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 18, 2011
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)
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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 18, 2011, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Distribution Agreement with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and JMP Securities LLC (collectively, the “Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through the Agents, as the Company’s agents, or to the Agents for resale, up to 6,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Distribution Agreement”).
The common shares sold in the offering will be issued pursuant to a prospectus dated December 9, 2010, and a prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 16, 2011, in connection with one or more offerings of shares from the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-170646). Sales of the Company’s common shares through the Agents, if any, will be made in amounts and at times to be determined by the Company from time to time, but the Company has no obligation to sell any of the shares in the offering. Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company from time to time, including (among others) market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common shares and determinations by the Company of the appropriate sources of funding for the Company.
Under the Distribution Agreement, the Agents have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with their normal trading and sales practices to sell common shares in agency transactions. The Distribution Agreement provides that each Agent will be entitled to compensation not to exceed 2.0% of the gross sales price per share for any of the common shares sold under the Distribution Agreement in agency transactions. In addition, the Company may also sell common shares to the Agents as principals for their own accounts at prices agreed upon at the time of sale.
Sales of the shares, if any, under the Distribution Agreement may be made in transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the common shares in the offering, and may at any time suspend solicitation and offers under the Distribution Agreement or terminate the Distribution Agreement. The Company intends to use the proceeds from any sales for general corporate purposes.
The Distribution Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the ARRM and customary conditions to completing future sale transactions, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
The Distribution Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Distribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.
Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 are filed herewith in connection with the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-170646) and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description |
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1.1 | Distribution Agreement, dated February 18, 2011, by and among the Company, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and JMP Securities LLC |
5.1 | Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt regarding the validity of the shares |
23.1 | Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (included in Ex. 5.1) |
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 18, 2011
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 |
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1.1 | Distribution Agreement, dated February 18, 2011, by and among the Company, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and JMP Securities LLC |
5.1 | Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt regarding the validity of the shares |
23.1 | Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (included in Ex. 5.1) |