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      <title>Update: The Future Price Of AGNC Raw Data</title>
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        <![CDATA[<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" ><p>1. Current course, Stable spread</p></td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Increases/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40,000,000</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Base Level</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Offering</td><td>No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.04</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.67</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.34</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.03</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.76</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.50</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.27</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr></table> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="397" height="19" colspan="3" >2. Interest Rate Decay, With and Without Share Issuances</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.61</td><td align="right" >36.80</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >33.45</td><td align="right" >36.07</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >32.32</td><td align="right" >35.34</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >31.21</td><td align="right" >34.64</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >30.14</td><td align="right" >33.94</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >29.10</td><td align="right" >33.27</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >28.10</td><td align="right" >32.60</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1.02</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >yield decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Offering</td><td>No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.50</td><td align="right" >39.87</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.99</td><td align="right" >40.66</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.59</td><td align="right" >41.48</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.27</td><td align="right" >42.31</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.03</td><td align="right" >43.15</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.86</td><td align="right" >44.02</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.76741264</td><td align="right" >44.89655621</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >4. Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >9.00</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.38</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.72</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.03</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.31</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.57</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.82</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.05</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="158" height="19" >5. Decaying Yield</td><td width="134" >&nbsp;</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>AGNC Price Model</td><td colspan="2" >Enter Values Here</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40000000</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.97</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.55240285</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.10161666</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.71781089</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.39772802</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.13909137</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.94040072</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.80078424</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr></table></div><p>Dividend Yield Calculations: I updated the &quot;current&quot; dividend yields to reflect the 1.25 dividend that AGNC declared in the second quarter.</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="109" ><col width="106" ><col width="132" ><col width="143" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="215" height="19" colspan="2" >1. Current course, Stable spread</td><td width="132" >&nbsp;</td><td width="143" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>Div Stream/Offering</td><td>Div Stream No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.62181407</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.605125577</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.590126097</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.576516966</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.564071411</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.552613315</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.542003257</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="3" >2. Interest Rate Decay, With and Without Share Issuances</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.557590233</td><td align="right" >1.656060966</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.505238775</td><td align="right" >1.622939747</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.454190779</td><td align="right" >1.590480952</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.404548892</td><td align="right" >1.558671333</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.356372486</td><td align="right" >1.527497906</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.309690853</td><td align="right" >1.496947948</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.264512037</td><td align="right" >1.467008989</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="3" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.687335358</td><td align="right" >1.794008568</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.709690176</td><td align="right" >1.82988874</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.736395864</td><td align="right" >1.866486514</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.766999502</td><td align="right" >1.903816245</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.801188229</td><td align="right" >1.94189257</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.838747378</td><td align="right" >1.980730421</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.879533569</td><td align="right" >2.020345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="2" >4. Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.682282383</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.697337935</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.711132793</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.723869708</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.735705622</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.746764567</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.757146316</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >5. Decaying Yield</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.659500843</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.650096052</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.643246408</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.638661125</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.63610656</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.635393298</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.636366689</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr></table><p><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long [[AGNC]].</p><p><strong>Additional disclosure:</strong> I am also long ARR, CYS, IVR, TWO</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" ><p>1. Current course, Stable spread</p></td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Increases/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40,000,000</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Base Level</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Offering</td><td>No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.04</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.67</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.34</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.03</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.76</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.50</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.27</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr></table> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="397" height="19" colspan="3" >2. Interest Rate Decay, With and Without Share Issuances</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.61</td><td align="right" >36.80</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >33.45</td><td align="right" >36.07</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >32.32</td><td align="right" >35.34</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >31.21</td><td align="right" >34.64</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >30.14</td><td align="right" >33.94</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >29.10</td><td align="right" >33.27</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >28.10</td><td align="right" >32.60</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1.02</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >yield decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Offering</td><td>No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.50</td><td align="right" >39.87</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.99</td><td align="right" >40.66</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.59</td><td align="right" >41.48</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.27</td><td align="right" >42.31</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.03</td><td align="right" >43.15</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.86</td><td align="right" >44.02</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.76741264</td><td align="right" >44.89655621</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >4. Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >9.00</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.00</td><td align="right" >35.00</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.38</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.72</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.03</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.31</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.57</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.82</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.05</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr></table></div> <div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="158" height="19" >5. Decaying Yield</td><td width="134" >&nbsp;</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>AGNC Price Model</td><td colspan="2" >Enter Values Here</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40000000</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.97</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.55240285</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.10161666</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.71781089</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.39772802</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.13909137</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.94040072</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.80078424</td><td align="right" >38.31877842</td></tr></table></div><p>Dividend Yield Calculations: I updated the &quot;current&quot; dividend yields to reflect the 1.25 dividend that AGNC declared in the second quarter.