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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"
generated_at: "2026-10-16T12:00:04.843426+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ellington Credit authorizes $20M common share buyback through October 2027; NAV midpoint $4.04

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- 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

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