Company: MFAN
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-014577
Chunk: 16

Company: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 | Company maintains a dedicated and fully functional co-location facility usable in the event our principal office is unusable |     |                                                                                                                            |
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| MFA Financial, Inc. | 11 | 2025 Proxy Statement |

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Environmental Considerations As a specialty finance company that invests in and finances residential mortgage assets, including originating and servicing business purpose mortgage loans, our business operations have a relatively modest impact on the environment. Nonetheless, we strive to use resources efficiently and responsibly. Our efforts to reduce our environmental impact include:

| • | Headquarters building has earned the highest LEED, WELL and Wired Certifications |

| • | Headquarters building incorporates a 90,000-gallon rainwater collection system that reduces demand for cooling tower water by one million gallons of water annually |

| • | Office cleaning and pest control conducted with specific green products |

| • | Street-to-desk touchless entry experience |

| • | Headquarters building has a walkability score of 99 and facilitates the use of public transportation for nearly all employees |

| • | Bike room within headquarters building |

| • | Mandated recycling program for glass, metal, paper and plastic products |

| • | Individual recycling containers in all common areas |

| • | Commuter benefit program enables employees to use a pre-tax benefit account to pay for public transportation |

| • | Cloud computing to reduce electricity footprint |

| • | Recycling of electronic equipment and ink cartridges |

| • | Energy Star® printers, monitors and other electronics |

| • | Motion sensor control LED lighting |

| • | Motion sensor faucets and toilets |

| • | Filled water dispensers |

| • | Compostable and recycled kitchen products |

| MFA Financial, Inc. | 12 | 2025 Proxy Statement |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Board and Committee Matters Board of Directors The Board is responsible for directing the management of our business and affairs. The Board conducts its business through meetings and actions taken by unanimous written consent in lieu of meetings. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Board held ten meetings and acted twelve times by unanimous consent in lieu of a meeting. Each of our directors then serving on the Board attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board (and of the Board’s committees on which they then served) that were held in 2024. All directors then serving on the Board attended our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The