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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411342-25-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T23:28:47.812996+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial enters simplified management agreement effective April 2025; hurdle amount calculation streamlined

## Summary
- Board approved Eighth Amended Management Agreement replacing prior agreement effective April 1, 2025.
- Changes include updating references to corporate form and simplifying the Hurdle Amount calculation for incentive fees.
- No material impact on incentive fees expected from the simplification; initial term ends Dec 31, 2025.
- Agreement automatically renews annually unless terminated by Company or Manager.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411342-25-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134225000023/0001411342-25-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000141134225000023/efc-20250311.htm

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