Form: 8-K

Current report

June 5, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025

 

MFA FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland   1-13991   13-3974868

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation
or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

  One Vanderbilt Avenue, 48th Floor    
  New York, New York   10017
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 207-6400

 

Not Applicable

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): 

   
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:  

Trading
Symbols:

 

Name of each
exchange on which
registered:

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share   MFA   New York Stock Exchange

7.50% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

  MFA/PB   New York Stock Exchange
6.50% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share   MFA/PC   New York Stock Exchange
8.875% Senior Notes due 2029   MFAN   New York Stock Exchange
9.000% Senior Notes due 2029   MFAO   New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(e)  On June 3, 2025, MFA Financial, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), at which the Company's stockholders approved the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan (the “Equity Compensation Plan”), which is an amendment and restatement of the Company’s previous equity compensation plan.  The Equity Compensation Plan became effective upon the approval of the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting (see Item 5.07 below).

 

The Equity Compensation Plan is intended to provide incentives to key officers and employees and directors of the Company and others expected to provide significant services to the Company to encourage a proprietary interest in the Company, to retain current employees and attract new employees to the Company and to provide additional incentives to others to increase their efforts in providing significant services to the Company.

 

A description of the material terms of the Equity Compensation Plan is included in the Company’s definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2025, under the heading “Proposal 4. Approval of the MFA Financial, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan, as Amended and Restated” and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Equity Compensation Plan, which is attached to the Proxy Statement as Appendix E, is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is also incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

As indicated above, on June 3, 2025, the Company held its 2025 Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting was held for the purpose of: (i) electing two Class III directors to serve on the Board until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify; (ii) considering and voting on the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; (iii) considering and voting on an advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company’s executive compensation; and (iv) considering and voting on the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan.

 

As disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement, dated April 18, 2025, as of April 8, 2025 (the record date for stockholders of the Company entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting), the Company had issued and outstanding 102,652,862 shares of common stock, each of which was entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting. A quorum of 77,942,531 shares of common stock of the Company, which represented approximately 75.93% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, was present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

 

 

 

Proposal 1. The two nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes:

 

Name of Class III
Nominee
  For     Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
Lisa Polsky     54,622,299       3,601,944       283,065       19,435,223  
Christopher Small     57,688,374       512,619       306,315       19,435,223  

 

As indicated above, each of the nominees for director received over a majority of votes cast on a per director basis, and therefore, each of the nominees has been duly elected to serve as a Class III director of the Company.

 

Proposal 2. The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, was approved, based on the following votes:

 

For     Against     Abstentions  
  76,909,893       575,855       456,783  

 

Proposal 3. The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company’s executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  56,166,308       1,801,099       539,901       19,435,223  

 

Proposal 4. The proposal to consider the Company’s Equity Compensation Plan (which amended and restated of the Company’s previous equity compensation plan) was approved, based on the following votes:

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  56,262,422       1,832,094       412,792       19,435,223  

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)            Exhibits

 

10.1 MFA Financial, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
  (REGISTRANT)

 

  By: /s/ Harold E. Schwartz
    Name: Harold E. Schwartz
    Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

Date: June 5, 2025

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
10.1 MFA Financial, Inc. Equity Compensation Plan
   
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).