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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | OMB Number: | 3235-0101 | |
Washington, D.C. 20549 | Expires: | May 31, 2017 | |
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FORM 144 |
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES | SEC USE ONLY | ||
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO. | ||
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ATTENTION: | Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a |
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1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) | (b) IRS IDENT. NO. | (c) S.E.C. FILE NO. |
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ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. | 26-1908763 | 1-34766 |
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1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER |
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| STREET | CITY | STATE | ZIP CODE | AREA CODE | NUMBER |
| 3001 Ocean Drive, Suite 201 | Vero Beach | FL | 32963 | 772 | 617-4340 |
2 (a) | NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD | (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER | (c) ADDRESS STREET | CITY | STATE | ZIP CODE |
Marc H. Bell1 | Director | 6800 Broken Sound Parkway | Boca Raton | FL | 33487 | |
INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3 (a) | (b) | SEC USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) |
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold | Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities | Broker-Dealer File Number | Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c)) | Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d)) | Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e)) | Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.) | Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g)) |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | Interactive Brokers, 8 Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, CT 06831 |
| Up to 756,792 sh.1 | $2,807,698 | 357,278,432 sh. | From time to time, commencing January 21, 2015 | NYSE |
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. | (a) | Name of issuer | 3. | (a) | Title of the class of securities to be sold |
| (b) | Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number |
| (b) | Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold |
| (c) | Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any |
| (c) | Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) |
| (d) | Issuer’s address, including zip code |
| (d) | Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice |
| (e) | Issuer’s telephone number, including area code |
| (e) | Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as |
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| shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer |
2. | (a) | Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold |
| (f) | Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold |
| (b) | Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%stockholder, or |
| (g) | Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold |
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| number of immediate family of any of the foregoing) |
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| (c) | Such person’s address, including zip code |
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of the Class | Date you Acquired | Nature of Acquisition Transaction | Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount of Securities Acquired | Date of Payment | Nature of Payment |
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | 2010 - 2013 | Open market purchases from unaffiliated third parties | Not available-unaffiliated third parties | 1,756,792 sh. | 2010-2013 | Cash |
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INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale | Amount of Securities Sold | Gross Proceeds |
Marc H. Bell, 6800 Broken Sound Parkway, Boca Raton FL 33487 | Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | January 20-21, 2015 | 1,000,000 sh. | $3,391,458 |
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REMARKS:
(1) Mr. Bell has a pecuniary interest in the shares described herein. The shares are owned by Mr. Bell indirectly through Barbican Capital Domestic REIT Fund LP's brokerage account.
INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. |
| ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date. |
January 21, 2015 |
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| /s/ Marc H. Bell |
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DATE OF NOTICE |
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| The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. | ||
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF |
| At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed | ||
INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1 |
| shall bear typed or printed signatures. | ||
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)