SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549



                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                               Dynex Capital, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



                                                               
                  Virginia                                       52-1549373
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  (State of Incorporation or Organization)             (IRS Employer Identification no.)



4551 Cox Road, Suite 300, Glen Allen, Virginia                    23060
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)

If this form relates to the registration of a         If this form relates to the registration of a
class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b)         class securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of
of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant         the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to
to  General  Instruction A.(c), please  check         General  Instruction A.(d), please  check the
the following box. [X]                                following box.  [ ]




Securities Act registration statement file number     --------------------------
 to which this form relates:                               (If applicable)



Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


                                                                              
Title of Each Class                                                  Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be Registered                                                     Each Class is to be Registered
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Senior Unsecured Notes                                               American Stock Exchange
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


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                                (Title of Class)


Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
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         The Dynex  Capital,  Inc.,  senior  notes due  February  28,  2005 (the
"Senior Notes"),  are to be issued under an Indenture (the  "Indenture"),  to be
dated as of February 28, 2003  pursuant to an exchange  offer (the  "Offer") (or
thereafter,  if the Offer by the Company is extended),  between  Dynex  Capital,
Inc.  ("Dynex" or the  "Company")  and  Wachovia  Bank,  N.A.,  as trustee.  The
following  summaries of certain provisions of the Senior Notes and the Indenture
do not purport to be complete  and are  subject to, and are  qualified  in their
entirety  by  reference  to,  all the  provisions  of the  Senior  Notes and the
Indenture,  including  the  definitions  therein of certain  terms which are not
otherwise defined in the Offering Circular, dated January 8, 2003 (the "Offering
Circular"). Wherever particular provisions or defined terms of the Indenture (or
of the form of Senior  Notes  which is a part  thereof)  are  referred  to, such
provisions  or  defined  terms are  incorporated  herein by  reference  in their
entirety.


GENERAL

         The Senior Notes will represent general unsecured senior obligations of
the Company and have no conversion  rights.  The Senior Notes will be limited to
$30,000,000  aggregate principal amount, will be issued in book entry form only,
in denominations of $25.00 in original principal amount or any integral multiple
thereof and will mature on February 28,  2005,  unless  earlier  redeemed at the
option of the  Company or  repurchased  at the option of the Senior  Note holder
upon a change of control.

         The Senior  Notes are  redeemable  at the option of the  Company at any
time at the Company's option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
at the redemption price of 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes plus
accrued and unpaid interest.

         The Senior Notes bear interest from the Closing Date, at an annual rate
of 9.50% on the  outstanding  principal  balance.  Payments of  principal on the
Senior Notes in the amount of $3.125 (or such lesser principal amount as is then
outstanding)  per each $25 of principal  amount on each Senior Note will be made
each quarter until paid in full. Payments of principal and interest will be made
quarterly  in arrears  in cash on each of  February  28,  May 31,  August 31 and
November  31,  commencing  May 31,  2003,  to  holders of record at the close of
business  on the  preceding  February  15, May 15,  August 15 and  November  15,
respectively.  Payments  of  principal  will be made at the office of the Senior
Notes Trustee in Richmond, Virginia. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The Senior Notes are unrated.


GLOBAL NOTE; BOOK ENTRY FORM

         The Senior  Notes will be issued  solely in global form. A recipient of
Senior  Notes  pursuant to the Offer will  receive a  beneficial  interest in an
unrestricted  global note. The global note will be issued to DTC, and registered
in the name of Cede as DTC's nominee, and shall be deposited with Wachovia Bank,
N.A., as custodian for Cede.  Upon issuance of the global note, DTC will credit,
on its book-entry  registration and transfer systems,  the respective  principal
amounts of the Senior Notes  represented  by that global note to the accounts of
institutions or persons, commonly known as participants, that have accounts with
DTC or its nominee. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global note will be
limited to participants or persons that may hold  beneficial  interests  through
participants. Owners of beneficial interests in the global note will not receive
certificates  representing their ownership interests in the Senior Notes, except
in the event use of the book-entry  system for the Senior Notes is discontinued.
Except as set forth  below,  the  record  ownership  of the  global  note may be
transferred,  in  whole  or in  part,  only to  another  nominee  of DTC or to a
successor of DTC or its nominee.

