---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-029385"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T06:06:34.470840+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Financial enters $300M ATM equity program and authorizes $200M share buyback

## Summary
- Entered distribution agreement to sell up to $300M common stock at-the-market via six sales agents; 1% commission per share.
- Board authorized stock repurchase program of up to $200M through December 31, 2025, superseding prior program.
- Repurchases may be made in open market, privately negotiated transactions, or under Rule 10b5-1 plans; no minimum purchase required.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-029385
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924029385/0001104659-24-029385-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924029385/tm247584d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. entered into Distribution Agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC valued at up to $300,000,000 (effective 2024-02-29).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
  - Value: up to $300,000,000
  - Effective: 2024-02-29
  source text: On February 29, 2024, MFA Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and among (i) the Company and (ii) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Sales Agents”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924029385/0001104659-24-029385-index.htm

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