{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-26-066048","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EARN","cik":"0001560672","company_name":"Ellington Credit Co","filed_at":"2026-10-16T11:55:57+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-16T12:00:00.288779+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-16T12:00:04.843426+00:00","sec_items":["8.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ellington Credit authorizes $20M common share buyback through October 2027; NAV midpoint $4.04","bullets":["Board of Trustees authorized repurchases of up to $20 million of common shares in the open market, effective October 9, 2026 and running until October 9, 2027.","Midpoint of the Fund's estimated net asset value per common share was $4.04 as of September 30, 2026, disclosed in a Form 497AD filed October 16, 2026.","Timing, manner, price and amount of repurchases are at the Fund's discretion, based on economic and market conditions, share price, NAV and legal/regulatory requirements.","Program does not obligate any repurchases and may be suspended, extended, modified or discontinued at any time; no assurance any shares will be bought.","Filing signed by Chief Financial Officer Christopher Smernoff, dated October 16, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-066048","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-066048.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-066048.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-066048.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000162828026066048/0001628280-26-066048-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1560672/000162828026066048/earn-20261009.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-16T12:00:04.843426+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":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}