ARMOUR 8-K



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 2, 2012


ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Maryland

001-33736

26-1908763

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201

Vero Beach, Florida

32963

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)


(772) 617-4340

 (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


n/a

(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):


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Item 8.01.

Other Items.


On February 2, 2012, the Company announced preliminary estimated earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.  


The following exhibit is filed with this Report pursuant to Item 601 of the Commission’s Regulation S-K in lieu of filing the otherwise required exhibit to the Registration Statement. This Report is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and, as such, the Company is incorporating by reference the exhibit to this Report to cause it to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement as an exhibit thereto. By filing this Report and the exhibit hereto, however, the Company does not believe that any of the information set forth herein or in the exhibit hereto represents, individually or in the aggregate, a “fundamental change” (as such term is used in Item 512(a)(1)(ii) of the Commission’s Regulation S-K) in the information set forth in, and incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement.


(c) Exhibits


Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Press Release, dated February 2, 2012




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 2, 2012


ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.


By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Zimmer                           

Name: Jeffrey J. Zimmer

Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-Vice Chairman




 





Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Press Release, dated February 2, 2012