UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

 

June 20, 2013

 

Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

DELAWARE

(STATE OF INCORPORATION)

 

 

 

 

(626) 844-9400

 (REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 7.01.       Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On June 20, 2013, Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.90, that it had adopted a practice of normally providing estimated book value as of the end of the second month of a quarter in connection with the dividend announcement for that quarter, and that its estimated book value as of May 31, 2013 was approximately $19.25.  The text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

 

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Exhibit 99.1 and the information set forth therein and herein are being furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

 

Item 9.01.       Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated June 20, 2013 issued by Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	WESTERN ASSET MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ W. Stephen Venable, Jr.
		Name:  W. Stephen Venable, Jr.
		Title:    Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

Date:  June 20, 2013