UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: December 16, 2008
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland		001-08896		75-2027937
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File No.)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8401 North Central Expressway Suite 800 Dallas, Texas		75225
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (214) 874-2323

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 16, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) of Capstead Mortgage Corporation (the “Company”) took certain compensation-related actions.

Fiscal 2008 Annual Incentive Compensation Payouts

As discussed in a previous filing on Form 8-K, on September 11, 2008 the Committee and the Board of Directors limited payouts to be made for the year ended December 31, 2008 under the Company’s annual incentive compensation program to a maximum of $6 million. As is more fully described in the Company’s annual report to stockholders and definitive proxy statement, under this program an incentive formula is adopted each year for the creation of an incentive pool solely for the purpose of establishing amounts available to be paid as incentive compensation to employees for that year. While adoption of the incentive formula provides a mechanism for determining amounts to be included in the incentive pool, the Committee has discretion to administer incentive programs in a manner it deems appropriate in order to recognize and reward performance.

With the strong anticipated performance of the Company in 2008, the formula adopted in December 2007 would have produced an incentive pool well in excess of original expectations. Consequently, the Committee believed, and the Board of Directors concurred, it was in the best interests of stockholders to limit payouts from the incentive pool to a maximum, capped amount of $6 million for the entire year.

On December 16, 2008, the Committee approved incentive compensation payouts for 2008 at the maximum, capped amount of $6 million for the Company’s named executive officers and other officers and employees to be distributed as follows:

Andrew F. Jacobs President and Chief Executive Officer		$	1,750,000
Phillip A. Reinsch Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary			1,350,000
Robert R. Spears, Jr. Executive Vice President — Director, Residential Mortgage Investments			1,000,000
Michael W. Brown Senior Vice President — Asset and Liability Management and Treasurer			650,000
Anthony R. Page Senior Vice President — Director Commercial Mortgage Investments			240,000
Remaining officers and employees			1,010,000

Performance-based Stock Awards

The Amended and Restated 2004 Flexible Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) provides the Company with the flexibility to offer key officers, employees and directors performance-based stock incentives and other equity interests in the Company and other incentive awards that recognize the

creation of value for the stockholders of the Company and promote the Company’s long-term growth and success. On December 16, 2008, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of performance-based stock awards for the Company’s named executive officers and other officers and employees as follows:

		Number of Shares
Andrew F. Jacobs President and Chief Executive Officer			41,000
Phillip A. Reinsch Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary			22,900
Robert R. Spears, Jr. Executive Vice President — Director, Residential Mortgage Investments			27,500
Michael W. Brown Senior Vice President — Asset and Liability Management and Treasurer			14,700
All other officers and employees			34,559

The first 50% of these performance-based stock awards vest provided the performance criteria pertaining to a three-year measurement period ending December 31, 2011 are met. The remaining 50% vests provided the performance criteria pertaining to a three-year measurement period ending December 31, 2012 are met. If the performance criteria are not met at the end of a three-year measurement period, a new three-year measurement period will be established to include the subsequent year, up to and including the year 2015. If the performance criteria are not met for a three-year measurement period ending December 31, 2015, any remaining unvested stock awards will lapse. The performance criteria establishes an annualized threshold return on the Company’s long-term investment capital, subject to certain adjustments, of the greater of 8.0% or the average 10-year U.S. Treasury rate plus 2.0% that must be exceeded for the awards to vest.

With the granting of these stock awards, the status of the Company’s 2004 Plan is as follows:

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options			555,750
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance			1,358,298

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.