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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 (Date of earliest event reported)  May 3, 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)  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
3000 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)

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Item 8.01. 
Other Events.

On May 3, 2012, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company will commemorate raising over $1 billion in gross equity by having Co-Chief Executive Officers, Jeffrey J. Zimmer and Scott J. Ulm, ring The Opening Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange on May 22, 2012.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release, dated May 3, 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: May 3, 2012
 
  ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey J. Zimmer  
  Name: Jeffrey J. Zimmer  
  Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President and Co-Vice Chairman  
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No. Description
   
99.1   Press Release, dated May 3, 2012