---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-031712"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NLY"
cik: "0001043219"
company_name: "ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T22:31:28.058198+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Annaly elects Manon Laroche and Scott Wede to Board, expanding to 12 members

## Summary
- Ms. Laroche, former Citigroup Head of Global Spread Products Securitized Sales, and Mr. Wede, former Barclays Global Head of Securitized Products, join as independent directors effective Oct 1, 2023.
- Board size increased from 10 to 12; ten of twelve directors are independent, six identify as women and/or racially/ethnically diverse.
- Laroche appointed to Corporate Responsibility and Risk Committees; Wede to Audit and Risk Committees.
- New directors will stand for re-election at the 2024 Annual Meeting for a one-year term.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-031712
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NLY
- cik: 0001043219
- company_name: ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/000162828023031712/0001628280-23-031712-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/000162828023031712/nly-20230907.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-031712
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-031712.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-031712.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Manon Laroche was elected as Director at ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 7, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Manon Laroche and Scott Wede as members of the Board, effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/000162828023031712/0001628280-23-031712-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Wede was elected as Director at ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 7, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Manon Laroche and Scott Wede as members of the Board, effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1043219/000162828023031712/0001628280-23-031712-index.htm

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