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) December 14, 2018

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland	001-34766	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 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 14, 2018, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (“ARMOUR”) produced for distribution a slide deck presentation, which contains updates on ARMOUR's financial position, business and operations. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report is the slide deck presentation produced by ARMOUR.

The slide deck presentation attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 is furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed filed in this or any other filing of ARMOUR under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Slide Deck Presentation dated December 14, 2018

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: December 14, 2018

ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.

By: /s/ Mark Gruber                           

Name: Mark Gruber

Title: Chief Operating Officer

EX-99.1

ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, Inc. Company Update 12/14/18 ARMOUR seeks to create shareholder value through thoughtful investment and risk management that produces current yield and superior risk adjusted returns over the long term.  Our focus on residential real estate finance supports home ownership for a broad and diverse spectrum of Americans by bringing private capital into the mortgage markets.

PLEASE READ: Important Regulatory and Yield Estimate Risk Disclosures 2 • Certain statements made in this presentation regarding ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (“ARMOUR” or the “Company”), and any other statements regarding ARMOUR’s future expectations, beliefs, goals or prospects constitute forward-looking statements made within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including statements containing the words “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates” and similar expressions) should also be considered forward-looking statements. Forward- looking statements include but are not limited to statements regarding the projections for ARMOUR’s business and plans for future growth and operational improvements. A number of important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. ARMOUR assumes no obligation to update the information in this communication, except as otherwise required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. • This material is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any securities or financial instruments. The statements, information and estimates contained herein are based on information that the company believes to be reliable as of today's date unless otherwise indicated, but cannot be represented that such statements, information or estimates are complete or accurate. • Actual realized yields, durations and net durations described herein will depend on a number of factors that cannot be predicted with certainty. Estimated yields do not reflect any of the costs of operation of ARMOUR. • THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN IS UNAUDITED AND UNREVIEWED.

ARMOUR Key Metrics 3 ARMOUR invests in and manages a leveraged portfolio of mortgage-related assets and U.S. government securities. Market Date 09/30/18 10/31/18 11/30/18 NIM Breakdown 3.5 Common Stock Price $22.45 $21.78 $22.14 Estimated Book Value $23.49 $22.20 $21.86 3.0 Common Shares Outstanding 42,335,525 42,335,525 42,586,278 2.5 Preferred A Shares Outstanding 2,180,572 2,180,572 2,180,572 Preferred B Shares Outstanding 6,369,269 6,369,269 6,369,269 2.0 Net Balance Sheet Duration 0.44 0.46 0.11 Leverage(1) 6.0 6.4 6.4 1.5 Rates DV01 $419,000 $429,000 $98,000 1.0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 Spread DV01 $4,976,000 $4,974,000 $4,643,065 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 FNCL 4.0 Price 100.95 100.03 100.73 FNCI 4.0 Price 102.03 101.63 102.03 Asset Yield Cost of Funds 10 Year Treasury Yield 3.06% 3.14% 2.99% 5 Year OIS Swap Rate 2.74% 2.78% 2.64% NIM 10 Year OIS Swap Rate 2.78% 2.85% 2.71% (1) Leverage does not include TBA dollar rolls or forward settling transactions.

ARMOUR Overview 4 1 Capitalization • Total capitalization of $1,144.7 million composed of: ◦ Estimated book value of common stock of $930.9 million. ◦ Preferred stock par value of $213.7 million. 2 Common Stock Dividend Policy • ARMOUR pays common stock dividends monthly. • Dividends are typically announced on a monthly basis. • Since inception, ARR has paid out $1.4 billion in dividends through November 2018. (1) 3 Shareholder Alignment • $250 million in share repurchases between May 2013 and December 2015. • $123 million additional "return of capital" to shareholders between 2013 and 2015. • Senior management made open market purchases of $2.5 million of stock during the period 2016-18. 4 Transparency and Governance • Updated portfolio and liability details can be found at www.armourreit.com. • Agency premium amortization is expensed monthly as it occurs.(2) • Hedge positions are marked-to-market daily (GAAP/Tax differences). • Non-Executive Board Chairman and separate Lead Independent Director. 5 ARMOUR REIT Manager • ARMOUR REIT is externally managed by ARMOUR Capital Management LP. (1) Includes both common and preferred stock dividends. (2) Due to the prepayment lockout feature of our Agency multifamily securities, premium is amortized using a level yield methodology. Information as of 11/30/18

ARMOUR Balance Sheet Metrics 5 1 Equity Allocation • ARMOUR invests in mortgage-related assets and U.S. government securities. Allocation of equity in repo is: ◦ 70.2% in Agency securities. ◦ 29.8% in Credit Risk and Non-Agency securities. 2 Duration • 0.11 net balance sheet duration. 3 Hedging • $7.4 billion in interest rate swaps. ◦ 93.7% of Agency fixed rate and TBA assets hedged. ◦ 109.0% of Agency fixed rate asset repurchase agreements hedged. 4 Liquidity • $591.9 million in total liquidity. ◦ $203.1 million in cash. ◦ $388.8 million in unlevered securities. 5 Leverage • 6.4x estimated shareholder's equity.(1) ◦ $7.3 billion in net REPO borrowings. (1) Leverage does not include TBA dollar rolls or forward settling transactions. Information as of 11/30/18

