MFA FINANCIAL, INC. — Director's Dealing 2018

Jun 14, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MFA FINANCIAL, INC. (MFA)
CIK: 0001055160
Period of Report: 2018-06-13

Reporting Person: BLANK STEPHEN R (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-06-13	Common Stock	M	8206	$7.74	Acquired	53727	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-06-13	Phantom Shares	$	M	8206	Disposed	2018-06-13	Common Stock (8206)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares acquired pursuant to the settlement of restricted stock units (i.e., phantom stock) granted to the Reporting Person in May 2013.

F2: Settlement of restricted stock units (i.e., phantom stock) granted to the Reporting Person in May 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.