NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CYS Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS) announced that at the special meeting of stockholders held today, its stockholders approved the merger transaction in which Eiger Merger Subsidiary LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO), will merge with and into CYS, pursuant to the previously announced merger agreement among CYS, Merger Sub and Two Harbors. At the special meeting, approximately 59.50% of the outstanding shares of CYS common stock were voted, with approximately 96.52% of the votes cast in favor of the CYS merger proposal.

The merger is expected to close on July 31, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions. As a result of the merger, among other things, each share of CYS common stock outstanding at the effective time of the merger will be converted into the right to receive from Two Harbors (i) 0.4680 newly issued shares of Two Harbors common stock and (ii) cash consideration of $0.0965 per share. CYS common stock is expected to be delisted from trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) after the close of trading on July 31, 2018. Two Harbors common stock will continue to trade on the NYSE under the existing ticker symbol “TWO”.

About CYS Investments, Inc.

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