EX-12.1 2 v335530_ex12-1.htm EXHIBIT 12.1

Exhibit 12.1

 

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends

 

The following table sets forth the calculation of our ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the periods indicated:

 

   Period from     
   March 7, 2011 to   Year Ended 
   December 31, 2011   December 31, 2012 
Net Income   18,970,696    134,935,917 
           
Fixed Charges (1)   4,132,336    28,797,622 
Preferred stock dividends   -    4,137,010 
Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividends   4,132,336    32,934,632 
           
Earnings available to cover fixed charges and preferred stock dividends   23,103,032    167,870,549 
           
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends   5.6    5.1 

 

(1) Fixed charges consist of interest expense on all indebtedness reported for GAAP, plus $0.3 million and $3.8 million relating to the underlying interest charge on repurchase agreements accounted for as a component of linked transactions, and $2.2 million and $10.0 million relating to the net periodic interest settlements of interest rate swaps for the period ended December 31, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2012, respectively.