Annaly Capital Management Inc. closed the public offering of 65 million common shares.

The company had also granted underwriters an option to buy up to an additional 9,750,000 common shares.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets LLC are the underwriters.