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
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 Stock or a proxy for a stockholder of record, vote your shares during the Annual Meeting.

| MFA Financial, Inc. | 1 | 2025 Proxy Statement |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Stockholders may submit questions after logging into the virtual meeting platform as described above by typing a question in the field below the caption “Ask a Question”, and clicking “Submit.” We will attempt to respond to as many questions that are pertinent to the Company as time allows. Questions that are substantially similar may be grouped and answered once to avoid repetition. Additional information regarding the rules and procedures for participating in the Annual Meeting will be provided in our rules of conduct for the Annual Meeting, which stockholders can view once they have checked in and during the Annual Meeting on the meeting website. Technical Assistance. The Annual Meeting will begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. We encourage you to access the Annual Meeting prior to the start time. Online access will begin at approximately 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The virtual Annual Meeting platform is fully supported across most browsers (Firefox, Chrome and Safari) and devices (desktops, laptops, tablets, and cell phones) running the most updated version of applicable software and plug-ins. Participants should ensure they have a strong Internet connection wherever they intend to participate in the Annual Meeting. Participants should also allow plenty of time to log in and ensure that they can hear streaming audio prior to the start of the Annual Meeting. If you encounter any difficulties while accessing the virtual Annual Meeting during the check-in or meeting time, a technical assistance phone number will be made available on the Annual Meeting registration page approximately 15 minutes prior to the start time of the Annual Meeting through the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. Annual Report This Proxy Statement is accompanied by our Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report to Stockholders”), which includes financial statements audited by KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, and their report thereon, dated February 20, 2025. Voting Information Record Date and Outstanding Shares Stockholders will be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record at the close of business on April 8, 2025 (the “Record Date”), with respect to (i) the election of the two (2) directors 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) the