MFA Financial, Inc. Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.25 Per Share and an Additional Special Dividend of $0.02 Per

MFA Financial, Inc.

announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2011, and an additional special cash dividend of $0.02 per share of common stock. The dividends will be paid on January 31, 2012, to stockholders of record as of December 30, 2011. The ex-dividend date is December 28, 2011.