Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  11/04/2011
 
ELLINGTON FINANCIAL LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  001-34569
 
Delaware
  
26-0489289
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
53 Forest Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(203) 698-1200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure
 
The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished by Ellington Financial LLC (the "Company") pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD.

Ellington Financial LLC (the "Company") announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 after the market close on Monday, November 7, 2011 and dial-in information for the conference call to discuss financial results scheduled for 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. In connection with the release of financial results, the Company announced that it will post an investor presentation, that will accompany the conference call, on its website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com under "For Our Shareholders-Presentations" after market close on Monday, November 7, 2011.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 
 
Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith this Current Report on Form 8-K.

    99.1    Press Release dated November 4, 2011.

 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
           
ELLINGTON FINANCIAL LLC
 
 
Date: November 04, 2011
     
By:
 
/s/    Laurence Penn

               
Laurence Penn
               
Chief Executive Officer
 
 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.

  
Description

EX-99.1
  
Press Release
Exhibit 99

Exhibit 99.1

Ellington Financial LLC Announces Release of Third Quarter Earnings and Conference Call and Investor Presentation

OLD GREENWICH, Conn., Nov. 4, 2011 -- Ellington Financial LLC (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") has announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 after the market close on Monday, November 7, 2011. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (877)-941-1465 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and reference the conference passcode 4483002. International callers should dial (480)-629-9643 and reference the same passcode. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the For Our Shareholders section of the Company's web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com. To listen to the live webcast, please visit www.ellingtonfinancial.com at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install necessary audio software.

A dial-in replay of the conference call will be available on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at approximately 12 p.m. Eastern Time through Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at approximately 12 p.m. Eastern Time. To access this replay, please dial (800)-406-7325 and enter the conference ID number 4483002. International callers should dial (303)-590-3030 and enter the same conference ID number. A replay of the conference call will also be archived on the Company's web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com.

In connection with the release of financial results, the Company announced that it will post an investor presentation, that will accompany the conference call, on its website at http://www.ellingtonfinancial.com/ under "For Our Shareholders--Presentations" after market close on Monday, November 7, 2011.

About Ellington Financial LLC

Ellington Financial LLC is a specialty finance company that acquires and manages mortgage-related assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities backed by prime jumbo, Alt-A and subprime residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or a U.S. government-sponsored entity, mortgage-related derivatives, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt, as well as corporate debt and equity securities and derivatives. Ellington Financial LLC is externally managed and advised by Ellington Financial Management LLC, an affiliate of Ellington Management Group LLC.