ARR - Leadership updates

VERO BEACH, Florida, March 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) ("ARMOUR" or the "Company") today announced that Jeffrey J. Zimmer will retire as Co-Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice Chair and director of the Company. Mr. Zimmer has agreed to serve as an ex-officio, non-voting special advisor to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Zimmer will also continue serving as a Co-Managing Member of ARMOUR Capital Management LP, ARMOUR's external manager ("ACM"), to advise on finance, lending and trading activities, including capital markets strategies, funding, repurchase lending and ARMOUR's mortgage-backed securities (MBS) portfolio. Daniel C. Stat

VERO BEACH, Florida, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) ("ARMOUR" or the "Company") today announced the appointment of Vice President of Finance and Controller Gordon Harper as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, effective March 11, 2024. He will remain Controller of the Company. Mr. Harper succeeds James Mountain, who was removed as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary. Mr. Harper has served as the Vice President of Finance and Controller for the Company as well as its external manager, ARMOUR Capital Management LP, since 2015. He became a named executive officer of the Company in February 2017. Prior to ARMOUR, Mr. Harper spent 25 years at D