</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="109" ><col width="106" ><col width="132" ><col width="143" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="215" height="19" colspan="2" >1. Current course, Stable spread</td><td width="132" >&nbsp;</td><td width="143" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>Div Stream/Offering</td><td>Div Stream No Offering</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.62181407</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.605125577</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.590126097</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.576516966</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.564071411</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.552613315</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.542003257</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="3" >2. Interest Rate Decay, With and Without Share Issuances</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.557590233</td><td align="right" >1.656060966</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.505238775</td><td align="right" >1.622939747</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.454190779</td><td align="right" >1.590480952</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.404548892</td><td align="right" >1.558671333</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.356372486</td><td align="right" >1.527497906</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.309690853</td><td align="right" >1.496947948</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.264512037</td><td align="right" >1.467008989</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="3" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.687335358</td><td align="right" >1.794008568</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.709690176</td><td align="right" >1.82988874</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.736395864</td><td align="right" >1.866486514</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.766999502</td><td align="right" >1.903816245</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.801188229</td><td align="right" >1.94189257</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.838747378</td><td align="right" >1.980730421</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.879533569</td><td align="right" >2.020345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" colspan="2" >4. Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.682282383</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.697337935</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.711132793</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.723869708</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.735705622</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.746764567</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.757146316</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >5. Decaying Yield</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >1.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.659500843</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.650096052</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.643246408</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.638661125</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.63610656</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.635393298</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >1.636366689</td><td align="right" >1.724345029</td></tr></table><p><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long [[AGNC]].</p><p><strong>Additional disclosure:</strong> I am also long ARR, CYS, IVR, TWO</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Thanks for clicking on this. Here is my rationale:</p><p>Each quarterly stock issuance raises capital. The amount is based on the number of shares and the offering price.</p><p>The capital can be applied at a given leverage rate, as indicated in the financials for AGNC, to expand the portfolio. The company can then use the portfolio at the interest rate spread, which last quarter was 2.31% to derive the income.</p><p>It can and will distribute the income in the form of dividends at a known rate.</p><p>Leverage:</p><p>If you calculate this on the basis of the table on page 56 of the AGNC annual report and calculate the amount of funds raised during 2011 and compare that to the change in portfolio value, the result is reasonably close to the average 7.86:1 leverage value that is stated in AGNC's investor fact sheet. Using the leverage to compute the amount of incremental portfolio that AGNC can add with each incremental share issuance, we can then use the interest rate spread data to compute the amount of income that can be derived from the portfolio:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="266" ><colgroup><col width="69" ><col width="94" ><col width="103" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="69" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="94" >Leverage</td><td width="103" >Interest Spread %</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.58</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.46</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.14</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>7.6</td><td>1.9</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>8.2</td><td>2.31</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Average</td><td>7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>Income derived from the increased portfolio:</p><p>We have to make a couple of adjustments. If we multiply the portfolio value by the interest rate spread, we get a number that is slightly different from the actual net interest income, and there is a similar adjustment when translating from net income to actual dividend payout:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="395" ><colgroup><col width="55" ><col width="138" ><col width="133" ><col width="69" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="55" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="138" >Actual Interest Income</td><td width="133" >Theo Int Income</td><td width="69" >Efficiency</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >164</td><td align="right" >181.8384</td><td align="right" >0.9019</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >201</td><td align="right" >245.385</td><td align="right" >0.8191</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >232</td><td align="right" >224.165</td><td align="right" >1.0350</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >263</td><td align="right" >260.3</td><td align="right" >1.0104</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >406</td><td align="right" >465.465</td><td align="right" >0.8722</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Average Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.9277</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="395" ><colgroup><col width="55" ><col width="138" ><col width="133" ><col width="69" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="55" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="138" >Div Payout</td><td width="133" >Interest Income ($M)</td><td width="69" >Ratio</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>$ 126,000,000</td><td>$ 164,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.7683</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>$ 182,000,000</td><td>$ 201,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.9055</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>$ 252,000,000</td><td>$ 232,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.0862</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>$ 294,000,000</td><td>$ 263,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.1179</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>$ 301,250,000</td><td>$ 406,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.7420</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Average Payout Ratio</td><td align="right" >0.9240</td></tr></table><p>Here is the spreadsheet model I've used:</p><p>These are the independent variables:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="224" ><colgroup><col width="137" ><col width="87" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="137" height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td width="87" align="right" >40,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td></tr></table><p>Income efficiency is the ratio of &quot;theoretical net income&quot;, which is the portfolio value times the interest rate spread, and &quot;actual net income&quot; from the financials. The reason there is a difference is the interest expense and other operating expenses.</p><p>The dividend payout ratio is relatively straightforward. It's the average percentage that is paid out in dividends.</p><p>Interest Stability: I built the model to test what would happen in scenarios of increasing or decreasing interest rate spread. 1.0 is no change, 1.02 is a 2% increase in spread, .98 is a 2% decrease, for example.</p><p>Yield Stability is the same thing: 1.0 is steady yield, using the initial assumption of 18%, 1.02 would be a 2% increase, .98 would be a 2% decrease. A decrease in yield is not all bad, it represents an increase in the stock price.</p><p>Here's the first half of the data table:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="476" ><colgroup><col width="69" ><col width="94" ><col width="91" ><col width="122" ><col width="100" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="69" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="94" >Common Shares</td><td width="91" >Interest Spread</td><td width="122" >Portfolio Value</td><td width="100" >Interest Income</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>90,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.58</td><td>28,192,000,000</td><td>164,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>130,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.46</td><td>39,900,000,000</td><td>201,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>180,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.14</td><td>41,900,000,000</td><td>232,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>210,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.9</td><td>54,800,000,000</td><td>263,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>241,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.31</td><td>80,600,000,000</td><td>406,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td>281,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>89,311,111,113</td><td>479,667,650</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>321,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>100,731,184,189</td><td>541,002,007</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>361,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>112,006,497,472</td><td>601,558,896</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>401,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>123,154,722,469</td><td>661,433,226</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>441,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>134,189,825,888</td><td>720,700,007</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>481,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>145,123,111,926</td><td>779,419,953</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>521,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>155,963,909,038</td><td>837,643,164</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>561,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>166,720,040,431</td><td>895,411,657</td></tr></table><p>and here is the second half:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="439" ><colgroup><col width="98" ><col width="62" ><col width="137" ><col width="87" ><col width="55" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="98" height="19" >Div Payout</td><td width="62" >Div/Share</td><td width="137" >Actual Price</td><td width="87" >Model Price</td><td width="55" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >126,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >182,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >252,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >294,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >301,250,000</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >460,480,944</td><td align="right" >1.64</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >519,361,927</td><td align="right" >1.62</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.95</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >577,496,540</td><td align="right" >1.60</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.55</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >634,975,897</td><td align="right" >1.58</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.19</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >691,872,007</td><td align="right" >1.57</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.86</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >748,243,155</td><td align="right" >1.56</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.57</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >804,137,438</td><td align="right" >1.54</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.30</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >859,595,191</td><td align="right" >1.53</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.05</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividends</td><td align="right" >11.00</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>The model price is the output I used for the graphs in the main article.