Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On July 17, 2012, American Capital Agency Corp. (the "registrant") issued a press release announcing its preliminary estimates of select financial data as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 (the "Release").
Pursuant to General Instruction F to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Current Report on Form 8-K, the Release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and the information contained in the Release is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by this reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02 is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or into any filing or other document filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description 99.1 Press Release, dated July 17, 2012.

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