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ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 04 October 2026.

  • 8Ballot items
  • 240Asset managers
  • 1,412Fund votes
  • 2025-05-29Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.

These tallies are ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2025-05-29
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesOutcome
Elect Director: Stephen J. Dannhauser 40,335,528---- 5,131,29126,243,522 Majority: yes
Elect Director: Lisa Mumford 43,523,841---- 1,942,97826,243,522 Majority: yes
Elect Director: Laurence E. Penn 44,123,876---- 1,342,94326,243,522 Majority: yes
Elect Director: Edward Resendez 42,709,744---- 2,757,07526,243,522 Majority: yes
Elect Director: Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D. 42,678,130---- 2,788,68926,243,522 Majority: yes
Proposal 2: Advisory (Non-Binding) "Say on Pay" Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows: 39,771,1874,968,668726,964 --26,243,522 Majority: yes
Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants Votes regarding the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the y 70,337,255878,333494,753 ---- Majority: yes

Source: ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2025-05-29 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. 2024-2025 meeting

Each item below shows how the 240 asset managers that disclosed a ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 10 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

89% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 89%11%
FOR: 39,771,187AGAINST: 4,968,668

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Advisory (Non-Binding) "Say on Pay" Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows:”): 39,771,187 for, 4,968,668 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 42% for, 5% against (47.4% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 235 asset managers below cast 89% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (33,973,850 for, 4,398,462 against).

FOR 89%11%
FOR: 33,973,850 (88.5%)AGAINST: 4,398,462 (11.5%)ABSTAIN: 2 (0.0%)NOT VOTED: 723 (0.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers.” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock12,874,75442,930 00For
Vanguard5,849,5346 20For
Invesco02,755,226 00Against
Charles Schwab1,559,1440 00For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,103,1020 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1,074,8860 00For
State Street1,068,18532 00For
MARSHALL WACE, LLP929,6310 00For
PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.802,2840 00For
Northern Trust757,9800 00For
DELPHI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.560,0570 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
Amundi0490,704 00Against
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS451,2870 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp0337,854 00Against
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC309,0710 00For
Nuveen296,3010 00For
TIAA286,6300 00For
Two Sigma258,9380 00For
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP237,3620 00For
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
BNY Mellon0188,871 00Against

Showing the 25 largest of 235 asset managers. See all 235 in the interactive database.

2. The ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 70,337,255AGAINST: 878,333

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3: Ratification of the Appointment of the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountants Votes regarding the proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent reg”): 70,337,255 for, 878,333 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 74% for, 1.0% against (75% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 62 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (24,285,272 for, 36,601 against).

FOR 99.8%
FOR: 24,285,272 (99.8%)AGAINST: 36,601 (0.2%)ABSTAIN: 0 (0.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “The ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the ye” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,671,8351 00For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA286,6300 00For
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle179,3210 00For
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree145,2070 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National95,4010 00For
BNY Mellon89,5200 00For
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8513 00For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 62 asset managers. See all 62 in the interactive database.

3. Election of Directors: Edward Resendez

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%
FOR: 42,709,744WITHHELD: 2,757,075

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Edward Resendez”): 42,709,744 for, 2,757,075 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 45.2% for, 3% withheld (48.1% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 61 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (24,006,256 for, 0 against).

FOR 99%
FOR: 24,006,256 (98.7%)ABSTAIN: 311,297 (1.3%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Edward Resendez” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,668,9390 2,8980For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA00 286,6300Abstain
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle179,3210 00For
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree145,2070 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National95,4010 00For
BNY Mellon89,5200 00For
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8510 30For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.

4. Election of Directors: Laurence E. Penn

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 44,123,876WITHHELD: 1,342,943

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Laurence E. Penn”): 44,123,876 for, 1,342,943 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 46.7% for, 1% withheld (48.1% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 61 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (24,300,017 for, 0 against).

FOR 99.9%
FOR: 24,300,017 (99.9%)ABSTAIN: 17,536 (0.1%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Laurence E. Penn” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,671,8340 30For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA286,6300 00For
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle179,3210 00For
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree145,2070 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National95,4010 00For
BNY Mellon89,5200 00For
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8510 30For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.

5. Election of Directors: Lisa Mumford

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 43,523,841WITHHELD: 1,942,978

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lisa Mumford”): 43,523,841 for, 1,942,978 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 46.1% for, 2% withheld (48.1% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 61 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (24,006,260 for, 0 against).

