Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-06-05
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001104659-25-056839
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Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-06-05
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(e) On June 3, 2025, MFA Financial, Inc.
(together with its subsidiaries, the “ Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting”),
at which the Company's stockholders approved the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan (the “ Equity Compensation Plan”),
which is an amendment and restatement of the Company’s previous equity compensation plan. The Equity Compensation Plan
became effective upon the approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting (see Item 5.07 below).

The Equity Compensation Plan is intended to provide
incentives to key officers and employees and directors of the Company and others expected to provide significant services to the Company
to encourage a proprietary interest in the Company, to retain current employees and attract new employees to the Company and to provide
additional incentives to others to increase their efforts in providing significant services to the Company.

A description of the material terms of the
Equity Compensation Plan is included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “ Proxy Statement”) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2025, under the heading “ Proposal 4. Approval of the MFA
Financial, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated” and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the
Equity Compensation Plan, which is attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix E, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this
Form 8-K and is also incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.