Release Details

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2012-- AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MITT) (the “Company”) announced today that it is commencing an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of common stock. MITT expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 600,000 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to make, as market conditions warrant, additional acquisitions of agency securities, non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities and other target assets, and for general corporate purposes.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch and Stifel Nicolaus Weisel are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.

The offering will be made solely by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained, when available, from: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Department, Harborside Financial Center, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, NJ 07311-3988, by calling (800) 503-4611, or by emailing prospectus.cpdg@db.com; BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by e-mail at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; or Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104, telephone: (415) 364-2720.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Company’s securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.

About AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in, acquires and manages a diversified portfolio of residential mortgage assets, other real estate-related securities and financial assets. AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. is externally managed and advised by AG REIT Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P., an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in alternative investment activities. Please visit the Company’s website at www.agmortgageinvestmenttrust.com.

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions of management of the Company at the time of such statements and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation, changes in interest rates, changes in the yield curve, changes in prepayment rates, the availability and terms of financing, changes in the market value of our assets, general economic conditions, market conditions, conditions in the market for agency securities, and legislative and regulatory changes that could adversely affect the business of the Company. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, are included in the Company's periodic reports filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. All written or oral forward-looking statements that the Company makes, or that are attributable to the Company, are expressly qualified by this cautionary notice. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update the information in any public disclosure if any forward-looking statement later turns out to be inaccurate.

Source: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

For AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Allan Krinsman, 212-883-4180
General Counsel
akrinsman@angelogordon.com