PRESS RELEASE
Published on April 3, 2007
MFA
MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.
350 Park Avenue
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 |
PRESS RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK METRO NYSE: MFA |
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MFA Investor Relations 800-892-7547 www.mfa-reit.com |
MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.
Announces First Quarter 2007 Dividend of $0.08
MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc. (NYSE:MFA) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock for the first quarter of 2007. The dividend will be paid on April 30, 2007 to stockholders of record on April 13, 2007. The first quarter 2007 dividend is an increase from the fourth quarter 2006 dividend of $0.06. MFAs primary focus is high quality, higher coupon hybrid and adjustable-rate MBS assets. At December 31, 2006, approximately 99% of MFAs assets consisted of MBS issued or guaranteed by an agency of the U.S. government or a federally chartered corporation, other MBS rated AAA by Standard & Poors Corporation, MFA-related receivables and cash. The MBS in MFAs portfolio are primarily adjustable-rate or hybrids, which have an initial fixed interest rate for a specified period of time and, thereafter, generally reset annually.
Stockholders interested in learning how to participate in MFAs Discount Waiver, Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the Plan) or receiving a Plan prospectus may do so by contacting Mellon Investor Services, the Plan administrator, at 1-866-249-2610 (toll free). For more information about the Plan, interested stockholders may also go to the website established for the Plan at www.melloninvestor.com or visit MFAs website at www.mfa-reit.com.
When used in this press release or other written or oral communications, statements which are not historical in nature, including those containing words such as anticipate, estimate, should, expect, believe, intend and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those relating to: changes in interest rates and the market value of MFAs MBS; changes in the prepayment rates on the mortgage loans securing MFAs MBS; MFAs ability to use borrowings to finance its assets; changes in government regulations affecting MFAs business; MFAs ability to maintain its qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes; and risks associated with investing in real estate assets, including changes in business conditions and the general economy. These and other risks, uncertainties and factors, including those described in the annual, quarterly and current reports that MFA files with the SEC, could cause MFAs actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements it makes. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and MFA does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements.