Ellington Financial Inc.

Item 8.01. Other Events On September 8, 2026, Ellington Financial Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared the following: (i) a monthly dividend of $0.13 per share of common stock, payable on October 30, 2026 to common stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026; (ii) a quarterly dividend of $0.390625 per share on the Company's 6.250% Series B Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable on October 30, 2026 to Series B preferred stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026; (iii) a quarterly dividend of $0.5390625 per share on the Company's 8.625% Series C Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable on October 30, 2026 to Series C preferred stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026; and (iv) a quarterly dividend of $0.4375 per share on the Company's 7.00% Series D Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable on September 30, 2026 to Series D preferred stockholders of record as of September 18, 2026. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and the information related to the dividend is incorporated herein by reference.