Item 8.01 Other Events.

On November 20, 2012, Arlington Asset Investment Corp. (the "Company") announced that it has been advised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that the investigation initiated by the Commission as previously disclosed, in which a "Wells Notice" was issued to the Company, has been terminated and that no enforcement action has been recommended. The investigation related to the disclosures in the offering material for an MBS offering sponsored in 2007 by a former non-broker-dealer subsidiary of the Company.

The Company's Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Brian Bowers, also received a similar notice from the Commission that the investigation against him has been terminated and that no enforcement action has been recommended.