8-K: Current report filing
Published on December 29, 2008
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
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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): December
29, 2008
MFA
MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Maryland
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1-13991
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13-3974868
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
No.)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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350 Park Avenue,
21st Floor, New York, New York
10022
(Address
of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212)
207-6400
Not
Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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ITEM
5.03. Amendments to
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On December 29, 2008, MFA Mortgage
Investments, Inc. (the “Company”) filed Articles of Amendment with the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland changing the Company’s name
from “MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.” to “MFA Financial, Inc.” The
name change will be effective on January 1, 2009. Effective January
1, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Bylaws of the Company
to reflect the name change.
A copy of the Articles of Amendment
filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on
December 29, 2008, the Company’s Bylaws and a press release are attached hereto
as Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 99.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed
herewith:
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3.1
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Articles
of Amendment filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation
of Maryland with respect to the name
change.
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3.2
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Amended
and Restated Bylaws of MFA Financial, Inc., which were amended to reflect
the name change.
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99.1
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Press
Release, dated December 29, 2008, with respect to the name
change.
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SIGNATURES
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.
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By:
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/s/ Timothy W. Korth | |
| Timothy W. Korth | |||
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General
Counsel and Senior Vice President –
Business Development |
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Date:
December 29, 2008