MFA FINANCIAL, INC. — Director's Dealing 2016

Jan 5, 2016

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK: 0001055160
Period of Report: 2015-07-15

Reporting Person: Knutson Craig L (President and COO)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-07-15	Phantom Shares	$	M	5578	Disposed	2015-07-15	Common Stock (5578)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Settlement of vested portion of time-based phantom shares granted to the Reporting Person in each of July 2012 and July 2013. Each phantom share is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock of MFA Financial, Inc. Each phantom share was settled in one share of common stock of MFA Financial, Inc.

F2: Number of derivative securities reported corrects information reported on Form 4 filed on July 17, 2015.