Ellington Financial Inc. — Director's Dealing 2021

Dec 20, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)
CIK: 0001411342
Period of Report: 2021-12-16

Reporting Person: Herlihy John (Chief Financial Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-12-16	OP LTIP Units	$	A	22189	Acquired		Common Units (22189.0)	Direct

Footnotes

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 subsidiary of Ellington Financial Inc. (the "Company").

F2: 11,095 of the OP LTIP Units will vest on December 16, 2022 and the remaining 11,094 of the OP LTIP units will vest December 16, 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 ("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 "2017 Plan").

F3: 9,606 of these OP LTIP Units will vest on December 17, 2022.