FOR 99%
FOR: 24,006,260 (98.7%)ABSTAIN: 311,293 (1.3%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Lisa Mumford” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,668,9400 2,8970For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA00 286,6300Abstain
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle179,3210 00For
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree145,2070 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National95,4010 00For
BNY Mellon89,5200 00For
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8540 00For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.

6. Election of Directors: Stephen J. Dannhauser

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

89% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 89%11%
FOR: 40,335,528WITHHELD: 5,131,291

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephen J. Dannhauser”): 40,335,528 for, 5,131,291 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 43% for, 5% withheld (48.1% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 61 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (21,894,393 for, 0 against).

FOR 90%10%
FOR: 21,894,393 (90.0%)ABSTAIN: 2,423,160 (10.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Stephen J. Dannhauser” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,668,9340 2,9030For
Global X00 1,132,3180Abstain
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA00 286,6300Abstain
VanEck ETF Trust00 237,3620Abstain
GraniteShares ETF Trust00 216,2840Abstain
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle00 179,3210Abstain
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree00 145,2070Abstain
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National00 95,4010Abstain
BNY Mellon00 89,5200Abstain
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8540 00For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 61 asset managers. See all 61 in the interactive database.

7. Election of Directors: Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2025-05-29.

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%
FOR: 42,678,130WITHHELD: 2,788,689

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.”): 42,678,130 for, 2,788,689 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 45.2% for, 3% withheld (48.1% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 60 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (23,951,836 for, 0 against).

FOR 99%
FOR: 23,951,836 (98.7%)ABSTAIN: 312,526 (1.3%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock11,364,2970 00For
Vanguard5,668,9390 2,8980For
Global X1,132,3180 00For
Fidelity1,096,2220 00For
Charles Schwab732,9600 00For
Invesco730,4410 00For
Harbor Funds II493,5940 00For
TIAA00 286,6300Abstain
VanEck ETF Trust237,3620 00For
GraniteShares ETF Trust216,2840 00For
Equitable206,5860 00For
Columbia Threadneedle179,3210 00For
Northern Trust174,0170 00For
WisdomTree145,2070 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC142,5120 00For
Investment Managers Series Trust II128,5300 00For
ETF Series Solutions110,5920 00For
Angel Oak Funds Trust103,5000 00For
Jackson National95,4010 00For
BNY Mellon89,5200 00For
Principal88,0570 00For
State Street69,8510 30For
Thrivent66,5930 00For
Lincoln Financial65,1000 00For
Empower63,8480 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 60 asset managers. See all 60 in the interactive database.

8. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Meeting held 2024-05-17 (outside the 2024-2025 season's 1 July to 30 June window; reported in this season's filings).

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

88% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 88%12%
FOR: 36,317,488AGAINST: 4,979,356

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Advisory (Non-Binding) "Say on Pay" Vote to Approve Executive Compensation Votes on a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers were as follows:”): 36,317,488 for, 4,979,356 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 94,428,880 outstanding shares: 38% for, 5% against (44% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 2 asset managers below cast 0% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (0 for, 467 against).

AGAINST 100%
AGAINST: 467 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers.” at ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC0467 00Against
Echo45 Advisors LLC00 00--

Largest ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

Ranked by the number of ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2024-2025 meeting, shown as a share of the 94,428,880 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. shareholders by shares voted, 2024-2025
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1BlackRock 13.68%
2Vanguard 6.19%
3Invesco 2.92%
4Charles Schwab 1.65%
5Global X 1.20%
6Fidelity 1.17%
7GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.14%
8State Street 1.13%
9MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.98%
10PUNCH & ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.85%

Reported ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. beneficial owners on record for the 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
BlackRock 16.17% 13F
Vanguard Group 6.25% 13F
State Street 3.53% 13F
Geode Capital 2.24% 13F
Invesco 2.18% 13F
Northern Trust 1.18% 13F
Morgan Stanley 0.94% 13F
Charles Schwab 0.88% 13F
BNY Mellon 0.71% 13F
JPMorgan Chase 0.54% 13F

Percentages above are of 94,428,880 shares outstanding, as reported by ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC. on its Form 10-Q dated 2025-03-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.’s 10-Q dated 2025-03-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 04 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2025-05-29, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 240 asset managers reported how they voted on 8 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,412 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers. — FOR was 89% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2025-05-29.

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