         Payment of principal and interest on and the  redemption and repurchase
price  of the  global  note  will be made to  Cede,  the  nominee  for  DTC,  as
registered  owner of the global note, by wire transfer of immediately  available
funds on each principal and interest payment date, each redemption date and each
repurchase date, as applicable.  None of the Company,  the trustee or any paying
agent will have any responsibility or liability for:

o        any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
         beneficial ownership interests in the global note; or

o        for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
         beneficial ownership interest.

         The Company has been informed by DTC that,  with respect to any payment
of principal of or interest on, or the  redemption or  repurchase  price of, the
global note, DTC's practice is, upon receipt of payment, to credit participants'
accounts with payments in amounts  proportionate to their respective  beneficial
interests in the principal amount represented by the global note as shown on the
records of DTC.  Payments by participants  to owners of beneficial  interests in
the  principal  amount   represented  by  the  global  note  held  through  such
participants will be the responsibility of such participants, as is now the case
with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in "street name."

         Transfers between  participants will be effected in the ordinary way in
accordance  with DTC rules and will be settled in immediately  available  funds.
Because DTC can only act on behalf of participants, who in turn act on behalf of
persons who hold  interests  through  them and certain  banks,  the ability of a
person having a beneficial  interest in the principal amount  represented by the
global  note  to  pledge  such  interest  to  persons  or  entities  that do not
participate  in the DTC system,  or  otherwise  take  actions in respect of such
interest,  may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such
interest.

         Neither the Company nor the trustee (or any  registrar  or paying agent
under the Indenture) will have  responsibility for the performance of DTC or its
participants  or persons who hold interests  through the  participants  of their
respective   obligations   under  the  rules  and  procedures   governing  their
operations.  DTC has advised the Company that it will take any action  permitted
to be taken by a holder of Senior  Notes  (including,  without  limitation,  the
presentation  of Senior  Notes for  exchange  as  described  below)  only at the
direction of one or more participants to whose account with DTC interests in the
global note are  credited,  and only in respect of the  principal  amount of the
Senior  Notes  represented  by the global note as to which such  participant  or
participants has or have given such direction.

         DTC has advised the Company as follows:

o        DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the
         State of New York;

o        DTC is a member of the Federal Reserve System;

o        DTC is a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York
         Uniform Commercial Code; and

o        DTC is a "clearing  agency"  registered  pursuant to the provisions of
         Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

         DTC holds securities for its participants and facilitates the clearance
and  settlement  of  securities   transactions   between   participants  through
electronic   book-entry  changes  to  accounts  of  its  participants,   thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Participants include
securities brokers and dealers,  banks, trust companies,  clearing  corporations
and certain other  organizations.  DTC is owned by a number of its  participants
and by the New York Stock Exchange,  Inc., the American Stock Exchange,  LLC and
the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. Indirect access to the DTC
system is available to others such as banks,  securities brokers and dealers and
trust companies that clear through, or maintain a custodial relationship with, a
participant,  either directly or indirectly. The Rules applicable to DTC and its
participants and indirect participants are on file with the Commission.

         Although  DTC  may  agree  to the  foregoing  procedures  in  order  to
facilitate  transfers of interests in the global note among  participants,  they
are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such  procedures,  and
such procedures may be discontinued at any time. If DTC is at any time unwilling
or unable to continue as depositary and a successor  depositary is not appointed
by the Company  within 90 days,  the Company  will cause the Senior  Notes to be
issued in definitive form in exchange for the global note.


CHANGE OF CONTROL

         Upon the  occurrence  of a Change of Control (as defined  below),  each
holder  of  Senior  Notes  shall  have the  right to  require  that the  Company
repurchase such holder's Senior Notes in whole or in part at a purchase price in
cash in an amount equal to 101% of the outstanding  principal  amount,  together
with accrued and unpaid  interest to the date of purchase,  pursuant to an offer
(the "Change of Control Offer") made in accordance with the procedures described
below and the other provisions in the Indenture.

