{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001560672-24-000032","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EARN","cik":"0001560672","company_name":"Ellington Credit Co","filed_at":"2024-04-19T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:18.960095+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-03T15:55:57.464941+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT rebrands as Ellington Credit Company, pivots to CLO focus","bullets":["Name changed to Ellington Credit Company; new website www.ellingtoncredit.com.","Effective April 19, 2024; name change takes effect on NYSE April 29, 2024.","Ticker symbol remains EARN; shareholder certificates remain valid.","Strategic transformation to focus on corporate CLO investments; CEO cites successful track record."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001560672-24-000032","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001560672-24-000032.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001560672-24-000032.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001560672-24-000032.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000156067224000032/0001560672-24-000032-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000156067224000032/earn-20240418.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-03T15:55:57.464941+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"1e3076085706024f8513a12587d574e7eaa860ab","claim":"Ellington Credit Co: Amended and restated bylaws to update company name references from Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT to Ellington Credit Company (effective 2024-04-19).","evidence_excerpt":"the Board unanimously approved the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the \"A&R Bylaws\") of the Company, to be effective as of April 19, 2024. The A&R Bylaws delete any reference to \"Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT\" and insert \"Ellington Credit Company\" in lieu thereof.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000156067224000032/0001560672-24-000032-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-04-19"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"},{"claim_id":"3b87bd9e410128c45855807047d050f1f34576f6","claim":"Ellington Credit Co: Changed corporate name from Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT to Ellington Credit Company via Articles of Amendment (effective 2024-04-19).","evidence_excerpt":"the board of trustees (the \"Board\") of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (the \"Company\") adopted Articles of Amendment for the purpose of amending the Company's current declaration of trust in order to change its corporate name to \"Ellington Credit Company\" from \"Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT.\"","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000156067224000032/0001560672-24-000032-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-04-19"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}