MFA FINANCIAL INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Craig L. Knutson

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Craig L. Knutson”): 57,836,436 for, 728,562 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes: As indicated above, each of the nominees for director received over a majority of vote…”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 53 asset managers below reported 30,772,781 for.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Robin Josephs

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robin Josephs”): 56,397,287 for, 2,145,765 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes: As indicated above, each of the nominees for director received over a majority of vote…”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 53 asset managers below reported 30,210,600 for, 562,181 against.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Sheila A. Stamps

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sheila A. Stamps”): 56,106,566 for, 2,399,319 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The three nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, based on the following votes: As indicated above, each of the nominees for director received over a majority of vote…”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 53 asset managers below reported 29,294,760 for, 1,446,529 against, 31,492 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of the advisory (non- binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive compensation.

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation”): 53,991,735 for, 4,323,288 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 52 managers: 29,595,893 for, 1,176,888 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 164 managers: 30,051,769 for, 2,148,760 against, 1,308 abstained, 0 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024.

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024”): 76,844,826 for, 1,036,324 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, was approved, based on the following votes:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 53 asset managers below reported 30,541,955 for, 230,826 against.

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