secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK:        0001411342
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-17T20:36:48+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-062533
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ellington Financial issues $150M of 7.375% senior notes due 2030
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- Issued $150M aggregate principal of 7.375% senior notes due Sep 30, 2030, priced at 99.010% with 7.663% yield to maturity.
- Notes are additional notes under existing indenture, consolidated with $400M existing notes into a single class (total $550M).
- Proceeds to repay repurchase agreement borrowings and fund additional asset purchases per investment strategy.
- Parent Ellington Financial Inc. fully and unconditionally guarantees the notes; notes are senior unsecured obligations of issuers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026062533/0001628280-26-062533-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411342/000162828026062533/efc-20260917.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-062533

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