SEC Form DEFA14A filed by Annaly Capital Management Inc.

Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. V65976-P24841 For Against Abstain For Against Abstain ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1. Election of Directors Nominees: The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 3: NOTE: Voting items may include such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. 2. Advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 2: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. 1a. David L. Finkelstein 1b. Thomas Hamilton 1c. Kathy Hopinkah Hannan 1d. Martin Laguerre 1e. Manon Laroche 1f. Eric A. Reeves 1g. Glenn A. Votek 1h. Scott Wede 1i. Vicki Williams The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST proposal 4: 4. Advisory stockholder proposal to adopt the right to act by written consent. For Against Abstain For Against Abstain ! ! ! SCAN TO ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. VIEW MATERIALS & VOTEw 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NY 10036 ATTN: ANTHONY C. GREEN VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLY2025 You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

V65977-P24841 Annaly Capital Management, Inc. Annual Meeting of Stockholders May 14, 2025 This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors Revoking all prior proxies, the undersigned hereby appoints David L. Finkelstein and Anthony C. Green, and each of them, as proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to appear on behalf of the undersigned and to vote all shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (the "Company") that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, which will be a virtual meeting conducted via live webcast to be held at 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NLY2025, and at any postponement or adjournment thereof as fully and effectively as the undersigned could do if personally present and voting, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do in place of the undersigned as indicated below. The shares represented by this proxy when properly executed, will be voted as directed. If no directions are given, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations as listed on the reverse side of this card and at their discretion on any other matter that may properly come before the meeting. Continued and to be signed on reverse side Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The 2024 Annual Report to Stockholders and 2025 Notice and Proxy Statement are available at www.proxyvote.com. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036