Edgar Filing: Ellington Financial LLC

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL LLC

(Registrant)

Date: June 4, 2012

/s/ Lisa Mumford

Lisa Mumford

Chief Financial Officer

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): June 4, 2012

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-34569

26-0489289

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

53 Forest Avenue

Old Greenwich, CT 06870

(Address and zip code of

principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 698-1200

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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.

The Company previously announced in a press release issued on May 29, 2012, that its senior management team will make a presentation at the KBW Annual Mortgage Finance Conference at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 5 at The Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York, New York. A copy of the Company’s presentation materials will be available on the Company’s web site, www.ellingtonfinancial.com, under “For Our Shareholders—Presentations” starting at approximately 6:00 a.m. on June 5, 2012.

The Company has also opted to make a web cast of its presentation available. A live web cast of the presentation will be available at http://wsw.com/webcast/kbw2/efc/. In addition, interested parties may view the web cast for a period of ninety days after the presentation by going to the same link. A recorded replay of the presentation and the presentation slides will also be available on the Ellington Financial website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com.

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.

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 thereunto duly authorized.