Form 8-K
 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) – December 20, 2002
 

 
ANWORTH MORTGAGE
ASSET CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
Maryland
 
001-13709
 
52-2059785
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
 
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 250,
Santa Monica, California
 
90401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 255-4493
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)
 


 
Item 7.    Exhibits.
 
(a)    Not Applicable.
 
(b)    Not Applicable.
 
(c)    Exhibits.
 
    Exhibit 99.1
 
    Press Release dated December 20, 2002 of the Registrant.
 
Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On December 20, 2002, Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
       
ANWORTH MORTGAGE ASSET CORPORATION
Date:  December 20, 2002
     
By:
 
/s/ Joseph Lloyd McAdams

           
Name:
 
Joseph Lloyd McAdams
           
Title:
 
President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number

  
Description

99.1
  
Press Release dated December 20, 2002 of the Registrant.