Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-014577
Chunk: 157

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 157
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 on average equity, |

| (viii) | return on invested capital or assets, |

| (ix) | cash and/or funds available for distribution, |

| (x) | appreciation in the fair market value of the Common Stock, |

| (xi) | return on investment, |

| (xii) | total stockholder return, |

| (xiii) | net earnings growth, |

| (xiv) | stock appreciation (meaning an increase in the price or value of the Common Stock after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period), |

| (xv) | related return ratios, |

| (xvi) | increase in revenues, |

| (xvii) | the Company’s published ranking against its peer group of real estate investment trusts based on total stockholder return, |

| (xviii) | net earnings, |

| (xix) | changes (or the absence of changes) in the per share or aggregate market price of the Company’s Common Stock, |

| (xx) | number of securities sold, |

| MFA Financial, Inc. | E-21 | 2025 Proxy Statement |

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| (xxi) | earnings before any one or more of the following items: interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization for the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period, and |

| (xxii) | total revenue growth (meaning the increase in total revenues after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period). |

| MFA Financial, Inc. | E-22 | 2025 Proxy Statement |

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