---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-003313"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T00:21:42.703555+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Financial issues $115M of 8.875% Senior Notes due 2029

## Summary
- $115M aggregate principal, 8.875% interest payable quarterly, matures Feb 15, 2029.
- Net proceeds of ~$96.8M after underwriting discounts and expenses.
- Proceeds for mortgage-related asset investments, working capital, and debt repayment.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations, redeemable at par starting Feb 15, 2026.
- Underwriters: Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, UBS Securities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-003313
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924003313/0001104659-24-003313-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924003313/tm243099d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-003313.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. incurred senior notes of $115 million aggregate principal amount with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and UBS Securities LLC at 8.875% per year maturing February 15, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $115 million aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and UBS Securities LLC
  - Rate: 8.875% per year
  - Maturity: February 15, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 11, 2024, MFA Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $115 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), in a public offering pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924003313/0001104659-24-003313-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. entered into Indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association valued at $115 million (effective 2024-01-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association
  - Value: $115 million
  - Effective: 2024-01-11
  source text: The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated June 3, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture, dated January 11, 2024 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924003313/0001104659-24-003313-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. entered into Underwriting Agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and UBS Securities LLC valued at $115 million (effective 2024-01-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and UBS Securities LLC
  - Value: $115 million
  - Effective: 2024-01-08
  source text: The Notes were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of January 8, 2024, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), whereby the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924003313/0001104659-24-003313-index.htm

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