---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-048310"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:28:36.323466+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MFA Financial issues $75M in 9.000% Senior Notes due 2029

## Summary
- Issued $75M aggregate principal amount of 9.000% Senior Notes due 2029; underwriters have 30-day option for additional $11.25M.
- Notes mature August 15, 2029; interest payable quarterly at 9.000% p.a.; redeemable at par after August 15, 2026.
- Net proceeds expected ~$72.2M; use for general corporate purposes including mortgage-related assets and potential debt repayment.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations, rank equally with existing senior notes and convertible notes; issued under indenture with Wilmington Trust.
- Underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley, RBC, UBS, Wells Fargo, Piper Sandler acting as representatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-048310
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-17T23:59:59+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/1055160/000110465924048310/0001104659-24-048310-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924048310/tm2412020d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. incurred senior notes of $75 million aggregate principal amount at 9.000% per year maturing August 15, 2029.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $75 million aggregate principal amount
  - Rate: 9.000% per year
  - Maturity: August 15, 2029
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On April 17, 2024, MFA Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $75 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.000% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), in a public offering
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465924048310/0001104659-24-048310-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. entered into Third Supplemental Indenture with Wilmington Trust, National Association (effective 2024-04-17).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Wilmington Trust, National Association
  - Effective: 2024-04-17
  source text: The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated June 3, 2019 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the third supplemental indenture, dated April 17, 2024 (the “Third 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/1055160/000110465924048310/0001104659-24-048310-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  MFA FINANCIAL, INC. entered into Underwriting Agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. valued at $75 million (effective 2024-04-15).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co.
  - Value: $75 million
  - Effective: 2024-04-15
  source text: The Notes were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated as of April 15, 2024, by and among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. 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/1055160/000110465924048310/0001104659-24-048310-index.htm

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