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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-05 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 04 October 2026.
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These tallies are MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2025-06-05 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Lisa Polsky | 54,622,299 | 3,601,944 | 283,065 | -- | 19,435,223 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Christopher Small | 57,688,374 | 512,619 | 306,315 | -- | 19,435,223 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 3. The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes: | 56,166,308 | 1,801,099 | 539,901 | -- | 19,435,223 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 4. 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: | 56,262,422 | 1,832,094 | 412,792 | -- | 19,435,223 | Majority: yes |
This meeting is also recorded here as 2025-06-01; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.
Source: MFA FINANCIAL INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2025-06-05 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 235 asset managers that disclosed a MFA FINANCIAL INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3. The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:”): 56,166,308 for, 1,801,099 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-06-05 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 54.7% for, 2% against (56% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 229 asset managers below cast 99.3% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 10,292,666 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 9,145,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | 4,907,958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 4,591,781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 3,649,117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Wellington | 3,582,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Natixis | 3,011,398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2,449,718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 2,177,568 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 1,583,489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 866,184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 798,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 741,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 730,370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 614,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 588,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. | 572,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EMG Holdings, L.P. | 478,688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| World Funds Trust | 460,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 442,390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 414,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 405,303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM | 373,731 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 229 asset managers. See all 229 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 4. 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:”): 56,262,422 for, 1,832,094 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-06-05 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 54.8% for, 2% against (57% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 58 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (30,675,428 for, 10,171 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 10,022,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,632,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,386,314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Natixis | 1,947,913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,824,554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 798,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 741,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 614,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| World Funds Trust | 460,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 414,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 355,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 303,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 284,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 278,902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GraniteShares ETF Trust | 264,164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 256,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 236,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 216,323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 180,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 176,391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 162,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 147,972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 147,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 125,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 58 asset managers. See all 58 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast
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 2025-06-05 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 56% for, 0.5% against (57% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 54 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (30,683,498 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 10,022,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,632,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,386,314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Natixis | 1,947,913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,824,554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 798,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 741,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 614,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| World Funds Trust | 460,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 414,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 355,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 303,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 284,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 278,902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GraniteShares ETF Trust | 264,164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 256,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 236,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 216,323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 180,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 176,391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 162,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 147,972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 147,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 125,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 54 asset managers. See all 54 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
94% Majority: yes · of votes cast
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 2025-06-05 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 53.2% for, 4% against (57% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 54 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (30,221,925 for, 461,573 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 10,021,749 | 820 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,632,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,386,314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Natixis | 1,947,913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,824,554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 798,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 741,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 614,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| World Funds Trust | 460,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 414,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 355,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 303,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 284,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 166,227 | 112,675 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GraniteShares ETF Trust | 264,164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 256,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 0 | 236,640 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| JPMorgan | 216,323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 180,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 176,391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 162,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 147,972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 147,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 125,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 54 asset managers. See all 54 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
99.9% fund support · no official result
The 54 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (30,683,498 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 10,022,569 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,632,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,386,314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Natixis | 1,947,913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,824,554 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 798,624 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 751,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 741,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PIMCO | 614,282 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| World Funds Trust | 460,548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 414,165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Putnam | 355,594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 303,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 284,491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 278,902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GraniteShares ETF Trust | 264,164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 256,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AllianceBernstein | 236,640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 216,323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 180,213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC | 176,391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 162,048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Investment Managers Series Trust II | 147,972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lincoln Financial | 147,375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| ETF Series Solutions | 125,185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 54 asset managers. See all 54 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-06-03.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3. The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:”): 56,166,308 for, 1,801,099 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-06-05 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 54.7% for, 2% against (56% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (460,353 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan | 384,074 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| America First Investment Advisors, LLC | 76,279 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Meeting held 2024-06-04 (outside the 2024-2025 season's 1 July to 30 June window; reported in this season's filings).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Majority: yes · of votes cast
MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3. The proposal to consider, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation was approved, based on the following votes:”): 53,991,735 for, 4,323,288 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-06-06 (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. Of all 102,653,000 outstanding shares: 52.6% for, 4% against (57% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (2,888 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 2,888 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Echo45 Advisors LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
Ranked by the number of MFA FINANCIAL INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2024-2025 meeting, shown as a share of the 102,653,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 10.03% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 8.91% |
| 3 | VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | 4.78% |
| 4 | Fidelity | 4.47% |
| 5 | Charles Schwab | 3.55% |
| 6 | Wellington | 3.49% |
| 7 | Natixis | 2.93% |
| 8 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.39% |
| 9 | State Street | 2.12% |
| 10 | Invesco | 1.54% |
Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group | 9.92% | 13F |
| BlackRock | 9.42% | 13F |
| Bay Pond Partners, L.P. | 4.75% | 13G |
| Wellington Management | 3.94% | 13F |
| State Street | 2.51% | 13F |
| Charles Schwab | 1.75% | 13F |
| Invesco | 1.47% | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 1.19% | 13F |
| Northern Trust | 0.96% | 13F |
| Goldman Sachs | 0.67% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 102,653,000 shares outstanding, as reported by MFA FINANCIAL INC. on its Form 10-Q dated 2025-03-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from MFA FINANCIAL INC.’s 10-Q dated 2025-03-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 04 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At MFA FINANCIAL INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2025-06-03, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 235 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,086 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 7 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approval of the advisory (non- binding) resolution to approve the Company's executive… — FOR was 97% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: MFA FINANCIAL INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2025-06-05.
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