# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001428205
**File Stem:** 0001428205-23-000025
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 8566
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001428205-23-000025.hdr.sgml**: 20230215

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001428205-23-000025

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230215

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230215

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230215

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Armour Residential REIT, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001428205
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 261908763
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34766
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23633565

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3001 OCEAN DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 201
- **CITY:** VERO BEACH
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32963
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (772) 617-4340

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3001 OCEAN DRIVE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 201
- **CITY:** VERO BEACH
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32963

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K** 

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**CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 15, 2023

**<u>ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.</u>**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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| **Maryland** | **001-34766** | **26-1908763** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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| **3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201** | **3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201** | |
| **Vero Beach,** | **Florida** | **32963** |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |

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**<u>(772) 617-4340</u>**

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

**<u>n/a</u>**

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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| **Title of Each Class** | **Trading symbols** | **Name of Exchange on which registered** |
| Preferred Stock, 7.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable | ARR-PRC | New York Stock Exchange |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | ARR | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by a check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

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| **Item 8.01.** | **Other Events.** |

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On February 15, 2023, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. ("ARMOUR") announced a cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable to holders of ARMOUR common stock for the month of March 2023, as set forth below:

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| **<u>Holder of Record Date</u>** | **<u>Payment Date</u>** |
| March 15, 2023 | March 28, 2023 |

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of ARMOUR's press release announcing the dividend is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release announcing the March 2023 common dividend](prformarch2023commondivide.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**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.

Dated: February 15, 2023

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| **ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.** | **ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Gordon M. Harper |
| Name: | Gordon M. Harper |
| Title: | VP Finance, Controller and Treasurer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![image0b03a.jpg](image0b03a.jpg)

**ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC. ANNOUNCES <br>MARCH 2023 DIVIDEND RATE PER COMMON SHARE** 

**VERO BEACH, Florida –** February 15, 2023 **–** ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE: ARR and ARR-PRC) ("ARMOUR" or the "Company") today announced the March 2023 cash dividend for the Company's Common Stock.

**March 2023 Common Stock Dividend Information**

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| **Month** | **Dividend** | **Holder of Record Date** | **Payment Date** |
| March 2023 | $0.08 | March 15, 2023 | March 28, 2023 |

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**Certain Tax Matters**

ARMOUR has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. In order to maintain this tax status, ARMOUR is required to timely distribute substantially all of its ordinary REIT taxable income. Dividends paid in excess of current tax earnings and profits for the year will generally not be taxable to common stockholders. Actual dividends are determined at the discretion of the Company's board of directors, which may consider additional factors including the Company's results of operations, cash flows, financial condition and capital requirements as well as current market conditions, expected opportunities and other relevant factors.

**About ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.**

ARMOUR invests primarily in fixed rate residential, adjustable rate and hybrid adjustable rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government-sponsored enterprises or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association. ARMOUR is externally managed and advised by ARMOUR Capital Management LP, an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

**Safe Harbor**

*This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ from expectations, estimates and projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. The Company disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.*

**Additional Information and Where to Find It**

Investors, security holders and other interested persons may find additional information regarding the Company at the SEC's internet site at <u>www.sec.gov</u>, or the Company website at <u>www.armourreit.com</u>, or by directing requests to: ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., 3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201, Vero Beach, Florida 32963, Attention: Investor Relations.

**Investor Contact:**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

James R. Mountain

Chief Financial Officer

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

(772) 617-4340

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