</p><p>Here is Scenario 1, the base case;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="434" ><colgroup><col width="86" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="220" height="19" colspan="2" >1. Current course, Stable spread</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Increases/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Base Level</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.95</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.55</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.19</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.86</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.57</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.30</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.05</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>Scenario 2: Decreasing interest rate spread</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="158" height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td width="134" align="right" >0</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.69</td><td align="right" >37.55</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.45</td><td align="right" >36.80</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >33.25</td><td align="right" >36.07</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >32.08</td><td align="right" >35.34</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >30.95</td><td align="right" >34.64</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >29.86</td><td align="right" >33.94</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >28.80</td><td align="right" >33.27</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >32.60</td></tr></table></div><p>Scenario 3:</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1.05</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >yield decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >38.24</td><td align="right" >40.23</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.86</td><td align="right" >42.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.81</td><td align="right" >44.36</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >44.08</td><td align="right" >46.58</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >46.67</td><td align="right" >48.91</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >49.60</td><td align="right" >51.35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >52.89</td><td align="right" >53.92</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >56.58</td><td align="right" >56.61</td></tr></table></div><p>Scenario 4: Increased Leverage</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.44</td><td align="right" >39.90</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.93</td><td align="right" >40.71</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.53</td><td align="right" >41.54</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.22</td><td align="right" >42.39</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.00</td><td align="right" >43.26</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.86</td><td align="right" >44.14</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.80</td><td align="right" >45.04</td></tr></table></div><p>5. Decaying Yield (stock price steadily going up)</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="434" ><colgroup><col width="86" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="86" height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td width="134" >AGNC Price Model</td><td width="214" colspan="2" >Enter Values Here</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40000000</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >8</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.97</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Issuance</td><td>No Issuance</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.75876639</td><td align="right" >37.55240286</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.77264505</td><td align="right" >39.1129289</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.88665826</td><td align="right" >39.51615497</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.0634053</td><td align="right" >39.92353801</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.29264583</td><td align="right" >40.33512087</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.56694204</td><td align="right" >40.75094686</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.88076038</td><td align="right" >41.17105972</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.22990503</td><td align="right" ><p>41.59550363</p></td></tr></table><p>Do with this information what you will.</p><p><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long [[AGNC]].</p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Thanks for clicking on this. Here is my rationale:</p><p>Each quarterly stock issuance raises capital. The amount is based on the number of shares and the offering price.</p><p>The capital can be applied at a given leverage rate, as indicated in the financials for AGNC, to expand the portfolio. The company can then use the portfolio at the interest rate spread, which last quarter was 2.31% to derive the income.</p><p>It can and will distribute the income in the form of dividends at a known rate.</p><p>Leverage:</p><p>If you calculate this on the basis of the table on page 56 of the AGNC annual report and calculate the amount of funds raised during 2011 and compare that to the change in portfolio value, the result is reasonably close to the average 7.86:1 leverage value that is stated in AGNC's investor fact sheet. Using the leverage to compute the amount of incremental portfolio that AGNC can add with each incremental share issuance, we can then use the interest rate spread data to compute the amount of income that can be derived from the portfolio:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="266" ><colgroup><col width="69" ><col width="94" ><col width="103" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="69" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="94" >Leverage</td><td width="103" >Interest Spread %</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.58</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>7.6</td><td>2.46</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>7.9</td><td>2.14</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>7.6</td><td>1.9</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>8.2</td><td>2.31</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Average</td><td>7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>Income derived from the increased portfolio:</p><p>We have to make a couple of adjustments. If we multiply the portfolio value by the interest rate spread, we get a number that is slightly different from the actual net interest income, and there is a similar adjustment when translating from net income to actual dividend payout:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="395" ><colgroup><col width="55" ><col width="138" ><col width="133" ><col width="69" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="55" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="138" >Actual Interest Income</td><td width="133" >Theo Int Income</td><td width="69" >Efficiency</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >164</td><td align="right" >181.8384</td><td align="right" >0.9019</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >201</td><td align="right" >245.385</td><td align="right" >0.8191</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >232</td><td align="right" >224.165</td><td align="right" >1.0350</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >263</td><td align="right" >260.3</td><td align="right" >1.0104</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >406</td><td align="right" >465.465</td><td align="right" >0.8722</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Average Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.9277</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="395" ><colgroup><col width="55" ><col width="138" ><col width="133" ><col width="69" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="55" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="138" >Div Payout</td><td width="133" >Interest Income ($M)</td><td width="69" >Ratio</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>$ 126,000,000</td><td>$ 164,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.7683</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>$ 182,000,000</td><td>$ 201,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.9055</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>$ 252,000,000</td><td>$ 232,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.0862</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>$ 294,000,000</td><td>$ 263,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.1179</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>$ 301,250,000</td><td>$ 406,000,000</td><td align="right" >0.7420</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Average Payout Ratio</td><td align="right" >0.9240</td></tr></table><p>Here is the spreadsheet model I've used:</p><p>These are the independent variables:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="224" ><colgroup><col width="137" ><col width="87" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="137" height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td width="87" align="right" >40,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td></tr></table><p>Income efficiency is the ratio of &quot;theoretical net income&quot;, which is the portfolio value times the interest rate spread, and &quot;actual net income&quot; from the financials. The reason there is a difference is the interest expense and other operating expenses.</p><p>The dividend payout ratio is relatively straightforward. It's the average percentage that is paid out in dividends.</p><p>Interest Stability: I built the model to test what would happen in scenarios of increasing or decreasing interest rate spread. 1.0 is no change, 1.02 is a 2% increase in spread, .98 is a 2% decrease, for example.</p><p>Yield Stability is the same thing: 1.0 is steady yield, using the initial assumption of 18%, 1.02 would be a 2% increase, .98 would be a 2% decrease. A decrease in yield is not all bad, it represents an increase in the stock price.