ARMOUR Portfolio & Hedge Positioning 6 Estimated % of Current Value Weighted Average Weighted Average Weighted Average Effective Securities Portfolio (millions) Book Price Market Price Net/Gross Coupon Duration Agency ARMs & Hybrids 0.6% $50.9 104.8% 103.3% 3.58/4.22 1.00 Agency Multifamily Ballooning in 120 Months or Less 19.3% $1,686.0 101.2% 98.7% 3.26/4.44 5.99 Agency Fixed Rates Maturing Between 0 and 180 Months 8.3% $720.7 102.2% 102.2% 4.01/4.55 3.88 Agency Fixed Rates Maturing Between 181 and 240 Months 0.0% $3.6 107.9% 102.3% 4.25/5.19 4.14 Agency Fixed Rates Maturing Between 241 and 360 Months 47.9% $4,182.8 103.8% 101.7% 4.18/4.69 4.60 Agency Interest-Only 0.3% $21.8 18.7% 19.9% 4.83/5.35 -1.59 US Treasuries 1.1% $98.4 98.5% 98.4% N/A / N/A 0.62 Agency & US Treasury Portfolio 77.4% $6,764.3 102.6% 100.7% 3.87/4.54 4.77 Agency 30Y TBA 13.0% $1,138.4 103.0% 103.5% 4.68/ N/A 2.89 TBA Portfolio 13.0% $1,138.4 103.0% 103.5% 4.68/ N/A 2.89 Legacy Non-Agency Assets 0.8% $73.9 75.3% 83.0% 5.52/4.66 4.59 New Issue Prime Fixed Non-Agency 0.2% $17.2 94.6% 96.4% 3.69/3.97 6.35 Credit Risk Transfer 8.5% $740.3 98.8% 111.7% 6.73/4.06 -1.01 Credit Risk & Non-Agency Portfolio 9.5% $831.4 96.7% 108.8% 6.56/4.11 -0.36 Total Portfolio 100.0% $8,734.0 101.2% 100.9% 4.23/4.58 4.03 Interest Rate Swaps Remaining Term (Months) 0-12 13-24 25-36 37-48 49-60 61-72 73-84 85-96 97-108 109-120 121-132 Total Weighted Average Remaining Term (Months) 12 17 26 — 51 62 74 88 96 112 121 63 Notional Amount (millions) $250 $975 $1,000 $0 $1,025 $1,100 $525 $50 $1,200 $925 $300 $7,350 Weighted Average Rate 1.19 1.41 2.06 — 2.11 1.75 2.24 1.95 1.95 2.45 2.87 1.98 Information as of 11/30/2018. Portfolio value is based on independent third-party pricing. Information includes estimates of the effect of forward settling trades. Some totals may not foot due to rounding.

ARMOUR Repo Composition 7 Weighted Principal Percentage of Repo Weighted Average Longest Borrowed Positions with Average Original Remaining Remaining Repo Counter-Party (millions) ARMOUR Term in Days Term in Days Term in Days 1 BUCKLER Securities LLC (1) $3,523.1 48.1% 50 26 62 2 ING Financial Markets LLC $334.5 4.6% 11 4 10 3 Wells Fargo Securities $298.5 4.1% 19 13 19 4 FHLB - Cincinnati $296.4 4.0% 3 3 3 5 ABN AMRO Bank N.V. $294.2 4.0% 30 13 19 6 UBS Securities LLC $265.4 3.6% 53 38 46 7 Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. $237.2 3.2% 30 21 21 8 ICBC Financial Services LLC $234.5 3.2% 28 11 24 9 RBC Capital Markets $233.6 3.2% 61 45 45 10 Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. $197.0 2.7% 30 13 13 11 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $193.3 2.6% 30 20 31 12 The Bank of Nova Scotia $186.5 2.5% 38 20 45 13 Daiwa Securities America Inc. $153.4 2.1% 30 16 21 14 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC $144.9 2.0% 29 12 13 15 Natixis Financial Products LLC $136.4 1.9% 31 10 10 16 South Street Securities LLC $123.0 1.7% 60 17 17 17 Royal Bank of Canada $95.4 1.3% 30 15 28 18 MUF Securities EMEA $73.1 1.0% 31 4 14 19 Societe Generale $72.2 1.0% 31 18 28 20 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $61.7 0.8% 30 15 26 21 The Bank of New York Mellon $56.5 0.8% 31 16 34 22 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. $48.0 0.7% 29 15 19 23 BMO Capital Markets Corp. $44.8 0.6% 31 17 17 24 BNP Paribas Securities Corp. $22.7 0.3% 30 21 21 Total or Weighted Average Repo Positions $7,326.3 100.0% 39 21 Weighted Average Repo Rate 2.48% Weighted Average Haircut 5.32% (1) Affiliated with ARMOUR. Information as of 11/30/2018. Some totals may not foot due to rounding.

ARMOUR Portfolio Constant Prepayment Rates ("CPR") 8 Trailing Twelve Month Portfolio CPR November 2018 Agency Asset CPR 15 ARMs & Hybrids 4.7 10 10 & 15 Year Pass-Throughs 8.9 20 Year Pass-Throughs 0.6 25 & 30 Year Pass-Throughs 6.8 5 Agency Multifamily 0.0 Agency IO 15.0 Portfolio Average 5.4 0 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 5 10 15 20 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 r r y y h il y e ly st r r r e e ar ar rc r a n u u e e e b b u u a p M u J g b b b CPR m m n r A J u m to m ve ce a b M A te c ve o e J Fe p O o N D Se N 17-Nov 17-Dec 18-Jan 18-Feb 18-Mar 18-Apr 18-May 18-Jun 18-Jul 18-Aug 18-Sep 18-Oct 18-Nov CPR 8.6 6.2 7.0 6.6 5.2 6.9 5.9 7.4 5.9 6.3 6.2 4.5 5.4 Constant Prepayment Rate ("CPR") is the annualized equivalent of single monthly mortality ("SMM"). CPR attempts to predict the percentage of principal that will prepay over the next twelve months based on historical principal pay downs. CPR is reported on the 4th business day of the month for the previous month's prepayment activity.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. 3001 Ocean Drive Suite 201 Vero Beach, FL 32963 armourreit.com 772-617-4340