AGNC Investment Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
$AGNC
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 14, 2026
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Executive Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements with Certain Officers.
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AGNC Investment Corp. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from nine to ten members and appointed Morris A. Davis to the Board, effective January 12, 2026, to a term that continues until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Dr. Davis was elected to the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.
Dr. Davis is the Paul V. Profeta Chair of Real Estate and Professor of Finance and Economics at Rutgers Business School, where he also serves as the Academic Director of the Center for Real Estate. He is also a Visiting Scholar of the Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. A leading expert on housing markets, real estate finance, and urban economics, he previously held the James A. Graaskamp Chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board. In 2025, Dr. Davis was the Chief Housing Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors to the President. He is a sought-after commentator and lecturer on U.S. housing and macroeconomic trends, and his research, cited over 5,400 times, has appeared in top academic journals. Dr. Davis also serves on the Board of Directors of BOXABL Inc. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Davis previously served on the Company’s Board from May 2008 to March 2025, when he resigned from his position to join the Council of Economic Advisors to the President as Chief Housing Economist.
Dr. Davis will participate in the non-employee director compensation arrangements established by the Company for non-employee directors. The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Dr. Davis, substantially in the form filed herewith. There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Davis and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director, nor are there any family relationships between Dr. Davis and any other executive officer or director of the Company. Dr. Davis is not a party to any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. | ||||||||
| Dated: January 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Kenneth Pollack | ||||||
| Kenneth L. Pollack | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||