UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 17, 2023
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||||||||||||
6.250% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | ||||||||||||||
8.625% Series C Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | ||||||||||||||
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Ellington Financial Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 16, 2023 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the matters voted on at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders held on May 16, 2023 (the “Annual Meeting”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision as to the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. Except as set forth herein, no other modifications have been made to the Original Form 8-K.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on, among other matters, an advisory proposal concerning the frequency of holding future stockholder advisory votes to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, the results of the voting were as follows:
| 1 Year | 2 Years | 3 Years | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38,695,306 | 249,535 | 492,227 | 362,868 | 14,874,047 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In light of the stockholders’ vote that the advisory vote be held every year, which was consistent with the recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors has decided that the Company will hold an annual stockholder advisory vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The Company intends to continue holding such votes annually until the next required vote on the frequency of the stockholder advisory vote on named executive officer compensation.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date: | August 17, 2023 | By: | /s/ JR Herlihy | |||||||||||||||||
| JR Herlihy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||