Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-014577
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Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 named in this Proxy Statement to serve on the Board until our 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, (ii) FORthe ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025, (iii) FORthe advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve our executive compensation as disclosed in this Proxy Statement (“Say-on-Pay”) and (iv) FORthe approval of the MFA Financial, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan, as amended and restated (the “Amended Plan”), which amends and restates our existing Equity Compensation Plan (which was last amended and restated, and most recently approved by our stockholders, in 2023) (the “Existing Plan”), and which, if approved at the Annual Meeting, will increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for grant by us so that the number of shares available for issuance on or after the date of the Annual Meeting will be 13,230,145 (which includes 4,193,914 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding grants under the Existing Plan) and make certain other changes as described in this Proxy Statement. As to any other business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof, the persons named as proxy holders on your proxy card will vote the shares of Common Stock represented by properly submitted proxies in their discretion. This Proxy Statement, the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the related proxy card are first being sent and made available to stockholders on or about April 18, 2025. Attending and Participating in the Annual Meeting This year’s Annual Meeting will once again be a virtual meeting that will be held over the Internet. We believe the use of the Internet to host the Annual Meeting enables expanded stockholder participation, reduces costs for both the Company and our stockholders and provides the same rights to participate as stockholders would have at an in-person meeting. You may attend the virtual Annual Meeting if you are a stockholder of record, hold a proxy for a stockholder of record or are a beneficial owner of our Common Stock with evidence of ownership. You may participate in the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/MFA2025 (the “meeting website”) and entering the 16-digit control number included on your proxy card or your voting instruction form. You will be able to submit questions and, if you are a stockholder of record of our Common