8-K: Current report filing
Published on March 5, 2010
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): March 4,
2010
MFA FINANCIAL,
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
(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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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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240.14d-2(b))
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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
ITEM
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On March
4, 2010, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of MFA Financial, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), approved the recommendations of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee that the size of the Board be expanded from eight
to nine members and that, effective March 4, 2010, William S. Gorin, President
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, be elected as a new director to fill
the resulting vacancy. Mr. Gorin was elected as a Class I director of
the Board, whose term will expire at the 2011 annual meeting of stockholders at
which time it is expected that Mr. Gorin will stand for re-election by the
Company's stockholders.
There are
no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Gorin and any other person
pursuant to which he was elected. There are no transactions involving
the Company and Mr. Gorin that would be required to be reported pursuant to Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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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, Senior Vice President and
Secretary
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Date:
March 5, 2010
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