UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February
23, 2022
MFA
FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland |
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1-13991 |
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13-3974868 |
(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization) |
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(Commission
File Number) |
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.) |
One
Vanderbilt Avenue, 48th
Floor
New
York, New
York
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10017 |
| (Address
of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (212)
207-6400
Not
Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title
of each class: |
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Trading
Symbols:
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Name
of each
exchange on which
registered:
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| Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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MFA |
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New
York Stock Exchange |
7.50%
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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MFA/PB |
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New
York Stock Exchange |
| 6.50% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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MFA/PC |
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New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition and
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
MFA Financial, Inc. (“MFA”) issued
a press release, dated February 23, 2022, announcing its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, which is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, in conjunction with the announcement of its financial results,
MFA issued additional information relating to its 2021 fourth quarter financial results. Such additional information is attached to this
report as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information referenced in this Current Report
on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) is being “furnished” and, as such, shall not be deemed to be “filed”
for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject
to the liabilities of that Section. The information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) is
and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed by MFA pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
As discussed therein, the press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. These forward-looking statements relate to MFA’s current expectations and are subject to the limitations
and qualifications set forth in the press release as well as in MFA’s other documents filed with the SEC, including, without limitation,
that actual events and/or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements.
Exhibit
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MFA FINANCIAL, INC. |
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(REGISTRANT) |
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By: |
/s/ Harold E. Schwartz |
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Name: Harold E. Schwartz |
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Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
Date: February 23, 2022
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