</p><p>Here's the first half of the data table:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="476" ><colgroup><col width="69" ><col width="94" ><col width="91" ><col width="122" ><col width="100" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="69" height="19" >Quarter</td><td width="94" >Common Shares</td><td width="91" >Interest Spread</td><td width="122" >Portfolio Value</td><td width="100" >Interest Income</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td>90,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.58</td><td>28,192,000,000</td><td>164,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td>130,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.46</td><td>39,900,000,000</td><td>201,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td>180,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.14</td><td>41,900,000,000</td><td>232,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td>210,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.9</td><td>54,800,000,000</td><td>263,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td>241,000,000</td><td align="right" >2.31</td><td>80,600,000,000</td><td>406,000,000</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td>281,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>89,311,111,113</td><td>479,667,650</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>321,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>100,731,184,189</td><td>541,002,007</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>361,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>112,006,497,472</td><td>601,558,896</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>401,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>123,154,722,469</td><td>661,433,226</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>441,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>134,189,825,888</td><td>720,700,007</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>481,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>145,123,111,926</td><td>779,419,953</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>521,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>155,963,909,038</td><td>837,643,164</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>561,000,000</td><td>2.31</td><td>166,720,040,431</td><td>895,411,657</td></tr></table><p>and here is the second half:</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="439" ><colgroup><col width="98" ><col width="62" ><col width="137" ><col width="87" ><col width="55" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="98" height="19" >Div Payout</td><td width="62" >Div/Share</td><td width="137" >Actual Price</td><td width="87" >Model Price</td><td width="55" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >126,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >182,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >252,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >294,000,000</td><td align="right" >1.4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >301,250,000</td><td align="right" >1.25</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >460,480,944</td><td align="right" >1.64</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >519,361,927</td><td align="right" >1.62</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.95</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >577,496,540</td><td align="right" >1.60</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.55</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >634,975,897</td><td align="right" >1.58</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.19</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >691,872,007</td><td align="right" >1.57</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.86</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >748,243,155</td><td align="right" >1.56</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.57</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >804,137,438</td><td align="right" >1.54</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.30</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >859,595,191</td><td align="right" >1.53</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.05</td><td align="right" >0.18</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividends</td><td align="right" >11.00</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>The model price is the output I used for the graphs in the main article.</p><p>Here is Scenario 1, the base case;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="434" ><colgroup><col width="86" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="220" height="19" colspan="2" >1. Current course, Stable spread</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Increases/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Base Level</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.95</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.55</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >35.19</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.86</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.57</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.30</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.05</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><p>Scenario 2: Decreasing interest rate spread</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="158" height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td width="134" align="right" >0</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.69</td><td align="right" >37.55</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >34.45</td><td align="right" >36.80</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >33.25</td><td align="right" >36.07</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >32.08</td><td align="right" >35.34</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >30.95</td><td align="right" >34.64</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >29.86</td><td align="right" >33.94</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >28.80</td><td align="right" >33.27</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >32.60</td></tr></table></div><p>Scenario 3:</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >3. Interest Rate Spread Slow Increase</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1.05</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >yield decay</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >38.24</td><td align="right" >40.23</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.86</td><td align="right" >42.25</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.81</td><td align="right" >44.36</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >44.08</td><td align="right" >46.58</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >46.67</td><td align="right" >48.91</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >49.60</td><td align="right" >51.35</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >52.89</td><td align="right" >53.92</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >56.58</td><td align="right" >56.61</td></tr></table></div><p>Scenario 4: Increased Leverage</p><div class="big_table"><div class="zoom_table">&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="480" ><colgroup><col width="158" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="292" height="19" colspan="2" >Stable Rates/Higher Leverage</td><td width="105" >&nbsp;</td><td width="109" >&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >0</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >7.84</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>With Offerings</td><td>Without Offerings</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11</td><td align="right" >31.11</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.78</td><td align="right" >27.78</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >36.42</td><td align="right" >38.32</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.44</td><td align="right" >39.90</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.93</td><td align="right" >40.71</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.53</td><td align="right" >41.54</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >39.22</td><td align="right" >42.39</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.00</td><td align="right" >43.26</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >40.86</td><td align="right" >44.14</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >41.80</td><td align="right" >45.04</td></tr></table></div><p>5. Decaying Yield (stock price steadily going up)</p><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="434" ><colgroup><col width="86" ><col width="134" ><col width="105" ><col width="109" ></colgroup> <tr><td width="86" height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td width="134" >AGNC Price Model</td><td width="214" colspan="2" >Enter Values Here</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Share Growth/Quarter</td><td align="right" >40000000</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Effective Leverage</td><td align="right" >8</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Spread Stability</td><td align="right" >0.98</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Income Efficiency</td><td align="right" >0.93</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Dividend Payout</td><td align="right" >0.96</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield</td><td align="right" >0.18</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>Yield Stability</td><td align="right" >0.97</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >Quarter</td><td>Actual Price</td><td>Issuance</td><td>No Issuance</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-1</td><td align="right" >29.2</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-2</td><td align="right" >29.74</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-3</td><td align="right" >29.71</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2011-4</td><td align="right" >28.06</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td><td align="right" >31.11111111</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-1</td><td align="right" >30.07</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td><td align="right" >27.77777778</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-2</td><td align="right" >35</td><td align="right" >35.75876639</td><td align="right" >37.55240286</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.77264505</td><td align="right" >39.1129289</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2012-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >36.88665826</td><td align="right" >39.51615497</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.0634053</td><td align="right" >39.92353801</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-2</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.29264583</td><td align="right" >40.33512087</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-3</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.56694204</td><td align="right" >40.75094686</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2013-4</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >37.88076038</td><td align="right" >41.17105972</td></tr> <tr><td height="19" >2014-1</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td align="right" >38.22990503</td><td align="right" ><p>41.59550363</p></td></tr></table><p>Do with this information what you will.</p><p><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long [[AGNC]].</p>]]>
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      <title>Air Products Earnings Improvement after Potential APG takeover</title>
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        <![CDATA[Here is my calculation for the amount of expected earnings available to Air Products because if they could take over Airgas.<br><br>Airgas has no debt and approximately $400M in STA expense per quarter:<br><br>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><colgroup><col width="148" >  <col width="122" >  <col width="78" >  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="148" height="19" align="19" >ARG Gross Profit   (ttm)</td>   <td width="122" >2,290,000,000</td>   <td width="78" >&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >ARG Taxes</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>870,200,000</td>   <td>at 38%</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >ARG Earnings Cont</td>   <td>1,419,800,000</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >APD Shares Outstanding</td>   <td>213,000,000</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >APD Additional EPS</td>   <td>6.7</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr> </table><br>The difference between ARG's gross profit and their PBT is about $1.5B, which is roughy their annual STA expense.<br><br>The opportunity is for Air Products to roughly double its stock price if it can take Airgas' gross operating margin and not take all of its STA.<br><br>Naturally, the selling and distribution systems of ARG cannot be completely shut down but even if 25% of it can be reduced, it amounts to an additional $20 on the stock price of Air Products, even valued at their current PE.<br><br>At Praxair's PE the benefit in the stock price would be even higher.<br><br>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:36:40 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Here is my calculation for the amount of expected earnings available to Air Products because if they could take over Airgas.