeemable preferred stock outstanding at December 31, 2023 and 2022. In the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Company’s then outstanding preferred stock takes precedence over the Company’s common stock with respect to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets. Shares Authorized Shares Issued And Outstanding Carrying Value Contractual Rate Earliest Redemption Date (1) Effective Date of Floating Rate Dividend Period Floating Annual Rate (2) December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 Fixed-to-floating rate Series F 28,800,000 28,800,000 28,800,000 28,800,000 696,910 696,910 6.95% 9/30/2022 9/30/2022 3M Term SOFR + 4.993% Series G 17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 411,335 411,335 6.50% 3/31/2023 3/31/2023 3M Term SOFR + 4.172% Series I 17,700,000 17,700,000 17,700,000 17,700,000 428,324 428,324 6.75% 6/30/2024 6/30/2024 3M Term SOFR + 4.989% Total 63,500,000 63,500,000 63,500,000 63,500,000 $ 1,536,569 $ 1,536,569 (1) Subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem preferred stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change in control of the Company. (2) For each series of fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable preferred stock, the floating rate is calculated as 3-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) plus the spread specified in the prospectus. ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Financial Statements F-30

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