Clawback. In the event that the Committee, within 3 years of the Award Date or within 3 years of the date of vesting of any portion of the Award hereunder, determines that the number of Units or Shares awarded under this Agreement was based on materially inaccurate financial statements (including, but not limited to, statements of earnings, revenues, or gains) or other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria, then the Company has the right to cancel the unvested Units awarded to the Employee under this Agreement and, with respect to Shares awarded under this Agreement upon the vesting of Units, the Employee agrees that the Company has the right to cancel the Shares delivered to the Employee under this Agreement if still owned by the Employee or, if such Shares are no longer owned by the Employee or the Company is otherwise unable to cancel the Shares, to recover from the Employee the value of the Shares delivered to the Employee under this Agreement. The Committee may also cancel this Award if the Employee has engaged in or engages in an activity that is in conflict with or adverse to the interest of the Company while employed by or providing services to the Company or any Subsidiary, including fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities. In addition, to the extent required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and/or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation service on which the Company’s Shares are listed or quoted, or if so required pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company, this Award shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements.

Clawback. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, if the Board of Directors learns of # any violation of the Company’s Business Conduct Policies, code of ethics, or similar codes and/or policies (as may be implemented and/or amended from time to time) that results in significant financial or reputational impact to the Company, as determined in the Board’s sole discretion, then the Board will, to the full extent permitted by governing law, effect the full or partial cancellation and recovery of Awards (or the value of Awards) previously granted to any current or former executive officer or # any misconduct by any current or former executive officer that contributed to the Company having to restate all or a portion of its financial statements, then the Board of Directors will, to the full extent permitted by governing law, in all appropriate cases, effect the cancellation and recovery of Awards (or the value of Awards) previously granted to the executive officer if: # the amount of the Award was calculated based upon the achievement of certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a restatement, # the executive engaged in intentional misconduct that caused or partially caused the need for the restatement, and # the amount of the Award had the financial results been properly reported would have been lower than the amount actually awarded. Furthermore, all Awards shall be subject to the terms and conditions, if applicable, of any other recoupment policy adopted by the Company from time to time or any recoupment requirement imposed under applicable laws, rules, regulations or stock exchange listing standards, including, without limitation, recoupment requirements imposed pursuant to Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or any regulations promulgated thereunder, or recoupment requirements under the laws of any other jurisdiction. By accepting Awards under this Plan, Participants agree and acknowledge that they are obligated to cooperate with, and provide any and all assistance necessary to, the Company to recover or recoup any Award or amounts paid under this Plan subject to clawback pursuant to such law,

Clawback. Any Shares issued or other amounts paid or provided to You pursuant to this Certificate (including any gains realized on Shares issued under this Certificate) shall be subject to recovery by the Company in the circumstances and manner provided in any Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy that may be adopted or implemented by the Company and in effect from time to time on or after the date hereof, and You shall effectuate any such recovery at such time and in such manner as the Company may specify. For purposes of this Certificate, the term “Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy” means and includes any policy of the type contemplated by Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act, any rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted pursuant thereto, or any related rules or listing standards of any national securities exchange or national securities association applicable to the Company.

Clawback. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan to the contrary, to the extent required by # applicable law, including, without limitation, the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, any SEC rule or any applicable securities exchange listing standards and/or # any policy that may be adopted or amended by the Board from time to time, all shares of Stock issued hereunder shall be subject to forfeiture, repurchase, recoupment and/or cancellation to the extent necessary to comply with such law(s) and/or policy.

Clawback. The Holder acknowledges that the Holder is subject to any clawback policy of the Company in effect as of the Grant Date or that is adopted after the Grant Date in order to comply with applicable law.

Clawback. In the event of the Company’s material restatement of its financial results the Participant shall repay the entire Share Bonus, or forfeit such if not already paid, whether vested or unvested, to the extent the restatement is caused or substantially caused by the fraud or intentional misconduct of the Participant.

Clawback. This Award Agreement, and any amounts received hereunder, shall be subject to recovery or other penalties pursuant to # any Company clawback policy, as may be adopted or amended from time to time, # any applicable law, rule or regulation or applicable stock exchange rule, including, without limitation, Section 304 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 954 of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any New York Stock Exchange Listing Rule adopted pursuant thereto, or # [Section 9(m)] of the Plan relating to forfeiture for misconduct.

Clawback. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Executive acknowledges that the Company may be entitled or required by law, the Company’s policy (the “Clawback Policy”) or the requirements of an exchange on which the Company’s shares are listed for trading, to recoup cash, equity or other compensation paid or provided to Executive pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, and Executive agrees to comply with any Company request or demand for recoupment. Executive acknowledges that the Clawback Policy may be modified from time to time in the sole discretion of the Company and without the consent of Executive, and that such modification shall be deemed to amend this Agreement.

CompensatIOn ReCoupmenT Policy. Annual Incentive Awards granted under this Plan shall be subject to any compensation recoupment policy that the Company may adopt from time to time that is applicable by its terms to the recipient of such award.

Clawback Policy. The Executive agrees that performance-based incentive compensation awarded or paid by AGNC or the Company to the Executive (whether in cash or equity) shall be subject to the clawback policy of the Company in effect as of the Effective Date, including as it may be amended from time to time in order to comply with the final rules or regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Stock Market that implement the incentive-based compensation recovery requirements set forth in Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and any other applicable legal requirements or listing standards that may be enacted and in effect from time to time (the “Clawback Rules”) or as otherwise may be amended or adopted in good faith by the Board for the Company’s employees. Such clawback policy, as it may be amended or adopted, will trigger the forfeiture or recoupment of the Executive’s performance-based incentive compensation (and such other compensation covered by the Clawback Rules or determined by the Board in good faith and specified in such policy) if the performance-based incentive compensation (or other compensation) is of the type covered by the Clawback Rules or such clawback policy for employees as adopted by the Board in good faith and # in the event that AGNC is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to AGNC’s material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under U.S. federal securities laws, provided that such forfeiture or recoupment shall be limited to the portion of applicable compensation that would not have been awarded or paid to the Executive for or in respect of such restated fiscal year had such financial statements been accurate (as reasonably determined by the Board in accordance with the Clawback Rules), # in such other circumstances as may be required to comply with the Clawback Rules, in which case such forfeiture or recoupment shall be limited to the portion of the applicable compensation required to be forfeited/recouped under the Clawback Rules, or # in such other circumstances and in such amount as the Board may determine in good faith as specified in such policy.