2009-05-18 15:35:02 -

Hatteras Financial Corp. (NYSE: HTS : ) (“Hatteras” or the “Company”) today announced members of the management team will make a presentation at the JMP Securities Eighth Annual Research Conference at 11:30 a.m. PDT and 2:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at The Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco.

To view the presentation materials at the time of the presentation,

please visit the Company’s Web site at www.hatfin.com : .



About Hatteras Financial Corp.

Hatteras Financial is a real estate investment trust formed in 2007 to invest in adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate single-family residential mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed or issued by U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government-sponsored entities, such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hatteras is managed and advised by Atlantic Capital Advisors LLC.
Hatteras is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices.

Hatteras Financial Corp.Kenneth A. Steele, Chief Financial Officer336-760-9331orCCG
Investor RelationsMark Collinson, Partner310-954-1343 www.ccgir.com :