As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | 26-1908763 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201 Vero Beach, Florida (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | 32963 (Zip Code) | |||||||
Shares of Common Stock Issuable to Non-Executive Directors
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Gordon M. Harper
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201
Vero Beach, Florida 32963
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(772) 617-4340
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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With a copy to:
Bradley D. Houser
Bradley D. Houser
Holland & Knight LLP
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 374-8500
Facsimile (305) 789-7799
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 374-8500
Facsimile (305) 789-7799
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ | |||||||||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | ¨ | |||||||||||||||||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
This Registration Statement will become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Upon written or oral request, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (the "Company") will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Written requests should be sent to Gordon M. Harper, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., 3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201, Vero Beach, Florida 32963 and oral requests should be made by calling (772) 617-4340.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The SEC allows us to provide information about our business and other important information to you by “incorporating by reference” the information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose the information to you by referring in this prospectus to the documents we file with the SEC. Under the SEC’s regulations, any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus is automatically updated and superseded by any information contained in this prospectus, or in any subsequently filed document of the types described below.
We hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents or portions thereof as indicated which we have filed with the Commission:
•Our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 12, 2025;
•Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on April 23, 2025, the quarter ended June 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on July 23, 2025 and the quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on October 22, 2025;
•The portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2025, that are incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024;
•Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 2, 2025, January 30, 2025, February 11, 2025, February 13, 2025, March 25, 2025, April 1, 2025, April 22, 2025, May 1, 2025, May 29, 2025, June 24, 2025, July 1, 2025, July 22, 2025, July 28, 2025, August 5, 2025, August 7, 2025, August 27, 2025, September 24, 2025, October 1, 2025 and October 21, 2025;
•The description of our common stock included in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on March 31, 2011 (as updated by Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024);
•The description of our 7.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock included in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on January 28, 2020 (as updated by Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024).
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement.Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any supplement. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. Our charter contains such a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:
•the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
•the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
•in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by or in the right of the corporation in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the corporation or in a proceeding in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.
In addition, the MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of:
•a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and
•a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director’s or officer’s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.
Our charter authorizes us to obligate ourselves and our bylaws obligate us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:
•any present or former director or officer of ours who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or
•any individual who, while a director or officer of ours and at our request, serves or has served another corporation, REIT, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director,
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officer, partner or trustee of such corporation, REIT, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.
Our charter and bylaws also permit us, with the approval of our board of directors, to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of ours or a predecessor of ours.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
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| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page to this Registration Statement) | |||||||
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
i. To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;
iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act), that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vero Beach, State of Florida, on this 26th day of November, 2025.
ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC. | |||||
| By: /s/ Gordon M. Harper | |||||
| Name: Gordon M. Harper | |||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott J. Ulm and Gordon M. Harper, and each of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE | TITLE | DATE | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Scott J. Ulm | ||||||||||||||
Scott J. Ulm | Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman (Principal Executive Officer) | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
/s/ Gordon M. Harper | ||||||||||||||
Gordon M. Harper | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Daniel C. Staton | ||||||||||||||
Daniel C. Staton | Chairman of the Board of Directors | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Marc H. Bell | ||||||||||||||
Marc H. Bell | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Z. Jamie Behar | ||||||||||||||
| Z. Jamie Behar | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Carolyn Downey | ||||||||||||||
Carolyn Downey | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
/s/ Robert C. Hain | ||||||||||||||
Robert C. Hain | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
/s/ John P. Hollihan, III | ||||||||||||||
John P. Hollihan, III | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Stewart J. Paperin | ||||||||||||||
Stewart J. Paperin | Director | November 26, 2025 | ||||||||||||
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CALCULATION OF FEES TABLE
FORM S-8
ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities and Carry Forward Securities
| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule | Amount Registered (1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee (2) | Carry Forward Form Type | Carry Forward File Number | Carry Forward Initial effective date | Filing Fee Previously Paid in Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newly Registered Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carry Forward Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carry Forward Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Offering Amounts: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Fees Previously Paid: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Fee Offsets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Fee Due: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)Represents shares of common stock issuable to our non-executive directors in connection with certain director compensation payable in common stock, cash, or a combination of common stock and cash at the option of the director. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an additional indeterminate amount of shares to be offered or sold and shares that may become issuable by reason of certain corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low price per share of our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 20, 2025.
EXHIBIT 5.1
Holland & Knight
701 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3300 | Miami, FL 33131 | T 305.374.8500 | F 305.789.7799
Holland & Knight LLP | www.hklaw.com
November 26, 2025
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201
Vero Beach, FL 32963
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration by the Company of 50,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), that may be issued to the Company's non-executive directors in connection with certain director compensation payable in common stock, cash or a combination of stock and cash, at the option of the director. This opinion is being issued pursuant to the requirements of the Act.
In so acting, we have examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents as we have considered necessary in order to enable us to render this opinion, including: (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date (the “Articles”), (iii) the Company's By-laws, as amended to date, (iv) resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and the proposed registration, issuance and sale of the Shares (the “Resolutions”), (v) certificates of public officials and certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company, and (vi) such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to form the basis for the opinions set forth herein.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have relied, without investigation, on each of the following assumptions: (a) the legal capacity of each natural person to take all actions required of each such person in connection with the Registration Statement and the registration, issuance and sale of the Shares; (b) the genuineness of each signature, the completeness of each document submitted to us, the authenticity of each document reviewed by us as an original, the conformity to the original of each document reviewed by us as a duplicate or a certified or conformed copy and the authenticity of the original of each document received by us as a duplicate or a certified or conformed copy; (c) as to matters of fact, the truthfulness, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties of the Company made in the Registration Statement and in the records, documents, instruments, certificates and statements we have reviewed; (d) the due execution and delivery of all documents (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company) where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof and (e) that there has been no undisclosed waiver of any right, remedy or provision contained in such documents. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein, which were not independently established or verified, we have relied, to the extent we have deemed reasonably appropriate, upon statements and representations of officers or directors of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the Articles and the Resolutions, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the federal securities laws of the United States of America and the corporate laws of the State of Maryland and we express no opinion as to matters governed by laws of
any jurisdiction other than the federal securities laws of the United States of America and the corporate laws of the State of Maryland, as in effect on the date hereof.
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after the date of this opinion letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion letter of any facts, whether existing before or arising after the date hereof, that might change the opinions expressed above.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement referred to above. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Holland & Knight LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 12, 2025, relating to the financial statements of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. and the effectiveness of ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Miami, Florida
November 26, 2025