MFA FINANCIAL, INC. — Director's Dealing 2017

Jul 19, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK: 0001055160
Period of Report: 2017-07-17

Reporting Person: FREYDBERG RONALD A (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-07-17	Common Stock	M	1112	—	Acquired	560266	Direct
2017-07-17	Common Stock	F	552	$8.53	Disposed	559714	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-07-17	Phantom Shares	$	M	1112	Disposed	2017-07-17	Common Stock (1112)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares acquired pursuant to the settlement of time-based restricted stock units (i.e., phantom stock) granted to the Reporting Person in July 2014.

F2: 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.

F3: The reported disposition represents the surrender of shares to satisfy tax obligations arising from the settlement of phantom shares described in Note 1 above.

F4: Settlement of time-based restricted stock units (i.e., phantom stock) granted to the Reporting Person in July 2014. 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.