         The term "Change in Control" shall mean an event or series of events in
which (i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections  13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) acquires  "beneficial  ownership"  (as  determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),  directly or indirectly,  of
more  than 50% of the  total  Voting  Stock (as  defined  below) of the  Company
whether by purchase,  tender, merger or otherwise;  provided,  however, that any
such  person or group shall not be deemed to be the  beneficial  owner of, or to
beneficially  own,  any  Voting  Stock  tendered  in a tender  offer  until such
tendered  Voting Stock is accepted for purchase under the tender offer;  or (ii)
all or  substantially  all of the assets of the Company are sold,  exchanged  or
otherwise  is  transferred  to such  person or group  (other than any pledges or
transfers made in connection with such acquisition of our assets).

         "Voting  Stock"  means stock of the class or classes  pursuant to which
the holders  thereof have the general voting power under ordinary  circumstances
to elect at least a majority of the board of directors,  managers or trustees of
a corporation  (irrespective whether or not at the time stock of any other class
or classes  shall have or might have voting power by reason of the  happening of
any contingency).

         Within 30 days following any Change of Control,  the Company shall send
by  first-class  mail,  postage  prepaid,  to the  trustee and to each holder of
Senior Notes, at such holder's address appearing in the note register,  a notice
stating,  among  other  things,  that a Change  of  Control  has  occurred,  the
repurchase  price, the repurchase date, which shall be a business day no earlier
than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (or such
later date as is necessary  to comply with the  requirements  of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), and certain other procedures that a holder of
Senior Notes must follow to accept a Change of Control Offer or to withdraw such
acceptance.  The  Company  will  comply,  to the  extent  applicable,  with  the
requirements  of Rule  13e-4 and Rule  14e-1  under the  Exchange  Act and other
securities  laws or  regulations,  to the extent  such laws are  applicable,  in
connection  with the repurchase of the Senior Notes as described  above.  Future
indebtedness may contain prohibitions of certain events which would constitute a
Change  of  Control  or  require  the  Company  to  offer  to  repurchase   such
indebtedness upon a Change of Control.  Moreover, the exercise by the holders of
Senior  Notes of their right to require the Company to purchase the Senior Notes
could  cause a default  under such  indebtedness,  even if the Change of Control
itself does not, due to the  financial  effect of such  purchase on the Company.
Finally,  the  Company's  ability to pay cash to holders of Senior  Notes upon a
purchase may be limited by the  Company's  then  existing  financial  resources.
There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary
to make any required  purchases.  Furthermore,  the Change of Control provisions
may in certain circumstances make more difficult or discourage a takeover of the
Company and the removal of the incumbent.


MERGER, CONSOLIDATION AND SALE OF ASSETS

         The Indenture  prohibits the Company from consolidating with or merging
with or into, or conveying,  transferring or leasing all or substantially all of
the Company's assets (determined on a consolidated basis), to any person unless:
(i) either the Company is the  resulting,  surviving or  transferee  person (the
"Successor Company") or the Successor Company is a person organized and existing
under the laws of the  United  States or any state  thereof or the  District  of
Columbia,  and the Successor Company (if not the Company) expressly assumes by a
supplemental  Indenture,   executed  and  delivered  to  the  trustee,  in  form
satisfactory to the trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Senior
Note  Indenture and the Senior Notes,  (ii)  immediately  after giving effect to
such  transaction  no Event of Default (as defined  below) has  happened  and is
continuing  and  (iii)  the  Company   delivers  to  the  trustee  an  officers'
certificate  and an opinion of counsel,  each stating  that such  consolidation,
merger or  transfer  and such  supplemental  Indenture  (if any) comply with the
Indenture.


RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS

         The  terms  of the  indenture  for the  Senior  Notes  contain  certain
financial  covenants  which  prohibit  the  Company  from  engaging  in  certain
activities while the Senior Notes are outstanding. For example, the terms of the
Indenture  prohibits  the  Company  from,  directly  or  indirectly,  making any
Restricted Payments, unless:

        (a)       no  Default or Event of Default  shall  have  occurred  and be
                  continuing  at the  time of or  after  giving  effect  to such
                  Restricted Payment; and

        (b)       the aggregate amount of all such Restricted  Payments does not
                  exceed the sum of (i) the  cumulative  real estate  investment
                  trust taxable  income of the Company  earned for the tax years
                  ended  after  December  31,  2001,  as  determined  by Section
                  857(b)(2) of the Code,  without giving effect to the dividends
                  paid deduction  defined in Section 561 of the Code and (ii) $1
                  million.

         The provisions of this covenant do not prohibit any  distribution  that
is necessary to maintain the Company's status as a real estate  investment trust
under the Code.

         As a result of the Restricted Payments  provisions,  the Indenture also
effectively prohibits the Company from engaging in any future tender offers with
respect to the Company's  Preferred Stock until the Senior Notes have been fully
repaid.

         In addition,  under the terms of the Indenture,  the Company and any of
its subsidiaries is prohibited from conducting any business or entering into any
transactions  or series of  transactions  with or for the  benefit of any of our
Affiliates (each, an "Affiliate Transaction"), except in good faith and on terms
that are, in the aggregate,  no less  favorable to the Company,  as the case may
be, than those that could have been obtained in a comparable  transaction  on an
arm's-length basis from a person or entity who is not such an Affiliate.

         The term  "Restricted  Payment"  means  any of the  following:  (i) the
declaration or payment of any dividend or any other  distribution on the Capital
Stock of the Company or any payment  made to the direct or indirect  holders (in
all their  capacities  as such) of  Capital  Stock of the  Company  (other  than
dividends  or  distributions   payable  solely  in  capital  stock  (other  than
Disqualified Stock) or in options,  warrants or other rights to purchase capital
stock (other than Disqualified  Stock);  (ii) the purchase,  redemption or other
acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of the Company or (iii)
the making of any principal payment on, or the purchase, defeasance, repurchase,
redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value,  prior to any scheduled
maturity,  scheduled  repayment  or  scheduled  sinking  fund  payment,  of  any
indebtedness   existing  on  the  issue  date  of  the  Senior  Notes  which  is
subordinated  in right of payment to the Senior Notes  (other than  indebtedness
acquired in  anticipation  of  satisfying a sinking fund  obligation,  principal
installment or final  maturity,  in each case due within one year of the date of
acquisition).

         In addition,  all  Affiliate  Transactions  (and each series of related
Affiliate  Transactions  which are a part of a common plan) involving  aggregate
payments  or other  market  value in excess of $3  million,  are  required to be
approved  unanimously  by the  Board of  Directors  of the  Company,  with  such
approval being evidenced by a board resolution stating that such directors have,
in good faith,  determined that such transactions or related transactions comply
with the  foregoing  provision;  and if the  Company  or any  subsidiary  of the
Company enters into an Affiliate  Transaction (or a series of related  Affiliate
Transactions  which are part of a common plan) involving  aggregate  payments or
market  value in  excess  of $5  million,  the  Company  or such  subsidiary  is
required, prior to the consummation thereof, to obtain a favorable opinion as to
the fairness of such  transaction  or related  transactions  from an independent
financial  advisor  and file  the same  with the  Trustee;  provided  that  this
sentence shall not be applicable  with respect to sales or purchases of products
or services  by the Company or from its  Affiliates  in the  ordinary  course of
business on terms similar to those that could have been obtained in a comparable
transaction on an arms-length  basis from a Person who is not such an Affiliate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this covenant shall
not  apply  to  (i)  customary  directors'  fees  and  (ii)  customary  fees  or
transactions by and among the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

         The term  "Affiliate"  shall  mean an  "affiliate"  as  defined in Rule
144(a) as promulgated under the Securities Act.

         The term  "Capital  Stock" of any person shall mean any and all shares,
interests,  participations  or other  equivalents  (however  designated) of such
person's  corporate  stock or any and all  equivalent  ownership  interests in a
person (other than a  corporation)  whether now  outstanding or issued after the
date hereof.

