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Arlington Asset Investment Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 8/15/22, at 2:36pm ET · For: 6/30/22 · Accession #: 950170-22-17330 · File #: 1-34374

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/15/22  Arlington Asset Investment Corp.  10-Q        6/30/22   92:21M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   6.59M 
 2: EX-10.02    Material Contract                                   HTML     50K 
 3: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
12: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     94K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    127K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     75K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    126K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    100K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    141K 
18: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     37K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     75K 
20: R9          Investments in Agency MBS                           HTML     73K 
21: R10         Investments in Credit Securities                    HTML     73K 
22: R11         Loans Held for Investment                           HTML     41K 
23: R12         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables            HTML     94K 
24: R13         Investments in SFR Properties                       HTML    121K 
25: R14         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML    193K 
26: R15         Borrowings                                          HTML    230K 
27: R16         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    611K 
28: R17         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML    325K 
29: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    440K 
30: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     44K 
31: R20         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     87K 
32: R21         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     78K 
33: R22         Long-Term Incentive Plan                            HTML    268K 
34: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    134K 
                (Policies)                                                       
35: R24         Investments in Agency MBS (Tables)                  HTML     67K 
36: R25         Investments in Credit Securities (Tables)           HTML     68K 
37: R26         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables (Tables)   HTML     81K 
38: R27         Investments in SFR Properties (Tables)              HTML     96K 
39: R28         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities         HTML    179K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Borrowings (Tables)                                 HTML    209K 
41: R30         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    603K 
42: R31         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML    321K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    392K 
44: R33         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     83K 
45: R34         Long-Term Incentive Plan (Tables)                   HTML    225K 
46: R35         Organization and Basis of Presentation -            HTML     30K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
47: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
48: R37         Investments in Agency MBS - Additional Information  HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Investments in Agency MBS - Additional Information  HTML     35K 
                About Gains and Losses Recognized with Respect to                
                Investments in Agency MBS (Details)                              
50: R39         Investments in Credit Securities - Additional       HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
51: R40         Investments in Credit Securities - Additional       HTML     35K 
                Information About Gains and Losses Recognized with               
                Respect to Investments in Credit Securities                      
                (Details)                                                        
52: R41         Loans Held For Investment - Additional Information  HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables -          HTML     46K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
54: R43         Investments in MSR Financing Receivables -          HTML     36K 
                Schedule of Investment in MSR Finance Receivables                
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         Investments in SFR Properties - Additional          HTML     65K 
                Information (Details)                                            
56: R45         Investments in SFR Properties - Summary of Net      HTML     48K 
                Carrying Amount of SFR Properties (Details)                      
57: R46         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     48K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
58: R47         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     62K 
                Schedule of Carrying Values of Assets and                        
                Liabilities of Consolidated VIE, Net of                          
                Elimination Entries (Details)                                    
59: R48         Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities -       HTML     52K 
                Schedule of Accrual Status of Residential Mortgage               
                Loans of Consolidated VIE (Details)                              
60: R49         Borrowings - Additional Information (Details)       HTML     91K 
61: R50         Borrowings - Outstanding Repurchase Agreement       HTML     52K 
                Borrowings (Details)                                             
62: R51         Borrowings - Outstanding Repurchase Agreement       HTML     31K 
                Borrowings (Parenthetical) (Details)                             
63: R52         Borrowings - Information Regarding Outstanding      HTML     31K 
                Repurchase Agreement Borrowings During the Period                
                (Details)                                                        
64: R53         Borrowings - Long-term Unsecured Debt Instruments   HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         Derivative Instruments - Fair Value of Derivative   HTML     39K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
66: R55         Derivative Instruments - Interest Rate Swap         HTML     49K 
                Agreements (Details)                                             
67: R56         Derivative Instruments - Additional Information     HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R57         Derivative Instruments - Outstanding Options on     HTML     38K 
                Ten-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Contracts                    
                (Details)                                                        
69: R58         Derivative Instruments - TBA Commitments (Details)  HTML     61K 
70: R59         Derivative Instruments - Derivative Gains and       HTML     50K 
                Losses Recognized Within the Periods (Details)                   
71: R60         Derivative Instruments - Volume of Activity, in     HTML     48K 
                terms of Notional Amount, Related to Derivative                  
                Instruments (Details)                                            
72: R61         Derivative Instruments - Cash Collateral Posted in  HTML     32K 
                Respect of Derivative and Other Financial                        
                Instruments (Details)                                            
73: R62         Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities -    HTML     99K 
                Derivative Instruments and Short-term Borrowing                  
                Arrangements, including those Subject to Master                  
                Netting or Similar Arrangements (Details)                        
74: R63         Fair Value Measurements - Summary of Significant    HTML     60K 
                Inputs to Fair Value Measurement (Details)                       
75: R64         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R65         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     79K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
77: R66         Fair Value Measurements - Change in Fair Value of   HTML     62K 
                Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities that are                
                Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
78: R67         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     56K 
79: R68         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Computations of Basic   HTML     54K 
                and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                  
80: R69         Earnings (Loss) Per Share - Additional Information  HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R70         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML    160K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R71         Long-Term Incentive Plan (Additional Information)   HTML    127K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R72         Long-Term Incentive Plan - Share Based              HTML     41K 
                Compensation Performance-based Stock Award Grants                
                Activity (Details)                                               
84: R73         Long-Term Incentive Plan - Share Based              HTML     54K 
                Compensation Award Valuation Assumptions (Details)               
85: R74         Long-Term Incentive Plan - Share Based              HTML     39K 
                Compensation Award Valuation Assumptions                         
                (Parenthetical) (Details)                                        
86: R75         Long-Term Incentive Plan - Schedule of Unvested     HTML     57K 
                Restricted Stock Units Roll Forward (Details)                    
87: R76         Long-Term Incentive Plan - Share Based              HTML     34K 
                Compensation Restricted Stock Units Grants                       
                Activity (Details)                                               
90: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    174K 
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89: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    212K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aaic-20220630_lab                     XML   1.66M 
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91: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              476±   814K 
92: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000950170-22-017330-xbrl      Zip    584K

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