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

On June 2, 2021, MFA Financial, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The Annual Meeting was held for the purpose of: (i) electing two Class II directors to serve on the Board until the 2024 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, 2021; 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 21, 2021, as of April 7, 2021 (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 446,527,321 shares of common stock, each of which was entitled to one vote at the Annual Meeting. A quorum of 294,579,224 shares of common stock of the Company, which represented approximately 66.0% 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 two nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes:





                                                                               Broker
Name of Class II Nominee        For            Against         Abstain       Non-Votes
Robin Josephs                203,554,385       17,170,083       670,941       73,183,815

Craig L. Knutson             217,171,174        3,624,514       599,721       73,183,815

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 II director of the Company.

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, 2021, was approved, based on the following votes:





     For            Against        Abstentions
  291,911,313       1,900,040           767,871

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
  210,458,484       8,549,815        2,387,110             73,183,815

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