ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (ARMOUR) held its 2017 annual
meeting of stockholders at 8:00 a.m. (EDT) on June 14, 2017, for
the purpose of: (i) electing nine (9) directors to ARMOURs Board
of Directors until its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and
until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii)
ratifying the appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP (Deloitte) as
ARMOURs independent registered certified public accountants for
fiscal year 2017; and (iii) approving, by a non-binding advisory
vote, ARMOURs 2016 executive compensation. For more information
on the proposals described below, please refer to ARMOURs proxy
statement dated May 1, 2017. As of the record date of April 21,
2017, there were a total of 36,732,333 shares of common stock
outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the
annual meeting, 31,526,686 shares of common stock, or
approximately 85.8% of the shares outstanding and entitled to
vote at the annual meeting, were represented in person or by
proxy; therefore a quorum was present.
Proposal 1 To elect nine (9) directors to ARMOURs Board of
Directors until its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and until
their successors are duly elected and qualified.
The nine (9) nominees proposed by ARMOURs Board of Directors were
each elected to serve as a director until ARMOURs annual meeting
of stockholders to be held in 2018 and until his or her successor
is duly elected and qualified. The voting results for each
nominee were as follows:
Nominee
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Scott J. Ulm
14,317,344
826,684
16,382,658
Jeffrey J. Zimmer
14,321,607
822,421
16,382,658
Daniel C. Staton
13,743,281
1,400,747
16,382,658
Marc H. Bell
12,659,865
2,484,163
16,382,658
Carolyn Downey
12,773,838
2,370,190
16,382,658
Thomas K. Guba
12,839,654
2,304,374
16,382,658
Robert C. Hain
12,782,866
2,361,162
16,382,658
John P. Hollihan, III
14,589,869
554,159
16,382,658
Stewart J. Paperin
14,581,085
562,943
16,382,658
Proposal 2 To ratify the appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP as
ARMOURs independent registered certified public accountants for
fiscal year 2017.
Stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte as
ARMOURs independent registered certified public accountants for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The proposal received
the following final voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
30,916,553
475,452
134,681
Proposal 3 To approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, ARMOURs
2016 executive compensation.
Stockholders voted to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote,
ARMOURs 2016 executive compensation. The proposal received the
following final voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
13,834,923
1,001,372
307,733
16,382,658


About ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR)

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (ARMOUR) is an externally managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company invests in residential mortgage backed securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government-sponsored entity (GSE), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) or guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Administration (Ginnie Mae) (collectively, Agency Securities). It also may invest in other securities backed by residential mortgages for which the payment of principal and interest is not guaranteed by a GSE or government agency (collectively, Non-Agency Securities). The Company’s securities portfolio consists primarily of Agency Securities backed by fixed rate home loans. The Company is externally managed by ARMOUR Capital Management LP.

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