Annaly Shareholders Elect E. Wayne Nordberg as a Member of the Company's Board of Directors.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2004

Annaly Mortgage Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) announced the election of E. Wayne Nordberg as a Class II Director to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders.

Since June 2002, Mr. Nordberg has been a senior director at Ingalls & Snyder LLC and, since 2000, president of the office of investments for the LaFayette College Endowment Fund. From October 1998 to May 2002, Mr. Nordberg was Vice Chairman of KBW Asset Management, Inc. Prior to joining KBW Asset Management, Inc., Mr. Nordberg served in various capacities with Lord, Abbett & Co., from 1988 to 1998 where in 1996 he was named Partner--Equity Investments, and a director of all 30 Lord Abbett mutual funds. Mr. Nordberg sits on the board of directors of PetroQuest Energy, Inc. serving as Chairman of its compensation committee. Mr. Nordberg graduated from Lafayette College.

"On behalf of all Annaly employees and shareholders, I welcome Wayne Nordberg to our board of directors and thank him for making this commitment," said Michael A.J. Farrell, Annaly's chairman, chief executive officer and president. "With his experience and success in the asset management business, both as a manager and as an investor, Wayne will be a valuable addition to our efforts to grow our company."

In addition, Kevin P. Brady and Donnell A. Segalas were re-elected as Class II Directors at the annual meeting.

The Company is a Maryland corporation which owns and manages a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. The Company's principal business objective is to generate net income for distribution to stockholders from the spread between the interest income on its investment securities and the cost of borrowing to finance their acquisition. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT").

This news release and our public documents to which we refer contain or incorporate by reference certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements which are based on various assumptions (some of which are beyond our control) may be identified by reference to a future period or periods or by the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may," "will," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "continue," or similar terms or variations on those terms or the negative of those terms. Actual results could differ materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates, changes in yield curve, changes in prepayment rates, the availability of mortgage-backed securities for purchase, the availability of financing and, if available, the terms of any financing, and FIDAC's clients removal of assets FIDAC manages, FIDAC's regulatory requirements, and competition in the investment management business. For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revisions which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.