On March 26, 2014, Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation announced that by letter dated March 12, 2014, Western Investment LLC indicated that it intends to nominate its 5 director nominees: Paul R. DeRosa, Gregory R. Dube, Kenneth B. Dunn, Ronald Mass, and Scott F. Richard for election to the Company's Board and to solicit proxies for the election of its nominees at the annual meeting.