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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On December 22, 2020, MFA Financial, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the redemption of senior notes set forth under Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company hereby furnishes the information set forth in the Press Release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Press Release is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, and the information contained therein shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 22, 2020, the Company announced that it will redeem all of the outstanding $100 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% Senior Notes due 2042 (the “Senior Notes”), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, January 6, 2021.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 22, 2020 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MFA FINANCIAL, INC. | ||||||
| (REGISTRANT) | ||||||
| Date: December 22, 2020 | By: | /s/ Harold E. Schwartz | ||||
| Name: | Harold E. Schwartz | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |||||