         The term  "Disqualified  Stock" means, with respect to any Person,  any
Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it
is  convertible or for which it is  exchangeable),  or upon the happening of any
event,  matures  or  is  mandatorily  redeemable,  pursuant  to a  sinking  fund
obligation or otherwise,  or is exchangeable for indebtedness,  or is redeemable
at the  option  of the  holder  thereof,  in whole or in part on or prior to the
stated maturity.


EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

         An Event of Default is defined in the  Indenture as being,  among other
things:  default in payment of the  principal  on the Senior  Notes when due, at
maturity,  upon  redemption  or otherwise,  including  failure by the Company to
purchase  the Senior  Notes when  required as described  under  "Description  of
Senior  Notes--Change  of  Control"  (whether  or  not  such  payment  shall  be
prohibited by the  subordination  provisions of the  Indenture);  default for 30
days in payment of any  installment of interest on the Senior Notes;  default by
the Company for 90 days after notice in the  observance  or  performance  of any
other covenants in the Indenture;  failure to pay certain indebtedness for money
borrowed under any mortgage, indenture, or instrument aggregating $25 million or
more;  final  judgments  or  decrees  entered  into  by  a  court  of  competent
jurisdiction  against  the  Company,  which have not been  vacated,  discharged,
satisfied  or  stayed  pending  appeal  within  60  days  of  entry,   involving
liabilities  of $40  million  or  more  after  deducting  the  portion  of  such
liabilities  accepted  by an  insurance  company;  or certain  events  involving
bankruptcy,  insolvency or reorganization of the Company. The Indenture provides
that the  trustee  may  withhold  notice to the  holders of Senior  Notes of any
default  (except in payment of principal or interest  with respect to the Senior
Notes) if the  trustee,  in good  faith,  considers  it in the  interest  of the
holders of the Senior Notes to do so.

         The Senior Note  Indenture  provides that if an Event of Default (other
than an Event of Default with respect to certain events,  including  bankruptcy,
insolvency  or  reorganization  of  the  Company)  shall  have  occurred  and be
continuing,  the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Senior  Notes then  outstanding  may declare the  principal on the Senior
Notes to be due and payable immediately, but if the Company shall pay or deposit
with the trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest on
all Senior  Notes and the  principal  on all Senior  Notes that have  become due
other than by acceleration  and certain  expenses and fees of the trustee and if
all defaults  (except the  nonpayment of interest on and principal of any Senior
Notes  which  shall have  become due by  acceleration)  shall have been cured or
waived and certain other  conditions are met, such  declaration  may be canceled
and past defaults may be waived by the holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Senior Notes then outstanding.

         The holders of a majority in principal  amount of the Senior Notes then
outstanding  shall  have the  right to  direct  the  time,  method  and place of
conducting any proceedings for any remedy  available to the trustee,  subject to
certain  limitations  specified in the Indenture.  The Indenture  provides that,
subject to the duty of the trustee following an Event of Default to act with the
required  standard  of care,  the  trustee  will not be under an  obligation  to
exercise  any of its  rights or powers  under the  Indenture  at the  request or
direction  of any of the  holders,  unless  the  trustee  receives  satisfactory
indemnity against any associated costs, liability or expense.


SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

         The Senior Note  Indenture will cease to be of further effect as to all
outstanding Senior Notes (except as to (i) rights of the holders of Senior Notes
to receive  payments of principal  and interest on, the Senior  Notes,  (ii) the
Company's right of optional redemption, (iii) rights of registration of transfer
and exchange,  (iv) substitution of apparently  mutilated,  defaced,  destroyed,
lost or stolen  Senior  Notes,  (v) rights,  obligations  and  immunities of the
trustee  under the  Indenture  and (vi) rights of the holders of Senior Notes as
beneficiaries  of the Indenture  with respect to the property so deposited  with
the trustee  payable to all or any of them) if (A) the Company will have paid or
caused to be paid the principal and interest on the Senior Notes as and when the
same will have  become  due and  payable  or (B) all  outstanding  Senior  Notes
(except lost, stolen or destroyed Senior Notes which have been replaced or paid)
have been delivered to the trustee for  cancellation or (C) (x) the Senior Notes
not previously  delivered to the trustee for  cancellation  will have become due
and payable or are by their  terms to become due and payable  within one year or
are to be called for redemption under  arrangements  satisfactory to the trustee
upon delivery of notice and (y) the Company will have irrevocably deposited with
the trustee,  as trust funds,  cash, in an amount sufficient to pay principal of
and interest on the outstanding Senior Notes, to maturity or redemption,  as the
case may be. Such trust may only be  established if such deposit will not result
in a breach or violation  of, or  constitute a default  under,  any agreement or
instrument  pursuant  to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is
bound and the Company has delivered to the trustee an officers'  certificate and
an  opinion  of  counsel,  each  stating  that all  conditions  related  to such
defeasance have been complied with.

         The Senior Note  Indenture  will also cease to be in effect  (except as
described in clauses (i) through (vi) in the  immediately  preceding  paragraph)
and the  indebtedness on all outstanding  Senior Notes will be discharged on the
123rd day after the  irrevocable  deposit by the Company  with the  trustee,  in
trust,  specifically  pledged as  security  for,  and  dedicated  solely to, the
benefit of the holders of the Senior Notes, of cash, U.S. Government Obligations
(as defined in the Indenture) or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written  certification  thereof delivered to the trustee,  to pay
the  principal and interest on the Senior Notes then  outstanding  in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and the Senior Notes ("legal defeasance").  Such
legal defeasance may only be effected if (i) no Event of Default has occurred or
is continuing, (ii) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under,  any agreement or instrument to which the Company is
a party or by which it is bound,  (iii) the Company has delivered to the trustee
an opinion of counsel  stating that (A) the Company has received  from, or there
has been  published by, the Internal  Revenue  Service a ruling or (B) since the
date of the Indenture,  there has been a change in the applicable federal income
tax law, in either case to the effect that,  based  thereon,  the holders of the
Senior  Notes will not  recognize  income,  gain or loss for federal  income tax
purposes as a result of such  deposit,  defeasance  and discharge by the Company
and will be  subject to  federal  income tax on the same  amount and in the same
manner  and at the  same  times  as would  have  been the case if such  deposit,
defeasance and discharge had not occurred, (iv) the Company has delivered to the
trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect  that after the 123rd day  following
the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization  or similar laws  affecting  creditors'
rights  generally  and (v) the Company has  delivered to the trustee an officers
certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions related to the
defeasance  have been complied  with.  The Company may also be released from its
obligations under the covenants described above captioned "Description of Senior
Notes--Change   of  Control"  and   "Description   of  Senior   Notes   -Merger,
Consolidation  and Sale of Assets" with respect to the Senior Notes  outstanding
on the 123rd day after the irrevocable  deposit by the Company with the trustee,
in trust,  specifically  pledged as security for, and  dedicated  solely to, the
benefit of the holders of the Senior Notes, of cash, U.S. Government Obligations
or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally
recognized  firm  of  independent  public  accountants  expressed  in a  written
certification  thereof  delivered  to the  trustee,  to pay  the  principal  and
interest on the Senior Notes then  outstanding  in accordance  with the terms of
the Indenture and the Senior Notes ("covenant defeasance").

         Such  covenant  defeasance  may  only be  effected  if (i) no  Event of
Default has  occurred or is  continuing  (ii) such  deposit will not result in a
breach or  violation  of,  or  constitute  a default  under,  any  agreement  or
instrument  to which the  Company is a party or by which it is bound,  (iii) the
Company has delivered to the trustee an officers'  certificate and an opinion of
counsel to the effect  that the holders of the Senior  Notes will not  recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit
and covenant defeasance by the Company and will be subject to federal income tax
on the same amount,  in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such  deposit and covenant  defeasance  had not  occurred,  (iv) the
Company  has  delivered  to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that
after the 123rd day following  the deposit,  the trust funds will not be subject
to the  effect  of any  applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization  or
similar  laws  affecting  creditors'  rights  generally  and (v) the Company has
delivered  to the  trustee an  officers'  certificate  and an opinion of counsel
stating  that all  conditions  related  to the  covenant  defeasance  have  been
complied with.

