================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 ------------ FORM 8-A ------------ FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 1-9819 (Commission File Number) Virginia 52-1549373 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4551 Cox Road, Suite 300, Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (804) 217-5800 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on which each class Title of each class to be so registered is to be registered 9.50% Senior Notes due 2007 New York Stock Exchange If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [X] If this form relates to the registration of a class securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [ ] Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: ____________________________ (If applicable) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: _______________________________________ (Title of class) ================================================================================ INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. This Registration Statement relates to the up to $40,000,000 principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Senior Notes"). A description of the Senior Notes is contained in Schedule TO-I/13e-3 (File No. 005-41043) (including, attached as exhibits to the Schedule TO-I/13e-3, the Offering Circular, the Indenture and the Letter of Transmittal) and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 2. Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description 4.1 Indenture between Dynex Capital, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as trustee, with respect to the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(H) to Dynex Capital Inc.'s Schedule TO-I/13e-3 (File No. 005-41043) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2004). 4.2 Offering Circular, dated March 29, 2004 describing the terms of the exchange offer pursuant to which the Senior Notes are being issued (incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to Dynex Capital Inc.'s Schedule TO-I/13e-3 (File No. 005-41043) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2004). 4.3 Schedule TO-I/13e-3 (File No. 005-41043) (incorporated by reference and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2004.) SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. DYNEX CAPITAL, INC. Date: April 15, 2004 By: /s/ Stephen J. Benedetti ---------------------------------- Stephen J. Benedetti Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer