AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among READY CAPITAL CORPORATION, RC MERGER SUBSIDIARY, LLC and ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION Dated as of December 6, 2020Merger Agreement • December 8th, 2020 • Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland
Contract Type FiledDecember 8th, 2020 Company Industry JurisdictionAGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of December 6, 2020 (this “Agreement”), by and among Ready Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), RC Merger Subsidiary, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”).