Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001104659-25-079267
Chunk: 2

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 1.01
Chunk 2
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 obligations of the parties and
termination provisions.

Preferred
Shares sold under the Preferred Distribution Agreement, if any, will be issued pursuant to the Company’s registration statement
on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-289614), and a related prospectus, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2025, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement,
filed with the SEC on August 15, 2025, as the same may be amended or supplemented, under the Securities Act.

A
copy of the Preferred Distribution Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing
summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preferred Distribution Agreement. In connection
with the registration of the Preferred Shares under the Securities Act, the legal opinion of Venable LLP relating to the legality of the
issuance and sale of the Preferred Shares is attached as Exhibit 5.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.