EX-12.1 2 v401642_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 
   Year Ended   Year Ended   Year Ended   March 7, 2011 to 
   December 31, 2014   December 31, 2013   December 31, 2012   December 31, 2011 
Net Income/(Loss)  $109,395,568   (31,578,636)  134,935,917   18,970,696 
                     
Fixed Charges (1)   51,464,389    59,408,921    28,797,622    4,132,336 
Preferred stock dividends   13,469,416    13,469,416    4,137,010    - 
Total fixed charges and preferred stock dividends   64,933,805    72,878,337    32,934,632    4,132,336 
                     
Earnings available to cover fixed charges and preferred stock dividends  $174,329,373   41,299,701   167,870,549   23,103,032 
                     
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends   2.7    0.6    5.1    5.6 

 

(1) Fixed charges consist of interest expense on all indebtedness reported for GAAP, plus $2.6 million, $5.9 million, $3.8 million, and $0.3 million relating to the underlying interest charge on repurchase agreements accounted for as a component of linked transactions, and $22.3 million, $27.9 million, $10.0 million, and $2.2 million relating to the net periodic interest settlements of interest rate swaps for the years ended December 31, 2014, December 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012 and for the period ended December 31, 2011, respectively.