<br><br>Airgas has no debt and approximately $400M in STA expense per quarter:<br><br>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><colgroup><col width="148" >  <col width="122" >  <col width="78" >  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="148" height="19" align="19" >ARG Gross Profit   (ttm)</td>   <td width="122" >2,290,000,000</td>   <td width="78" >&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >ARG Taxes</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>870,200,000</td>   <td>at 38%</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >ARG Earnings Cont</td>   <td>1,419,800,000</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >APD Shares Outstanding</td>   <td>213,000,000</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >APD Additional EPS</td>   <td>6.7</td>   <td>&nbsp;</td>  </tr> </table><br>The difference between ARG's gross profit and their PBT is about $1.5B, which is roughy their annual STA expense.<br><br>The opportunity is for Air Products to roughly double its stock price if it can take Airgas' gross operating margin and not take all of its STA.<br><br>Naturally, the selling and distribution systems of ARG cannot be completely shut down but even if 25% of it can be reduced, it amounts to an additional $20 on the stock price of Air Products, even valued at their current PE.<br><br>At Praxair's PE the benefit in the stock price would be even higher.<br><br>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p><br><strong>Volume of a Tank Car:</strong><br><br>49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) <br> Chapter I <br> Part 179, Specifications for Tank <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_capacity_of_a_Railroad_Tank_Car#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>Cars</span></a> </p><p>Subpart B-General Design Requirements</p><p>&sect;179.13 Tank <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_capacity_of_a_Railroad_Tank_Car#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>car</span></a> capacity and gross weight limitation </p><p>&nbsp;</p>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="192" ><colgroup><col width="64" span="3">  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="64" height="19" align="19" >821</td>   <td width="128" colspan="2" >Barrels per   Tank Car</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3277</td>   <td>Shipping Rate</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3.991474</td>   <td>Dollars per Barre;l</td>  </tr> </table><br>So, someone sufficiently determined can get WTI from Tulsa to New Orleans and onto a boat for $4 per barrel. <br><br>Add a couple of dollars per barrel to get it to Tulsa and get it from New Orleans to the LOOP and another $1 per barrel to ship it to London, you're still at less than $10 per barrel.<br><br><br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><tr><td width="64" height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td width="128" colspan="2" >&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td><br><br>&nbsp;</td>  </tr> </table>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p><br><strong>Volume of a Tank Car:</strong><br><br>49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) <br> Chapter I <br> Part 179, Specifications for Tank <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_capacity_of_a_Railroad_Tank_Car#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>Cars</span></a> </p><p>Subpart B-General Design Requirements</p><p>&sect;179.13 Tank <a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_capacity_of_a_Railroad_Tank_Car#" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><span>car</span></a> capacity and gross weight limitation </p><p>&nbsp;</p>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="192" ><colgroup><col width="64" span="3">  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="64" height="19" align="19" >821</td>   <td width="128" colspan="2" >Barrels per   Tank Car</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3277</td>   <td>Shipping Rate</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3.991474</td>   <td>Dollars per Barre;l</td>  </tr> </table><br>So, someone sufficiently determined can get WTI from Tulsa to New Orleans and onto a boat for $4 per barrel. <br><br>Add a couple of dollars per barrel to get it to Tulsa and get it from New Orleans to the LOOP and another $1 per barrel to ship it to London, you're still at less than $10 per barrel.<br><br><br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" ><tr><td width="64" height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td width="128" colspan="2" >&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td><td><br><br>&nbsp;</td>  </tr> </table>]]>
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      <title>Conoco Phllips Earnings By Quarter </title>
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        <![CDATA[<br><br>Here is the raw data for the article I am working on about Conoco Phillips' motivation for offloading their refining business:<br><br>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="338" ><colgroup><col width="64" >  <col width="58" >  <col width="60" >  <col width="77" >  <col width="79" >  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="64" height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td>   <td width="58" >Refining Segment</td>   <td width="60" >Rest of Company</td>   <td width="77" >Shares Outstanding</td>   <td width="79" >Stock Price</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2007</td>   <td>1136</td>   <td>2410</td>   <td>1668847</td>   <td>68</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2007</td>   <td>2358</td>   <td>2402</td>   <td>1657999</td>   <td>90</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2007</td>   <td>1307</td>   <td>2366</td>   <td>1644267</td>   <td>84</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2007</td>   <td>1122</td>   <td>3249</td>   <td>1612179</td>   <td>86</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2008</td>   <td>520</td>   <td>3619</td>   <td>1582025</td>   <td>79</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2008</td>   <td>664</td>   <td>4775</td>   <td>1555447</td>   <td>84</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2008</td>   <td>849</td>   <td>4339</td>   <td>1528187</td>   <td>48</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2008</td>   <td>289</td>   <td>1200</td>   <td>1486204</td>   <td>55</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2009</td>   <td>205</td>   <td>635</td>   <td>1495247</td>   <td>42</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2009</td>   <td>-52</td>   <td>1350</td>   <td>1495700</td>   <td>40</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2009</td>   <td>99</td>   <td>1404</td>   <td>1498204</td>   <td>52</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2009</td>   <td>-215</td>   <td>1432</td>   <td>1500983</td>   <td>53</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2010</td>   <td>-4</td>   <td>2102</td>   <td>1503565</td>   <td>55</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2010</td>   <td>-279</td>   <td>4443</td>   <td>1501257</td>   <td>52</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2010</td>   <td>268</td>   <td>2787</td>   <td>1493080</td>   <td>60</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2011</td>   <td>207</td>   <td>1834</td>   <td>1465794</td>   <td>67</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2011</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>482</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>2,546</td>   <td>1445477</td>   <td>79</td>  </tr> </table><br>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<br><br>Here is the raw data for the article I am working on about Conoco Phillips' motivation for offloading their refining business:<br><br>  <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="338" ><colgroup><col width="64" >  <col width="58" >  <col width="60" >  <col width="77" >  <col width="79" >  </colgroup><tr>   <td width="64" height="19" align="19" >&nbsp;</td>   <td width="58" >Refining Segment</td>   <td width="60" >Rest of Company</td>   <td width="77" >Shares Outstanding</td>   <td width="79" >Stock Price</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2007</td>   <td>1136</td>   <td>2410</td>   <td>1668847</td>   <td>68</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2007</td>   <td>2358</td>   <td>2402</td>   <td>1657999</td>   <td>90</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2007</td>   <td>1307</td>   <td>2366</td>   <td>1644267</td>   <td>84</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2007</td>   <td>1122</td>   <td>3249</td>   <td>1612179</td>   <td>86</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2008</td>   <td>520</td>   <td>3619</td>   <td>1582025</td>   <td>79</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2008</td>   <td>664</td>   <td>4775</td>   <td>1555447</td>   <td>84</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2008</td>   <td>849</td>   <td>4339</td>   <td>1528187</td>   <td>48</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2008</td>   <td>289</td>   <td>1200</td>   <td>1486204</td>   <td>55</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2009</td>   <td>205</td>   <td>635</td>   <td>1495247</td>   <td>42</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2009</td>   <td>-52</td>   <td>1350</td>   <td>1495700</td>   <td>40</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2009</td>   <td>99</td>   <td>1404</td>   <td>1498204</td>   <td>52</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2009</td>   <td>-215</td>   <td>1432</td>   <td>1500983</td>   <td>53</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2010</td>   <td>-4</td>   <td>2102</td>   <td>1503565</td>   <td>55</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >2q2010</td>   <td>-279</td>   <td>4443</td>   <td>1501257</td>   <td>52</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >3q2010</td>   <td>268</td>   <td>2787</td>   <td>1493080</td>   <td>60</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >4q2011</td>   <td>207</td>   <td>1834</td>   <td>1465794</td>   <td>67</td>  </tr>  <tr>   <td height="19" align="19" >1q2011</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>482</td>   <td><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>2,546</td>   <td>1445477</td>   <td>79</td>  </tr> </table><br>]]>
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      <title>Oil Refiners Insider Trading Activity, Second Quarter 2011</title>
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        <![CDATA[Under the ongoing assumption that the operators of a business are in the best position to know what the business is doing, we periodically review the insider trading activity in the Oil&nbsp; Refining group.<br><br>Keep in mind that Corporate Officers are people too, and a lot of them are compensated in options and other equity-related ways, and may occasionally have a transaction for non-business and personal reasons. Also the second quarter in this industry is typically the annual maximum  in profitability, some of this may be just taking advantage of the  seasonality.<br><br>The source of this information is Yahoo Finance.<br><br>The vast majority of the activity this quarter has been selling, some of it substantial. <br><br>There was not a flurry of insider activity before the merger of Frontier Oil and Holly Corporation, in late March, The insiders of Marathon Oil have been net sellers in advance of the upcoming spinoff of their refining business. <br><br><br><strong>Marathon Oil (MRO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th><strong>Date</strong></th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 18, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>27,402</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $51.21 - $51.28 per share.</td><td>1,404,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>64,200</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $16.81 per share.</td><td>1,079,202</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>36,798</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $51.18 per share.</td><td>1,883,321</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>13,334</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $16.81 - $25.84 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>11,375</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $51.03 - $51.07 per share.</td><td>581,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,959</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $51.04 per share.