8-A12B 1 d394705d8a12b.htm FORM 8-A12B Form 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

ARLINGTON ASSET INVESTMENT CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   54-1873198
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1001 Nineteenth Street North Arlington, VA   22209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices of Registrant)   (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual

Redeemable Preferred Stock

  New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.  ☒    If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-215384

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The description of the general terms and provisions of the 7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock of Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (the “Registrant”), to be registered hereby, contained under the heading “Description of the Series B Preferred Stock” in the Registrant’s Prospectus Supplement, dated May 5, 2017, to the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2009).
3.2    Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation designating the shares of 7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.*
3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2011).
3.4    Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2015).
3.5    Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2016).
4.1    Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock.*

 

* Filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Dated: May 9, 2017

 

ARLINGTON ASSET INVESTMENT CORP.
By:  

/s/ Richard E. Konzmann

Name:   Richard E. Konzmann
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

  

Description

3.1    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2009).
3.2    Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation designating the shares of 7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.*
3.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2011).
3.4    Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2015).
3.5    Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 26, 2016).
4.1    Form of specimen certificate representing the shares of 7.00% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock.*

 

* Filed herewith.