NOTE 5 — SECURED borrowings

Capstead pledges its Residential mortgage investments as collateral for secured borrowings primarily in the form of repurchase arrangements with commercial banks and other financial institutions. Repurchase arrangements entered into by the Company involve the sale and a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the transferred assets at a future date and are accounted for as financings. The Company maintains the beneficial interest in the specific securities pledged during the term of each repurchase arrangement and receives the related principal and interest payments.

In August 2015 the Company began supplementing its borrowings under repurchase arrangements with advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) of Cincinnati (collectively referred to as “counterparties” or “lending counterparties”). On January 12, 2016 the FHLB system regulator finalized rules originally proposed in 2014 that generally preclude captive insurers from remaining members beyond February 19, 2017 with transition rules that require outstanding advances to be repaid upon maturity or by that date. In response to this action, the Company repaid all outstanding FHLB advances by November 2016 and all of the FHLB stock held by the Company in connection with advance activity was redeemed by December 31, 2016. FHLB advances differ from repurchase arrangements in that Capstead pledged collateral to the bank to secure each such advance rather than transferring ownership of the pledged collateral to the bank and simultaneously agreeing to repurchase the transferred assets at a future date.

The terms and conditions of secured borrowings are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis when each such borrowing is initiated or renewed. The amount borrowed is generally equal to the fair value of the securities pledged, as determined by the lending counterparty, less an agreed-upon discount, referred to as a “haircut.” Interest rates are generally fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings. Interest may be paid monthly or at the termination of a borrowing at which time the

Company may enter into a new borrowing at prevailing haircuts and rates with the same lending counterparty or repay that counterparty and negotiate financing with a different lending counterparty. None of the Company’s lending counterparties are obligated to renew or otherwise enter into new borrowings at the conclusion of existing borrowings. In response to declines in fair value of pledged securities due to changes in market conditions or the publishing of monthly security pay-down factors, lending counterparties typically require the Company to post additional securities as collateral, pay down borrowings or fund cash margin accounts with the counterparties in order to re-establish the agreed-upon collateral requirements. These actions are referred to as margin calls. Conversely, in response to increases in fair value of pledged securities, the Company routinely margin calls its lending counterparties in order to have previously pledged collateral returned.

Secured borrowings (and related pledged collateral, including accrued interest receivable), classified by collateral type and remaining maturities, and related weighted average borrowing rates as of the indicated dates were as follows (dollars in thousands):

Collateral Type	Collateral Carrying Amount		Accrued Interest Receivable		Borrowings Outstanding		Average Borrowing Rates
March 31, 2017
Borrowings under repurchase arrangements with maturities of 30 days or less:
Agency Securities	$	12,647,795	$	27,764	$	12,029,882		1.03	%
Borrowings under repurchase arrangements with maturities greater than 30 days:
Agency Securities (31 to 90 days)		232,241		505		220,155		1.02
Agency Securities (greater than 90 days)		39,456		134		36,074		1.02
Similar borrowings:
Collateral for structured financings		1,616	–			1,616		7.99
	$	12,921,108	$	28,403	$	12,287,727		1.03
Quarter-end borrowing rates adjusted for effects of related derivative financial instruments (Derivatives) held as cash flow hedges								1.04

December 31, 2016
Borrowings under repurchase arrangements with maturities of 30 days or less:
Agency Securities	$	12,643,359	$	27,889	$	11,991,532		0.96	%
Borrowings under repurchase arrangements with maturities greater than 30 days:
Agency Securities (31 to 90 days)		162,551		351		152,157		0.93
Similar borrowings:
Collateral for structured financings		1,657	–			1,657		7.98
	$	12,807,567	$	28,240	$	12,145,346		0.96
Year-end borrowing rates adjusted for effects of related Derivatives held as cash flow hedges								1.04

Average secured borrowings outstanding during the indicated periods differed from respective ending balances primarily due to changes in portfolio levels and differences in the timing of portfolio acquisitions relative to portfolio runoff as illustrated below (dollars in thousands):

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2017					December 31, 2016
	Average Borrowings		Average Rate			Average Borrowings		Average Rate
Average borrowings and rates adjusted for the effects of related Derivatives held as cash flow hedges for the indicated periods	$	12,087,441		0.93	%	$	12,380,375		0.89	%