Eclipse Residential Mortgage Investment Corporation Announces Initial Dividend

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 20, 2013) - (TSX:ERM) Eclipse Residential Mortgage Investment Corporation ("Eclipse") announces its initial monthly dividend in the amount of $0.05 per Class A Share payable on September 13, 2013 to Class A shareholders of record at the close of business on August 30, 2013.

Eclipse was formed to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities in the Single Family Residential Mortgage market. Eclipse's investment objectives are to preserve capital and generate income. Eclipse seeks to achieve these objectives by investing in a diversified Single Family Residential Mortgage portfolio which includes liquid underlying properties and shorter term mortgages (providing investors with protection against rising interest rates). MCAP, the mortgage consultant and servicer to Eclipse, believes that Single Family Residential Mortgages are the most conservative, the most liquid and largest of all the asset classes in the Canadian mortgage market.

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About MCAP Financial Corporation:

One of Canada's largest non-bank mortgage lenders, MCAP Financial Corporation originates and services all mortgages for Eclipse Residential MIC. MCAP has more than 20 years of experience underwriting and servicing Canadian Single Family Residential Mortgages, with over $36 billion in mortgage assets managed for banks, lifecos, credit unions and institutional investors.

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Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to matters disclosed in this news release and to other matters identified in public filings relating to Eclipse, to the future outlook of Eclipse and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the future financial performance of Eclipse. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Actual results may vary from such forward-looking information.