UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 25
NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER
SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Numbers:
001-34374
ARLINGTON ASSET INVESTMENT CORP.
(EF Merger Sub Inc., as successor by merger to Arlington Asset Investment Corp.)
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)
53 Forest Avenue
Old Greenwich, Connecticut 06870
(203) 698-1200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer’s principal executive offices)
6.000% Senior Notes due 2026
6.75% Senior Notes due 2025
(Description of class of securities)
Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
| ¨ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1) |
| ¨ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2) |
| ¨ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3) |
| ¨ | 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4) |
| ¨ | Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange. |
| x | Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, EF Merger Sub Inc. (as successor by merger to Arlington Asset Investment Corp.) certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
December 26, 2023
| By: | /s/ JR Herlihy | |
| Name: | JR Herlihy | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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