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ARR · Current Report (Form 8-K) · Filed July 24, 2026

Armour Residential REIT Inc — 8-K exhibit

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Exhibit 3.1

ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

FIRST: The first two sentences of Section 6.1 of the Charter of the Corporation currently specify that the Corporation has authority to issue 225,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 175,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share. The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $225,000.

SECOND: The Charter of the Corporation is hereby further amended, as of the Effective Time (as defined below), by deleting the first two sentences of Section 6.1 in their entirety and replacing them with the following:

“6.1 Authorized Shares. The Corporation has authority to issue 300,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $300,000.”

THIRD: The amendments to the Charter of the Corporation as set forth above have been duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”). The amendments set forth herein are limited to changes expressly authorized to be made without action by the stockholders of the Corporation by, as applicable, (a) Section 2-105(a)(13) of the MGCL and the Charter of the Corporation; or (b) Section 2-605(a)(2) of the MGCL.

FOURTH: The preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, if any, of the Corporation’s classes of stock remain unchanged by these Articles of Amendment.

FIFTH: These Articles of Amendment shall be effective at 5:00 p.m. EDT on July 23, 2026 (the “Effective Time”).

FIFTH: The undersigned officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned officer acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Chief Financial Officer on this 23rd day of July, 2026.



ATTEST: ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT, INC.
By: /s/ Gordon M. Harper
By: /s/ Scott J. Ulm
Name: Gordon M. Harper
Name: Scott J. Ulm
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Title: Chief Executive Officer


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