Here are the DEF 14A proxy statements from MFA Financial Inc (MFAN) in our archive over the last 12 months, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A DEF 14A covers the proxy statement, with executive pay and the shareholder votes, so if you follow MFAN and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full MFAN filings page.
MFA Financial, Inc. will hold a virtual 2026 Annual Meeting on June 3, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2026, when 101,596,232 shares of common stock were outstanding, may vote.
Stockholders will elect two Class I directors, Laurie S. Goodman and Richard C. Wald, to terms running to the 2029 annual meeting, vote on ratifying KPMG LLP as independent auditor for 2026, and cast an advisory Say‑on‑Pay vote on executive compensation.
The Board has seven members, six of whom are independent, with an independent non‑executive chair and fully independent audit, compensation, and nominating/governance committees. The proxy describes majority voting with a director resignation policy, director retirement and overboarding limits, and anti‑hedging/insider‑trading controls.
For 2025, CEO Craig L. Knutson received base salary of $825,000 and annual incentive pay of $2,160,623 (about 107% of his $2,020,000 target). President and CIO Bryan Wulfsohn earned salary of $700,000 and annual incentive of $1,455,500 (about 112% of his $1,300,000 target). A majority of long‑term equity awards are performance‑based PRSUs tied to absolute and relative total stockholder return over three years.