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Ellington Financial Inc. filings document formal disclosures for a specialty finance company with an investment portfolio segment and a Longbridge segment focused on reverse mortgage loan origination and servicing. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly operating results, Regulation FD book value updates, common stock dividends, and dividends on Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred stock.
Proxy materials describe board and shareholder-voting matters, executive compensation, equity awards, and pay-versus-performance disclosures. The filings also identify the company's reported common and preferred equity classes and provide recurring records of financial condition, portfolio valuation disclosures, capital-return actions, governance, and risk-related forward-looking statements.
Ellington Financial Inc. disclosed that its Board of Directors has declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.13 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on February 27, 2026 to common stockholders who are on record as of January 30, 2026.
The company also noted that it issued a press release on January 8, 2026 with further details, which is included as an exhibit to this report.
Ellington Financial Inc. director Lisa Mumford reported an equity award conversion. On December 31, 2025, she converted 7,657 OP LTIP Units, originally granted on December 14, 2023 under the company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, into 7,657 shares of common stock at a stated price of $0 per share. After this transaction, she beneficially owned 88,773 common shares directly.
The OP LTIP Units were a separate non‑voting class of limited liability company interests in Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC that vested on September 12, 2024. According to the filing, the conversion of OP LTIP Units into common units and the redemption of those units for common shares did not represent or involve a disposition for value and the related conversion and redemption rights do not have expiration dates.
Ellington Financial Inc. reported that it has released an estimate of its book value per share of common stock as of November 30, 2025. This update was shared through a press release dated December 30, 2025, which is attached as an exhibit to the current report. The information is being provided under Regulation FD to ensure that all investors receive the same update at the same time.
The company furnished the press release as an exhibit rather than filing it, which means it is not automatically subject to certain liability provisions of the securities laws or incorporated into other SEC reports unless specifically referenced.
Ellington Financial Inc. updated its at-the-market common stock offering program so that shares having a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $500 million remain available for sale through designated sales agents. The company amended existing equity distribution agreements with Citizens JMP Securities, B. Riley Securities, BTIG and Armstrong Securities, and added Citadel Securities Institutional and Moelis & Company under new but substantively identical agreements.
The shares may be sold from time to time on the New York Stock Exchange or other markets in at-the-market transactions, with each agent eligible to receive up to 2.0% of gross sale proceeds. Sales will be made under the company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 using a prospectus supplement dated December 23, 2025, and the company is not obligated to sell any shares under these agreements.
Ellington Financial Inc. may offer and sell up to $500,000,000 of common stock under an existing at-the-market equity distribution program. The total program size is $800,000,000, of which about $300,000,000 has already been sold, leaving $500,000,000 available under this prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus.
The company, a mortgage-focused REIT listed on the NYSE under the symbol “EFC,” intends to use net proceeds primarily to acquire its targeted residential and commercial mortgage and related assets, consistent with its investment strategies and REIT and Investment Company Act requirements. Proceeds may also be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. Sales can be made from time to time through multiple agents in negotiated or “at the market” transactions, with the agents earning up to 2.0% of gross sales as compensation.
Ellington Financial Inc., a mortgage-focused REIT listed on the NYSE under “EFC,” has filed an automatic shelf registration statement that allows it and any selling security holders to offer, from time to time, a wide range of securities. These may include common stock, multiple series of preferred stock, stockholder rights, warrants, debt securities, depositary shares, and units combining these instruments.
The company states that, unless specified otherwise in a prospectus supplement, net proceeds from its own offerings will be used to purchase targeted residential and commercial mortgage assets and for general corporate purposes, while any proceeds from sales by selling security holders will go to those holders. Ellington Financial reports a diversified investment portfolio totaling approximately $4.8 billion as of September 30, 2025, and benefits from the broader Ellington platform, which had approximately $18.2 billion of assets under management as of that date.
Ellington Financial Inc. insider equity award: Chief Accounting Officer Christopher Smernoff reported receiving 18,209 OP LTIP Units of Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC on 12/17/2025. These derivative securities have an exercise price of $0 and are designated as a separate non-voting class of limited liability company interests.
According to the filing, 11,654 of the OP LTIP Units will vest on December 16, 2026 and the remaining 6,555 will vest on December 16, 2027, with an additional 4,372 OP LTIP Units vesting on December 12, 2026. After vesting and subject to the stated conditions, the OP LTIP Units may be converted on a one-for-one basis into Common Units of the operating partnership, which are, in turn, redeemable for an equivalent number of shares of Ellington Financial Inc. common stock or the cash value of those shares at the company’s election. Following this grant, Smernoff beneficially owns 100,366 derivative securities.
Ellington Financial Inc. reported an equity award to its Chief Financial Officer on December 17, 2025. The CFO received 36,417 OP LTIP Units, a separate non-voting class of limited liability company interests in Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC, the company’s operating partnership subsidiary.
According to the vesting schedule, 14,567 OP LTIP Units will vest on December 16, 2026, and the remaining 21,850 OP LTIP Units will vest on December 16, 2027. Once vested, these OP LTIP Units may be converted on a one-for-one basis into common units of the operating partnership, which are, subject to certain conditions, redeemable for an equivalent number of Ellington Financial common shares or the cash value of those shares at the company’s election.
The OP LTIP Units were issued with an exercise price of $0 under Ellington Financial’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, and following this transaction the reporting person beneficially owned 171,870 derivative securities.
Ellington Financial Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared multiple dividends for common and preferred shareholders. The company set a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share on its common stock, payable on January 30, 2026 to holders of record as of December 31, 2025. The Board also approved a quarterly dividend of $0.593907 per share on the Series A Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.390625 per share on the 6.250% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and $0.5390625 per share on the 8.625% Series C Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, each payable on January 30, 2026 to holders of record on December 31, 2025. In addition, the company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4375 per share on the 7.00% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable on December 30, 2025 to holders of record as of December 20, 2025.
Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC) filed a current report to share an investor update under Regulation FD. The company announced that it issued a press release on November 26, 2025, providing its estimated book value per share of common stock as of October 31, 2025. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference for informational purposes.
The disclosure is furnished under Item 7.01, meaning it is not deemed filed for liability purposes under the Exchange Act or automatically incorporated into other SEC filings unless specifically referenced.