Lisa Mumford - Sep 13, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Jason Frank, as attorney-in-fact for Lisa Mumford
Stock symbol: EFC
Transactions as of: Sep 13, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 9/15/2022, 04:05 PM
Previous filing: May 25, 2022
Next filing: May 17, 2023

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	EFC	OP LTIP Units	Award	$0	+6.2K	+7.89%	$0.00	84.7K	Sep 13, 2022	Common Units	6.2K		Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents a separate non-voting class of limited liability company interests ("OP LTIP Units") of Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC (the "Operating Partnership"), the operating partnership of Ellington Financial Inc. (the "Company").
F2	The 6,199 OP LTIP Units remain forfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as a member of the board of directors of the Company, until September 12, 2023. The OP LTIP Units may be converted, upon lapse of the vesting restrictions described above, at the election of the holder, or at any time at the election of the Company, into limited liability company interests of the Operating Partnership designated as common units ("Common Units") on a one-for-one basis. Subject to certain conditions, the Common Units are redeemable by the holder for an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Shares") or for the cash value of such Common Shares, at the Company's election. The OP LTIP Units were issued pursuant to, and are subject to the terms and conditions of,the Company's 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. The rights to convert OP LTIP Units into Common Units and redeem such Common Units do not have expiration dates.

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Represents a separate non-voting class of limited liability company interests ("OP LTIP Units") of Ellington Financial Operating Partnership LLC (the "Operating Partnership"), the operating partnership of Ellington Financial Inc. (the "Company").

The 6,199 OP LTIP Units remain forfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as a member of the board of directors of the Company, until September 12, 2023. The OP LTIP Units may be converted, upon lapse of the vesting restrictions described above, at the election of the holder, or at any time at the election of the Company, into limited liability company interests of the Operating Partnership designated as common units ("Common Units") on a one-for-one basis. Subject to certain conditions, the Common Units are redeemable by the holder for an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Shares") or for the cash value of such Common Shares, at the Company's election. The OP LTIP Units were issued pursuant to, and are subject to the terms and conditions of,the Company's 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. The rights to convert OP LTIP Units into Common Units and redeem such Common Units do not have expiration dates.