         Following  such  covenant  defeasance,  the  Company  will no longer be
required  to  comply  with  the  obligations   described  above  under  "Merger,
Consolidation  and Sale of Assets" and  "Restrictions  and Limitations" and will
have no  obligation to repurchase  the Senior Notes  pursuant to the  provisions
described under "Description of Senior Notes -Change of Control."


MODIFICATIONS OF THE INDENTURE

         The Senior Note Indenture  contains  provisions  permitting the Company
and the trustee,  with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
principal  amount of the  Senior  Notes at the time  outstanding,  to modify the
Indenture  or any  supplemental  Indenture  or the rights of the  holders of the
Senior  Notes,  except  that no such  modification  shall (i)  extend  the fixed
maturity or due date for principal installments  thereunder,  of any Senior Note
or due date for principal installments thereunder, reduce the rate or extend the
time of payment of interest thereon, reduce the principal amount thereof, reduce
any amount payable upon redemption thereof, change the obligation of the Company
to repurchase the Senior Notes, at the option of the holder,  upon the happening
of a Change of Control, impair or affect the right of a holder to institute suit
for the  payment  thereof,  change the  currency  in which the Senior  Notes are
payable,  without  the  consent of the holder of each Senior Note so affected or
(ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the Senior Notes, without the consent of
the  holders of all of the Senior  Notes then  outstanding.  The Company and the
trustee may amend or supplement  the Indenture  without  notice to or consent of
any holder in order to provide for the  issuance of Senior Notes in coupon form,
to  correct  or  supplement  any  inconsistent  or  deficient  provision  in the
Indenture,  to comply with the provisions of the Trust  Indenture Act of 1939 or
to appoint a successor trustee.


CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         Wachovia Bank,  N.A., the trustee under the Senior Note Indenture,  has
been appointed by the Company as the paying agent,  registrar and custodian with
regard to the Senior Notes.  The trustee and/or its affiliates may in the future
provide  banking and other  services to the  Company in the  ordinary  course of
their respective businesses.  Under the Indenture,  each holder or former holder
of a Senior Note  agrees to  indemnify  the Company and the trustee  against any
liability  that may result from the  transfer,  exchange or  assignment  of such
holder's or former  holder's  Senior Note in violation  of any  provision of the
Indenture or applicable United States federal or state securities laws.

         The Schedule T-O (including,  attached as exhibits to the Schedule T-O,
the  Offering  Circular,  the  Indenture,  and the  Letters of  Transmittal)  is
incorporated  herein by reference as  indicated in Item 2 below.  The  foregoing
description  of the Senior  Notes is  qualified  in its entirety by reference to
such documents.


Item 2.  Exhibits.
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         Exhibit
         Number      Description
         -------     -----------

           4.1       Indenture  entered  into  between  Dynex and
                     Wachovia  Bank, as Trustee,  with respect to
                     the   9.50%    Senior    Notes   due   2005.
                     (incorporated  by reference to Dynex Capital
                     Inc.'s   Schedule   T-O   filed   with   the
                     Securities and Exchange Commission January 8,
                     2003).

           4.2       Offering  Circular,  dated  January 8, 2003,
                     describing  the terms of the exchange  offer
                     pursuant to which the Senior Notes are being
                     issued  (incorporated  by reference to Dynex
                     Capital  Inc.'s  Schedule T-O filed with the
                     Securities and Exchange Commission January 8,
                     2003).

           4.3       Dynex's Schedule T-O, incorporated by reference
                     and filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
                     Commission on January 8, 2003.


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant  has duly caused this  registration  statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                        DYNEX CAPITAL, INC.



Date: January 14, 2003                  By:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Stephen J. Benedetti
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer