Form 4 Filing for Armour Residential REIT, Inc.

This filing details transactions by Desmond Macauley, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Armour Residential REIT, Inc. On May 21, 2026, Macauley converted 1,111 vested phantom stock units into 1,111 shares of common stock. Additionally, 389 vested phantom stock units were converted into cash to cover income taxes. These transactions are part of a five-year phantom stock vesting schedule. The reporting person acquired 1,500 shares of common stock with a transaction value of $0 and disposed of 389 shares at a price of $16.47 per share. Post-transaction, Macauley holds 6,859 shares directly and 6,470 shares directly after the tax-related sale. The filing also notes that each phantom stock unit is economically equivalent to one share of ARMOUR common stock.