MFA FINANCIAL INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Christopher Small

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Christopher Small”): 57,688,374 for, 512,619 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 5, 2025 (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 two nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2028 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 votes …”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 54 asset managers below reported 30,683,498 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Lisa Polsky

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lisa Polsky”): 54,622,299 for, 3,601,944 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 5, 2025 (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 two nominees for election to the Board were elected to serve on the Board until the 2028 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 votes …”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 54 asset managers below reported 30,221,925 for, 461,573 against, 0 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval of the Company's Equity Compensation Plan, which is an amendment and restatement of the Company's existing Equity Compensation Plan.

MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Proposal to consider the Company's Equity Compensation Plan (which amended and restated of the Company's previous equity compensation plan)”): 56,262,422 for, 1,832,094 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 5, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The proposal to consider the Company's Equity Compensation Plan (which amended and restated of the Company's previous equity compensation plan) was approved, based on the following votes:”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 58 asset managers below reported 30,675,428 for, 10,171 against, 0 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”): 56,166,308 for, 1,801,099 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 5, 2025 (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: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (2 managers, 460,353 for).

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 54 managers: 30,673,327 for, 10,171 against, 0 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 190 managers: 30,043,728 for, 377,030 against, 156,949 abstained. 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, 2025.

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, 2025”): 76,909,893 for, 575,855 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 5, 2025 (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, 2025, was approved, based on the following votes:”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 54 asset managers below reported 30,683,498 for, 0 against, 0 abstained.

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