8-K: Current report filing
Published on November 4, 2010
UNITED
STATES
    SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
WASHINGTON,
DC 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): 
             | 
            
                November 4,
  2010 
             | 
          
| 
                     | 
                  
                     MFA FINANCIAL,
    INC. 
                       | 
                  
                     | 
                
| 
                     | 
                  
                     (Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 
                   | 
                  
                     | 
                
| 
                 Maryland 
                 | 
              
                 1-13991 
                 | 
              
                 13-3974868 
                 | 
            ||
| 
                 (State
      or Other Jurisdiction 
                of
      Incorporation) 
               | 
              
                 | 
              
                 (Commission 
                File
      No.) 
               | 
              
                 | 
              
                 (IRS
      Employer 
                Identification
      No.) 
               | 
            
| 
                   | 
                
                   350
      Park Avenue, 21stFloor,  
                    New York, New York
    10022 
                   | 
                
                   | 
              
| 
                   | 
                
                   (Address
      of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code) 
                 | 
                
                   | 
              
| 
               Registrant’s
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 
             | 
            
               (212)
207-6400 
             | 
          
| 
                 | 
              ||
| 
                 (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:
    ¨
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))
    | 
               ITEM
      2.02. 
             | 
            
               RESULTS
      OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL
CONDITION. 
             | 
          
MFA
Financial, Inc. (“MFA”) issued a press release, dated November 4, 2010,
announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.
    The
information referenced in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit
99.1 referenced in Items 7.01 and 9.01 below) is being “furnished” under “Item
2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and “Item 7.01. Regulation
FD Disclosure” and, as such, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.  The
information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1
referenced in Items 7.01 and 9.01 below) shall not be incorporated by reference
into any registration statement or other document filed by MFA pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
    As
discussed therein, the press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, as such, may involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  These
forward-looking statements relate to MFA’s current expectations and are subject
to the limitations and qualifications set forth in the press release as well as
in MFA’s other documents filed with the SEC, including, without limitation, that
actual events and/or results may differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements.
    | 
               ITEM
      7.01. 
             | 
            
               REGULATION
      FD DISCLOSURE. 
             | 
          
As
discussed in Item 2.02 above, MFA issued a press release, dated November 4,
2010, announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010,
the text of which is incorporated herein by reference.
    | 
                   ITEM
      9.01. 
                 | 
                
                   FINANCIAL
      STATEMENTS AND
      EXHIBITS. 
                 | 
              
| 
               | 
            
               (c) 
             | 
            
               Exhibits. 
             | 
          
| 
               | 
            
               99.1 
             | 
            
               Press
      Release, dated November 4, 2010, announcing MFA’s financial results for
      the quarter ended September 30,
2010. 
             | 
          
SIGNATURES
    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. 
             | 
          ||
| 
               By: 
             | 
            
               /s/Timothy W. Korth 
             | 
          |
| 
               Timothy
      W. Korth 
             | 
          ||
| 
               General
      Counsel and Senior Vice President 
             | 
          ||
| 
               Date:
      November 4, 2010 
             | 
            ||