(Source: Business Wire)
Anthracite Capital, Inc. (NYSE: AHR) (the "Company" or "Anthracite") today announced that its teleconference call for investors and analysts with respect to results for the first quarter of 2009 will be held at 9:00 a.m. (eastern time) on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Christopher A. Milner, Chief Executive Officer, Richard M. Shea, President and Chief Operating Officer, and James J. Lillis, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call. Anthracite's first quarter earnings release will be available on the Company's website, www.anthracitecapital.com, prior to the beginning of the teleconference call.
The Company also announced that it continues to have discussions with its secured credit facility lenders and that the waivers previously described in Anthracite's 2008 fourth quarter earnings press release, and which had subsequently been extended to May 8, 2009, have been further extended by such lenders to May 15, 2009.
Teleconference Details
Members of the public who are interested in participating in Anthracite's first quarter earnings teleconference should dial, from the U.S., (800) 374-0176, or from outside the U.S., (706) 679-4634, shortly before 9:00 a.m. ET and reference the Anthracite Teleconference Call (number 99493764). Please note that the teleconference call will be available for replay beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, and ending at midnight on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. To access the replay, callers from the U.S. should dial (800) 642-1687 and callers from outside the U.S. should dial (706) 645-9291 and enter conference identification number 99493764.
About Anthracite
Anthracite Capital, Inc. is a specialty finance company focused on investments in high yield commercial real estate loans and related securities. Anthracite is externally managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., which is a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") (NYSE:BLK), one of the largest publicly traded investment management firms in the United States with approximately $1.283 trillion in global assets under management at March 31, 2009. BlackRock Realty Advisors, Inc., another subsidiary of BlackRock, provides real estate equity and other real estate-related products and services in a variety of strategies to meet the needs of institutional investors.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release, and other statements that Anthracite may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, with respect to Anthracite's future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations.
