0001396446-16-000203.txt : 20160601 0001396446-16-000203.hdr.sgml : 20160601 20160601161519 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001396446-16-000203 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160601 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160601 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160601 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CYS Investments, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001396446 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 204072657 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 890 WINTER STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-639-0414 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 890 WINTER STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070413 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DECICCO JACK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001575559 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33740 FILM NUMBER: 161689274 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, STE 2902 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 3 1 wf-form3_146481210611925.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2016-06-01 0 0001396446 CYS Investments, Inc. CYS 0001575559 DECICCO JACK 890 WINTER STREET SUITE 200 WALTHAM MA 02451 0 1 0 0 CFO and Treasurer Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 50000 D The shares acquired by the Reporting Person were issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of a Stock Award Agreement, dated March 7, 2016, and are subject to (i) a 5-year pro-rata vesting schedule beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, and (ii) the Issuer's 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. /s/ Jack DeCicco 2016-06-01 EX-24 2 section16-powerofattorneyf.htm POA

POWER OF ATTORNEY

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas A. Rosenbloom, Richard E. Cleary, or S. Gregory Cope and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of CYS Investments, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

          This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of June, 2016.

    /s/ Jack DeCicco
    Jack DeCicco


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