UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 22, 2019

 

MFA FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 207-6400

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On May 22, 2019, MFA Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of:  (i) electing three Class III directors to serve on the Board until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify; (ii) considering and voting on the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019; and (iii) considering and voting on an advisory (non-binding) resolution to approve the Company’s executive compensation.

 

As disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement, dated April 9, 2019, as of March 29, 2019 (the record date for stockholders of the Company entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting), the Company had issued and outstanding 450,482,694 shares of common stock, each of which was entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting.  A quorum of 407,743,782 shares of common stock of the Company, which represented approximately 90.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, was present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

 

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1.   The three nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes:

 

Name of Class III								Broker
Nominee		For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes
James A. Brodsky		328,798,264		8,540,774		368,573		70,036,171
Richard J. Byrne		332,451,780		4,862,280		393,551		70,036,171
Francis J. Oelerich III		333,469,477		3,087,329		1,150,805		70,036,171

 

As indicated above, each of the nominees for director received over a majority of votes cast on a per director basis and therefore has been duly elected to serve as a Class III director of the Company.

 

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Proposal 2.  The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, was approved, based on the following votes:

 

For		Against		Abstentions
401,231,366		3,447,160		3,065,256

 

Proposal 3.  The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company’s executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:

 

For		Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
326,069,609		9,269,574		2,368,428		70,036,171

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
	(REGISTRANT)
	By:	/s/ Harold E. Schwartz
		Name: Harold E. Schwartz
		Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Date:  May 23, 2019

 

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