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accession: "0001104659-25-056839"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MFA"
cik: "0001055160"
company_name: "MFA FINANCIAL, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T19:36:08.847647+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# MFA Financial shareholders approve amended Equity Compensation Plan, elect directors, ratify auditor

## Summary
- Equity Compensation Plan approved, effective June 3, 2025, adding 5.5M new shares plus rollover of existing reserves.
- Class III directors Lisa Polsky and Christopher Small elected until 2028; each received majority of votes cast.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 56.2M for, 1.8M against.
- Plan permits equity awards to key employees, officers, and directors with performance conditions and clawback provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-056839
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MFA
- cik: 0001055160
- company_name: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465925056839/0001104659-25-056839-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1055160/000110465925056839/tm2517176d1_8k.htm

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