MFA FINANCIAL, INC. — Director's Dealing 2016

Dec 16, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK: 0001055160
Period of Report: 2016-12-14

Reporting Person: Knutson Craig L (President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-12-16	Common Stock	A	139618	—	Acquired	644797	Direct
2016-12-16	Common Stock	F	72002	$7.66	Disposed	572795	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The shares acquired by the Reporting Person were received as a portion of the Reporting Person's annual incentive compensation and are fully vested as of the date of grant. The net shares acquired (i.e., net of the surrender of a portion of the shares acquired in order to satisfy tax obligations (as described in Note 2 below)) are subject to a three-year holding period and may not be sold or otherwise transferred prior to December 14, 2019.

F2: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the receipt by the Reporting Person of the shares described in Note 1 above.