SEC Form 4 · accession 0001207637-26-000015
Armour Residential REIT, Inc. · ARR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Stewart J Paperin
Director
Period of report
Aug 21, 2026
Accepted (ET)
Aug 25, 2026 · 4:21 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
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Issuer CIK
0001428205
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per shareF2 | Aug 21, 2026 | M | 1,900 | $0.00 | A | 14,095 | I | See Footnote |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | holding | — | — | — | 208 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom StockF3,F1 | — | Aug 21, 2026 | M | 1,900 | D | — | — | Common Stock | 1,900 | 28,354 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1On August 21, 2026, the reporting person elected to convert 1,900 shares of vested phantom stock into 1,900 shares of ARMOUR common stock. The 1,900 shares are part of, and relate to, phantom stock vesting over a five-year period, which was reported on Form 4 reports filed by the reporting person on February 14, 2023, December 18, 2025 and May 21, 2026.
- F2Represents shares owned indirectly through the Stewart J. Paperin Family Trust. Mr. Paperin has a pecuniary interest in and investment control over the shares held by the Trust.
- F3Each unit of phantom stock is the economic equivalent of one share of ARMOUR common stock.