EFC · Ellington Financial Inc. · Executive Compensation

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$1.44B

129.79M

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Named-executive compensation from the company's DEF 14A proxy statements — salary, bonus, stock and option awards, non-equity incentive, and the company-reported total per executive per fiscal year, exactly as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table.

Fiscal 2025

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$249,375	$342,221	$500,005	—	—	$60,623	$1,152,224
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$223,000	$172,767	$250,010	—	—	$32,158	$677,935

Fiscal 2024

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$206,150	$473,530	$332,501	—	—	$52,708	$1,064,889
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$215,833	$257,168	$185,001	—	—	$24,958	$682,960

Fiscal 2023

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$249,000	$434,595	$311,259	—	—	$57,666	$1,052,520
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$226,575	$224,019	$146,860	—	—	$26,418	$623,872

Fiscal 2022

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$225,729	$294,650	$266,781	—	—	$57,231	$844,391
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$204,167	$187,571	$127,407	—	—	$25,889	$545,034

Fiscal 2021

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$225,500	$266,500	$369,000	—	—	$40,694	$901,694
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$202,292	$159,406	$156,169	—	—	$21,737	$539,604

Fiscal 2020

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$200,000	$227,200	$292,807	—	—	$23,482	$743,489
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$180,180	$156,163	$152,172	—	—	$13,993	$502,508

Fiscal 2019

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$205,200	$198,634	$232,287	—	—	$17,703	$653,824
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$181,868	$148,727	$134,189	—	—	$11,325	$476,109

Fiscal 2018

Executive	Role	Salary	Bonus	Stock Awards	Option Awards	Incentive	Other	Total
JR Herlihy	Chief Financial Officer	$158,400	$166,320	$166,330	—	—	—	$491,050
Christopher Smernoff	Chief Accounting Officer	$160,000	$133,600	$106,410	—	—	$4,340	$404,350

Executive changes

Person	Role	Change	Effective	Filed
Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.	director	Appointed	2026-05-28	2026-05-29
Edward Resendez	director	Appointed	2026-05-28	2026-05-29
Laurence E. Penn	director	Appointed	2026-05-28	2026-05-29
Lisa Mumford	director	Appointed	2026-05-28	2026-05-29
Stephen J. Dannhauser	director	Appointed	2026-05-28	2026-05-29

Leadership

Laurence E. Penn CEO, Board Member
Ronald I. Simon Chairman
JR Herlihy CFO
Daniel Margolis General Counsel
Christopher Smernoff Chief Accounting Officer
Edward Resendez Board Member
Lisa Mumford Board Member
Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D. Board Member
Stephen J. Dannhauser Board Member

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