secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK:        0001055160
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-150525
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MFA Financial elects Sheila A. Stamps to board, expanding size to eight directors
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- Elected Sheila A. Stamps as director effective Dec. 15, 2021; board expanded from 7 to 8 seats.
- Stamps appointed to Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Currently serves on boards of Atlas Air Worldwide, Pitney Bowes, and CIT Group; former executive at Bank of America and Bank One.
- Board now has 8 directors, 7 independent, 4 women.
- Stamps brings experience in strategy, risk management, and regulatory matters.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465921150525/0001104659-21-150525-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465921150525/tm2135599d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-150525

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