MFA FINANCIAL, INC. — Director's Dealing 2018

Dec 26, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK: 0001055160
Period of Report: 2018-12-21

Reporting Person: Kristjansson Gudmundur (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-12-21	Common Stock	A	65486	—	Acquired	271929.504	Direct
2018-12-21	Common Stock	F	34852	$6.61	Disposed	237077.504	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 3 below)) are subject to a three-year holding period and may not be sold or otherwise transferred prior to December 21, 2021.

F2: Includes 118.504 shares acquired under the dividend reinvestment feature of the MFA Financial, Inc. Discount Waiver, Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F3: 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.