Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001055160-25-000004
Chunk: 304

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
Chunk 304
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Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol “MFA.”  Our Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock are also listed on the NYSE, under the symbols “MFA/PB” and “MFA/PC,” respectively.

Holders

As of February 14, 2025, we had 388 registered holders of our common stock. Such information was obtained through our registrar and transfer agent, based on the results of a broker search; however, the number of beneficial owners of our common stock may exceed this number.

Dividends

No dividends may be paid on our common stock unless full cumulative dividends have been paid on our preferred stock.  We have paid full cumulative dividends on our preferred stock on a quarterly basis through December 31, 2024.  We have historically declared cash dividends on our common stock on a quarterly basis.  During 2024 and 2023, we declared total cash dividends to holders of our common stock of $142.9 million ($1.40 per share) and $142.7 million ($1.40 per share), respectively.  

In general, our common stock dividends have been characterized as ordinary income to our stockholders for income tax purposes.  However, a portion of our common stock dividends may, from time to time, be characterized as capital gains or return of capital.  For the year ended December 31, 2024, the portion of our common stock dividends paid during the year deemed to be a return of capital was $0.5516 per share of common stock.  For the year ended December 31, 2023, the portion of our common stock dividends paid during the year deemed to be a return of capital was $0.4108 per share of common stock.  For the year ended December 31, 2022, the portion of our common stock dividends paid during the year deemed to be a return of capital was $1.76 per share of common stock.  (For additional dividend information, see Notes 10(a) and 10(b) to the consolidated financial statements, included under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.)

We elected to be taxed as a RE