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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001055160-12-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120711
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120711
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120711
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FREYDBERG RONALD A
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001203598
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13991
FILM NUMBER: 12958372
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O MFA MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.
STREET 2: 350 PARK AVENUE, 21ST FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001055160
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
IRS NUMBER: 133974868
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 350 PARK AVENUE
STREET 2: 21ST FL
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
BUSINESS PHONE: 2122076400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 350 PARK AVE
STREET 2: 21ST FLOOR
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10022
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MFA MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020809
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICA FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980211
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EACH SHARE OF PHANTOM STOCK IS EQUAL TO THE ECONOMIC EQUIVALENT OF ONE SHARE OF MFA FINANCIAL, INC. COMMON STOCK. EACH VESTED PHANTOM SHARE WAS SETTLED IN ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK OF MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHANTOM SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT, THE VESTING OF SUCH PHANTOM SHARES WAS SUBJECT TO MFA'S ACHIVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE GOALS OVER A DEFINED PERIOD. SUCH PERFORMANCE MEASURE WAS NOT SATISFIED BY THE VESTING DATE, WHICH RESULTED IN AUTOMATIC FORFEITURE OF SUCH SHARES BACK TO MFA FINANCIAL, INC.
EACH PHANTOM SHARE IS THE ECONOMIC EQUILVALENT OF ONE SHARE OF MFA FINANCIAL, INC. COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE.
THESE PHANTOM SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2015. ONE THIRD OF THESE PHANTOM SHARES SHALL VEST ON EACH OF JUNE 30, 2013, JUNE 30, 2014, AND JUNE 30, 2015, AND THEREAFTER, ARE PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH PHANTOM SHARES VEST.
THESE PHANTOM SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2015. ONE THIRD OF THESE PHANTOM SHARES SHALL VEST ON EACH OF JUNE 30, 2013, JUNE 30, 2014, AND JUNE 30, 2015 (SUBJECT, IN EACH CASE, TO MFA'S ACHIEVEMENT OF SPECIFIED PERFORMANCE GOALS), AND THEREAFTER, ARE PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH PHANTOM SHARES VEST.
/s/Ronald A. Freydberg
2012-07-12