Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-08-14
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001104659-25-078748
Chunk: 35

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-14
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 35
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 a modification or amendment, to enter into an indenture or supplemental indentures for the purpose of modifying or amending any of the provisions of the indenture or of the debt securities of the applicable series or the rights of the holders of the debt securities of that series under the indenture. However, no such modification or amendment shall, among other things:

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change the stated maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of interest, if any, on or any Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any debt securities issued under the indenture;

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reduce the principal of or any premium on any debt securities or reduce the rate of interest on any debt securities or reduce the price payable upon the redemption of any debt security, whether such redemption is mandatory or at our option, or upon the repurchase of any debt security at the option of the holder, or reduce any Additional Amounts with respect to any debt securities, or change our obligation to pay Additional Amounts;

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reduce the amount of principal of any original issue discount securities that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof;

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adversely affect any right of repayment or repurchase of any debt securities at the option of any holder;

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change any place where or the currency in which debt securities are payable;

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impair the holder’s right to institute suit to enforce the payment of any debt securities on or after their stated maturity or, in the case of any debt security which is convertible into or exchangeable for other securities or property, to institute suit to enforce the right to convert or exchange that debt security in accordance with its terms;

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make any change that adversely affects the right, if any, to convert or exchange any debt securities for other securities or property;

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reduce the percentage of debt securities of any series issued under the indenture whose holders must consent to any modification or amendment or any waiver of compliance with specific provisions of such indenture or specified defaults under the indenture and their consequences; or

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reduce the requirements for a quorum or voting at a meeting of holders of the applicable debt securities,

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without in each case obtaining the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security issued under such indenture affected by the modification or amendment.

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indenture also contains provisions permitting us and the trustee, without the consent of the holders of any debt securities issued under the indenture, to modify or amend