8-K: Current report filing
Published on April 29, 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):  April 29,
2010
    MFA FINANCIAL,
INC.
    (Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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               Maryland 
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               1-13991 
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               13-3974868 
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               (State
      or Other Jurisdiction 
              of
      Incorporation) 
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               (Commission 
              File
      No.) 
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               (IRS
      Employer 
              Identification
      No.) 
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350 Park Avenue,
21st Floor, 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:
      o Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
    o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
    o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
    o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
    ITEM
8.01. OTHER
EVENTS.            
          MFA is
scheduled to participate in a panel discussion at the RBC Capital Markets
Financial Institutions Conference, which is being held at the Four Seasons
Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday
May 4, 2010. A live audio webcast of this panel discussion will be available
online at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc117/rbc_panel9/ at 1:15 p.m. on the day
of the panel discussion and for a 30-day period following the panel discussion.
The link will also be available on MFAs Investor Information page located on its
website (www.mfa-reit.com) for a 30-day period following this panel discussion.
          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. | |||
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                     By:
       
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                  /s/ Timothy W. Korth | |
| Timothy W. Korth | |||
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                     General
      Counsel and Senior Vice President 
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Date:
April 29, 2010