</td><td>99,987</td></tr><tr><td>May 2, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>147</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $53.63 per share.</td><td>7,883</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/99/6014.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BOYCE GREGORY H</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/5945.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SCHOFIELD SETH E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/08/4145.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PHELPS MICHAEL E J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/12/4144.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LADER PHILIP</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/4126.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BRONDEAU PIERRE R</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/3906.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DAVIS WILLIAM L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/29/3906.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LEE CHARLES R</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/23/3843.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DABERKO DAVID A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/3833.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">USHER THOMAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>467</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>25,007</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/53/1119.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JACKSON SHIRLEY A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/48/712.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">REILLEY DENNIS H</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><strong>Tesoro: (TSO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/96/8477.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JACKSON TRACY DAWN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>371</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>9,004</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/62/8277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GOFF GREGORY JAMES</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,262</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>200,518</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/35/7303.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GLENEWINKEL ARLEN O</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>706</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>17,134</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/6623.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FLAGG CLAUDE A</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,852</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>44,948</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/6555.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PARRISH CHARLES S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,852</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>44,948</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/6385.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SPENDLOVE G SCOTT</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>882</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>21,406</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/62/8277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GOFF GREGORY JAMES</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>46,697</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $25.01 per share.</td><td>1,167,891</td></tr></table><br><br><strong>Valero (VLO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 29, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>4,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $12.26 per share.</td><td>49,040</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,199</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>61,593</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/6418.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WEISENBURGER RANDALL J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>517</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>14,481</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/04/428.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PURCELL SUSAN KAUFMAN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>7,633</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/91/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ESCOBEDO RUBEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/14/347.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MARBUT BOB</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/473.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EDWARDS S EUGENE</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>20,620</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.04 per share.</td><td>578,184</td></tr></table><br><strong>Frontier Oil (FTO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 25, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/02/3857.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SHOOP NANCY ZUPAN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>14,798</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>434,913</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/6662.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JENNINGS MICHAEL</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>33,294</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>978,510</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/6662.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JENNINGS MICHAEL</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>31,786</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $31.64 per share.</td><td>1,005,709</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 4, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/17/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ARON DOUG S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>9,866</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>289,961</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 4, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/17/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ARON DOUG S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>9,866</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $30.39 per share.</td><td>299,82</td></tr></table><br><strong>Calumet Specialty (CLMT)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/72/8187.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BARNHART TIMOTHY R</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>185</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8051.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MORRIS GEORGE C III</a><span>Director</span></td><td>15</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/94/7362.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">STRAUMINS JENNIFER</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>209</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/85/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FUNK ROBERT E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>118</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/84/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RUTIGLIANO NICHOLAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>159</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/83/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CARTER JAMES S</a><span>Director</span></td><td>187</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/33/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GRUBE FERDINAND WILLIAM</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>243</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/32/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FEHSENFELD FRED M JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>162</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMITH JEFFREY D</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>58</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MURRAY RICHARD PATRICK II</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>106</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MILLS ROBERT M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>96</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8051.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MORRIS GEORGE C III</a><span>Director</span></td><td>691</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/85/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FUNK ROBERT E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>674</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/84/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RUTIGLIANO NICHOLAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>596</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/83/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CARTER JAMES S</a><span>Director</span></td><td>703</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/32/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FEHSENFELD FRED M JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>656</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/</td></tr></table><strong>Holly Corp (HOC)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/05/8216.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TCTC HOLDINGS, LLC</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>N/A</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Statement of Ownership</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/8553.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HARDAGE RICHARD KEVIN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/8553.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HARDAGE RICHARD KEVIN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>N/A</td><td>Direct</td><td>Statement of Ownership</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/78/8020.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DAMIRIS GEORGE JOHN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>3,413</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/7915.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MCWATTERS DENISE CLARK</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,234</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/54/6357.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BERRY BUFORD P</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/44/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SHAW BRUCE R</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>2,560</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MCKENZIE ROBERT G</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLIFTON MATTHEW P</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>14,609</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/6218.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">REID JACK P</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,103</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/86/3892.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">VALENTA TOMMY A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/13/766.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ECHOLS LELDON E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,234</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLIFTON MATTHEW P</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,030</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $58.52 per share.</td><td>469,915</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>4,283</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $58.52 per share.</td><td>250,641</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>300</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>300</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>5,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $61.95 - $61.97 per share.</td><td>310,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N</td></tr></table><strong>Valero (VLO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 29, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>4,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $12.26 per share.</td><td>49,040</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,199</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>61,593</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/6418.