Published on December 29, 2008
Exhibit 3.1
MFA MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS,
INC.
ARTICLES
OF AMENDMENT
MFA
Mortgage Investments, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and
Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Article
Second of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) is hereby amended to
change the name of the Corporation to:
MFA
Financial, Inc.
SECOND: The
foregoing amendment to the Charter was approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation and was limited to a change expressly authorized by Section
2-605(a)(1) of the Maryland General Corporation Law without action by the
stockholders.
THIRD: These
Articles of Amendment shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on January 1,
2009.
FOURTH: The
undersigned Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges these
Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all
matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Chief
Executive Officer acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information
and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that
this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be
executed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and
attested by its Secretary this 29th day
of December, 2008.
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By:
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/s/
Timothy W. Korth
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By:
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/s/
Stewart Zimmerman
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Timothy
W. Korth
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Stewart
Zimmerman
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Secretary
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Chief
Executive Officer
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