---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-061854"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFC"
cik: "0001411342"
company_name: "Ellington Financial Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-14T20:32:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-14T20:35:28.385464+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Financial upsizes senior notes offering to $150M at 7.375%

## Summary
- Upsized offering of $150M 7.375% senior notes due 2030 priced at 99.010% (yield 7.663%).
- Notes issued under Oct 2025 indenture; add to $400M existing notes, single class with identical terms.
- Offering expected to close Sept 17, 2026; net proceeds for repurchase agreement paydown and asset purchases.
- Notes are senior unsecured, fully guaranteed by Ellington Financial; sold under Rule 144A/Reg S.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-061854
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFC
- cik: 0001411342
- company_name: Ellington Financial Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-14T20:32:27+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026061854/0001628280-26-061854-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026061854/efc-20260914.htm

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