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WEISENBURGER RANDALL J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>517</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>14,481</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/04/428.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PURCELL SUSAN KAUFMAN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>7,633</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/91/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ESCOBEDO RUBEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/14/347.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MARBUT BOB</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/473.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EDWARDS S EUGENE</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>20,620</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.04 per share.</td><td>578,18</td></tr></table><br><strong>Western Refining (WNR)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>652,375</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>652,375</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>326,187</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>654,925</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>654,925</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>327,462</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>732,275</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/74/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">STEVENS JEFF A</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>500,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>732,275</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>366,137</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>716,125</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>716,125</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>358,062</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>679,575</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>679,575</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>339,787</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>678,300</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>678,300</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>339,150</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8194.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BEYERSDORFER JEFFREY S.</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>11,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $17.15 per share.</td><td>192,937</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>358,487</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>716,975</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>716,975</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>365,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>729,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>729,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>752,675</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>752,675</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>376,337</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>731,000</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>731,000</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>365,500</td></tr></table><br><br><br><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/clmt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLMT</a>.<br>]]>
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        <![CDATA[Under the ongoing assumption that the operators of a business are in the best position to know what the business is doing, we periodically review the insider trading activity in the Oil&nbsp; Refining group.<br><br>Keep in mind that Corporate Officers are people too, and a lot of them are compensated in options and other equity-related ways, and may occasionally have a transaction for non-business and personal reasons. Also the second quarter in this industry is typically the annual maximum  in profitability, some of this may be just taking advantage of the  seasonality.<br><br>The source of this information is Yahoo Finance.<br><br>The vast majority of the activity this quarter has been selling, some of it substantial. <br><br>There was not a flurry of insider activity before the merger of Frontier Oil and Holly Corporation, in late March, The insiders of Marathon Oil have been net sellers in advance of the upcoming spinoff of their refining business. <br><br><br><strong>Marathon Oil (MRO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th><strong>Date</strong></th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 18, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>27,402</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $51.21 - $51.28 per share.</td><td>1,404,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>64,200</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $16.81 per share.</td><td>1,079,202</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/75/8297.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CAMPBELL EILEEN M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>36,798</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $51.18 per share.</td><td>1,883,321</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>13,334</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $16.81 - $25.84 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>11,375</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $51.03 - $51.07 per share.</td><td>581,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,959</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $51.04 per share.</td><td>99,987</td></tr><tr><td>May 2, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/57/8153.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">KERRIGAN SYLVIA J</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>147</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $53.63 per share.</td><td>7,883</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/99/6014.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BOYCE GREGORY H</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/5945.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SCHOFIELD SETH E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/08/4145.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PHELPS MICHAEL E J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/12/4144.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LADER PHILIP</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/4126.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BRONDEAU PIERRE R</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/3906.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DAVIS WILLIAM L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/29/3906.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LEE CHARLES R</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/23/3843.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DABERKO DAVID A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/3833.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">USHER THOMAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>467</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>25,007</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/53/1119.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JACKSON SHIRLEY A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/48/712.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">REILLEY DENNIS H</a><span>Director</span></td><td>700</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $53.55 per share.</td><td>37,485</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></table><strong>Tesoro: (TSO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/96/8477.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JACKSON TRACY DAWN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>371</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>9,004</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/62/8277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GOFF GREGORY JAMES</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,262</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>200,518</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/35/7303.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GLENEWINKEL ARLEN O</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>706</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>17,134</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/6623.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FLAGG CLAUDE A</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,852</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>44,948</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/6555.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PARRISH CHARLES S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,852</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>44,948</td></tr><tr><td>May 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/65/6385.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SPENDLOVE G SCOTT</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>882</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $24.27 per share.</td><td>21,406</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/62/8277.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GOFF GREGORY JAMES</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>46,697</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $25.01 per share.</td><td>1,167,891</td></tr></table><br><br><strong>Valero (VLO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 29, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>4,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $12.26 per share.</td><td>49,040</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,199</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>61,593</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/6418.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WEISENBURGER RANDALL J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>517</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>14,481</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/04/428.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PURCELL SUSAN KAUFMAN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>7,633</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/91/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ESCOBEDO RUBEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/14/347.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MARBUT BOB</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/473.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EDWARDS S EUGENE</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>20,620</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.04 per share.</td><td>578,184</td></tr></table><br><strong>Frontier Oil (FTO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 25, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/02/3857.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SHOOP NANCY ZUPAN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>14,798</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>434,913</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/6662.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JENNINGS MICHAEL</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>33,294</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>978,510</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 5, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/03/6662.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JENNINGS MICHAEL</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>31,786</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $31.64 per share.</td><td>1,005,709</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 4, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/17/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ARON DOUG S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>9,866</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $29.39 per share.</td><td>289,961</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 4, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/17/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ARON DOUG S</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>9,866</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $30.39 per share.