---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-039181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-29T20:13:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:14:15.657379+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial stockholders approve 2026 Equity Incentive Plan and reelect directors

## Summary
- 2026 Equity Incentive Plan approved with 55.0M for, 2.8M against, 0.9M abstain.
- Five directors elected: Dannhauser, Mumford, Penn, Resendez, Simon (all with >55M votes).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 54.7M for vs 3.3M against; 33.1M broker non-votes.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for 2026 with 90.2M votes for.
- No executive departures or appointments; plan details incorporated from proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-039181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-29T20:13:03+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026039181/0001628280-26-039181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026039181/efc-20260528.htm

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