Form: 8-K

Current report filing

August 11, 2017

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

MFA

FINANCIAL, INC.

350 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 207-6400

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

 

August 11, 2017

 

NEW YORK METRO

 

 

 

Investor Contact:

MFA Investor Relations

NYSE: MFA

 

212-207-6488

 

 

www.mfafinancial.com

 

 

Statement by MFA Financial, Inc.’s Board of Directors

Regarding the Passing of William S. Gorin

 

NEW YORK — (NYSE:  MFA) — It is with deep sadness that we today announce the passing of William S. Gorin, our fellow Board member and MFA’s Co-Chief Executive Officer.  Bill was an inspirational leader and friend who will be greatly missed by his colleagues at MFA, its stockholders and business partners.  Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time.

 

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MFA is a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in residential mortgage assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities and residential whole loans.