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) June 14, 2017
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) | (IRS 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 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 ARMOUR’s 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 ARMOUR’s independent registered certified public accountants for fiscal year 2017; and (iii) approving, by a non-binding advisory vote, ARMOUR’s 2016 executive compensation. For more information on the proposals described below, please refer to ARMOUR’s 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 ARMOUR’s 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 ARMOUR’s Board of Directors were each elected to serve as a director until ARMOUR’s 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 ARMOUR’s independent registered certified public accountants for fiscal year 2017.
Stockholders voted to ratify the appointment of Deloitte as ARMOUR’s 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, ARMOUR’s 2016 executive compensation.
Stockholders voted to approve, by a non-binding advisory vote, ARMOUR’s 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 |
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: June 14, 2017
ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC. | |
By: | /s/ James R. Mountain |
Name: James R. Mountain | |
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |