---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000826675-23-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DX"
cik: "0000826675"
company_name: "DYNEX CAPITAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:56:24.929898+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dynex Capital appoints President and Co-CIO Smriti Popenoe to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Smriti L. Popenoe, current President and Co-CIO, appointed to Board effective Sept 8, 2023.
- Board expands to 7 members (5 independent); Popenoe will serve on Investment Committee.
- As employee director, Popenoe receives no separate compensation for board service.
- Popenoe has led Dynex's investment team since 2014; previously managed $500B portfolio at Freddie Mac.
- No arrangements or undisclosed transactions with the company in connection with appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000826675-23-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DX
- cik: 0000826675
- company_name: DYNEX CAPITAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/826675/000082667523000088/0000826675-23-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/826675/000082667523000088/dx-20230908.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000826675-23-000088
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000826675-23-000088.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000826675-23-000088.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Smriti L. Popenoe was appointed as director at DYNEX CAPITAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dynex Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Smriti L. Popenoe as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/826675/000082667523000088/0000826675-23-000088-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.