ARLINGTON, Va., June 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Asset
Investment Corp. (NYSE: AI) (the "Company" or "Arlington") today announced that Egan-Jones
Proxy Services ("Egan-Jones"), a leading independent proxy advisory
firm, has joined Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and
Glass Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis") in recommending that
Arlington shareholders vote "FOR
ALL" eight of Arlington's
highly-qualified and experienced director nominees – Eric F. Billings, J.
Rock Tonkel, Jr., Daniel J.
Altobello, Daniel E. Berce,
David W. Faeder, Peter A. Gallagher, Ralph S. Michael, III and Anthony P. Nader, III – on the WHITE proxy card
at the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders next Thursday, June 9, 2016.
Arlington shareholders are
reminded that their vote is extremely important, no matter how many
or how few shares they own. Arlington recommends that shareholders reelect
the Company's current leaders by voting the WHITE proxy card today
"FOR ALL" of Arlington's
highly-qualified and experienced director nominees.
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Your Vote Is
Important, No Matter How Many or How Few Shares You
Own
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If you have any
questions or need assistance voting, please contact the firm
assisting Arlington in the solicitation of proxies:
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INNISFREE M&A
INCORPORATED
Shareholders may call toll free:
1-888-750-5834
Banks and Brokers may call collect:
212-750-5833
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IMPORTANT
Arlington urges shareholders
NOT to sign any gold proxy card sent by the Imation
Group.
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If you have already
done so, you have every legal right to change your vote by using
the WHITE proxy card to vote TODAY—by telephone, via Internet, or
by signing, dating and returning the WHITE proxy card.
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About Arlington Asset Investment Corp.
Arlington Asset
Investment Corp. (NYSE: AI) is a principal investment firm that
currently invests primarily in mortgage-related and other assets.
The Company is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. For more
information, please visit www.arlingtonasset.com.
Important Additional Information
The Company, its
directors and certain of its executive officers are participants in
the solicitation of proxies in connection with the Company's 2016
Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Company has filed a definitive
proxy statement and form of WHITE proxy card with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with
such solicitation of proxies from the Company's shareholders. WE
URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING
ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ACCOMPANYING WHITE
PROXY CARD CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
Information regarding the names of the Company's directors and
executive officers and their respective interests in the Company by
security holdings or otherwise as of April
7, 2016, is set forth in the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with
the SEC on April 18, 2016. Additional
information can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31,
2015, filed with the SEC on February
16, 2016. These documents are available free of charge at
the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Shareholders will be able to obtain, free of charge, copies of
these documents, including any proxy statement (and amendments or
supplements thereto) and accompanying WHITE proxy card, and other
documents filed with the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
In addition, copies will also be available at no charge at the
Investors section of the Company's website at
http://www.arlingtonasset.com/.
SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995
Certain statements in this communication
that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve various important assumptions,
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
those predicted by the forward-looking statements because of
various factors and possible events. We discuss these factors and
events, along with certain other risks, uncertainties and
assumptions, under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2015, and in our other filings with the SEC. We note these
factors for investors as contemplated by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Predicting or identifying all such
risk factors is impossible. Consequently, investors should not
consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks
and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date on which they are made, and we undertake no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or
events that occur after the date of the statement to reflect
unanticipated events. All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting
on behalf of the Company are qualified by the cautionary statements
in this section.
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