</td><td>299,82</td></tr></table><br><strong>Calumet Specialty (CLMT)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/72/8187.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BARNHART TIMOTHY R</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>185</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8051.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MORRIS GEORGE C III</a><span>Director</span></td><td>15</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/94/7362.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">STRAUMINS JENNIFER</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>209</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/85/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FUNK ROBERT E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>118</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/84/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RUTIGLIANO NICHOLAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>159</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/83/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CARTER JAMES S</a><span>Director</span></td><td>187</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/33/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">GRUBE FERDINAND WILLIAM</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>243</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/32/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FEHSENFELD FRED M JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>162</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SMITH JEFFREY D</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>58</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MURRAY RICHARD PATRICK II</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>106</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MILLS ROBERT M</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>96</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8051.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MORRIS GEORGE C III</a><span>Director</span></td><td>691</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/85/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FUNK ROBERT E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>674</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/84/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RUTIGLIANO NICHOLAS J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>596</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/83/6981.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CARTER JAMES S</a><span>Director</span></td><td>703</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 3, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/32/6970.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FEHSENFELD FRED M JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>656</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise</td><td>N/</td></tr></table><strong>Holly Corp (HOC)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/05/8216.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TCTC HOLDINGS, LLC</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>N/A</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Statement of Ownership</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/8553.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HARDAGE RICHARD KEVIN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/41/8553.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HARDAGE RICHARD KEVIN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>N/A</td><td>Direct</td><td>Statement of Ownership</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/78/8020.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DAMIRIS GEORGE JOHN</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>3,413</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/7915.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MCWATTERS DENISE CLARK</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,234</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/54/6357.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BERRY BUFORD P</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/44/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SHAW BRUCE R</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>2,560</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MCKENZIE ROBERT G</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLIFTON MATTHEW P</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>14,609</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/88/6218.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">REID JACK P</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,103</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/86/3892.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">VALENTA TOMMY A</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/13/766.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ECHOLS LELDON E</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,137</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>1,234</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/31/6219.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLIFTON MATTHEW P</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>8,030</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $58.52 per share.</td><td>469,915</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>4,283</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $58.52 per share.</td><td>250,641</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>300</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>300</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/56/6164.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LAMP DAVID L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>5,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $61.95 - $61.97 per share.</td><td>310,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 1, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/18/6238.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SURPLUS SCOTT C</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N</td></tr></table><strong>Valero (VLO)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Apr 29, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>4,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Option Exercise at $12.26 per share.</td><td>49,040</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/66/6599.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">NICKLES DONALD L</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,199</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>61,593</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/68/6452.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WATERS STEPHEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/6418.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WEISENBURGER RANDALL J</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>517</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>14,481</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/60/3869.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WILKINS RAYFORD JR</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/30/877.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PROFUSEK ROBERT</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/93/695.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CHOATE JERRY D</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/04/428.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PURCELL SUSAN KAUFMAN</a><span>Director</span></td><td>7,633</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/91/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ESCOBEDO RUBEN M</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>2,686</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.01 per share.</td><td>75,234</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/89/427.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CALGAARD RONALD K</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/14/347.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MARBUT BOB</a><span>Director</span></td><td>5,714</td><td>Direct</td><td>Acquisition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/28/473.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">EDWARDS S EUGENE</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>20,620</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $28.04 per share.</td><td>578,18</td></tr></table><br><strong>Western Refining (WNR)</strong><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><th>Date</th><th>Insider</th><th>Shares</th><th>Type</th><th>Transaction</th><th>Value</th></tr></table><br><table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" ><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>652,375</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>652,375</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 8, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.35 per share.</td><td>326,187</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>654,925</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>654,925</td></tr><tr><td>Jun 7, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.41 per share.</td><td>327,462</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>732,275</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/74/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">STEVENS JEFF A</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>500,000</td><td>Direct</td><td>Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>732,275</td></tr><tr><td>May 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.23 per share.</td><td>366,137</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>716,125</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>716,125</td></tr><tr><td>May 26, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.85 per share.</td><td>358,062</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>679,575</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>679,575</td></tr><tr><td>May 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.99 per share.</td><td>339,787</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>678,300</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>678,300</td></tr><tr><td>May 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $15.96 per share.</td><td>339,150</td></tr><tr><td>May 11, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/81/8194.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BEYERSDORFER JEFFREY S.</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>11,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Sale at $17.15 per share.</td><td>192,937</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>358,487</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>716,975</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 28, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $16.87 per share.</td><td>716,975</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>365,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>729,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 27, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17 - $17.32 per share.</td><td>729,000<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>752,675</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>752,675</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 13, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.71 per share.</td><td>376,337</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/15/7534.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FRANKLIN MOUNTAIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP</a><span>Beneficial Owner (10% or more)</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>731,000</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>42,500</td><td>Indirect</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>731,000</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 12, 2011</td><td><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/t/73/6964.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">FOSTER PAUL L</a><span>Officer</span></td><td>21,250</td><td>Direct</td><td>Automatic Sale at $17.20 per share.</td><td>365,500</td></tr></table><br><br><br><strong>Disclosure: </strong>I am long <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/clmt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CLMT</a>.<br>]]>
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