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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001411342-23-000119
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial to acquire Arlington Asset in stock-and-cash deal; exchange ratio 0.3619 plus $0.09/share
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- Exchange ratio of 0.3619 (or 0.3557 if asset performance provision unmet) plus $0.09 cash per share.
- Arlington Asset 7.00% Series B preferred converts to EFC Series D; 8.25% Series C to EFC Series E.
- Termination fee of $5.0M if Arlington accepts superior proposal; no-shop clause in effect.
- Closing targeted by Dec 29, 2023; subject to Arlington shareholder vote, regulatory approvals, and tax opinion.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000119/0001411342-23-000119-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000119/efc-20230529.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-23-000119

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