secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001411342-23-000134
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial reports preliminary Q2 results and merger updates with Arlington and Great Ajax
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- Estimated book value per share of $14.70 as of June 30, 2023, after dividends of $0.45 per share.
- Net income per share estimated at $0.04 for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
- Adjusted Distributable Earnings per share estimated between $0.35 and $0.39 for the quarter.
- Company entered into merger agreements with Arlington Asset Investment Corp. and Great Ajax Corp., expected to close in Q4 2023.
- Filed unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements reflecting both mergers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000134/0001411342-23-000134-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134223000134/efc-20230724.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411342-23-000134

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