---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-065295"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EARN"
cik: "0001560672"
company_name: "Ellington Credit Co"
filed_at: "2026-10-07T12:36:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:59:00.371748+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Credit declares $0.08/share monthly common distribution, payable Nov 30, 2026

## Summary
- Board of Trustees declared a monthly common distribution of $0.08 per share, payable November 30, 2026 to shareholders of record as of October 30, 2026.
- Announcement made via press release dated October 7, 2026 from Old Greenwich, Conn.; Ellington Credit Company trades on the NYSE under EARN.
- No change in the distribution rate was disclosed, and no earnings, NAV or portfolio metrics accompanied the declaration.
- 8-K signed by Chief Financial Officer Christopher Smernoff on October 7, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065295
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EARN
- cik: 0001560672
- company_name: Ellington Credit Co
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T12:36:04+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000162828026065295/0001628280-26-065295-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000162828026065295/earn-20261007.htm

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