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0001181431-11-052770.txt : 20111014 0001181431-11-052770.hdr.sgml : 20111014 20111014160538 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-11-052770 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111012 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111014 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111014 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tecotzky Mark CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001474810 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34569 FILM NUMBER: 111141955 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 53 FOREST AVENUE CITY: OLD GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06870 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ellington Financial LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001411342 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 53 Forest Ave CITY: Greenwich STATE: ct ZIP: 06870 BUSINESS PHONE: 203-698-1200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 53 Forest Ave CITY: Greenwich STATE: ct ZIP: 06870 4 1 rrd323894.xml FORM 4 X0304 4 2011-10-12 0 0001411342 Ellington Financial LLC EFC 0001474810 Tecotzky Mark 53 FOREST AVENUE OLD GREENWICH CT 06870 0 1 0 0 Co-Chief Investment Officer Common Shares rep. limited liability company interests 2011-10-12 4 P 0 170 17.74 A 170 D Common Shares rep. limited liability company interests 2011-10-13 4 P 0 200 17.38 A 370 D This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $17.64 to $17.78. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. All purchases pursuant to this transaction were made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $17.32 to $17.40. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. All purchases pursuant to this transaction were made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person. /s/ Sara Walden Brown, as attorney-in-fact for Mark Tecotzky 2011-10-14 EX-24. 2 rrd290255_327618.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd290255_327618.html

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and appoints Laurence
Penn, Daniel Margolis, Lisa Mumford, Sara Walden Brown, Neha Mathur, Daniel M.
LeBey, and Christopher C. Green, and each of them, as the Reporting Person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Ellington Financial LLC (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the Reporting Person pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The Reporting Person grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the Reporting Person might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-
fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the Reporting Person is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the Reporting Person's holdings of, and
transactions in securities issued by, the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting
Person in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed on October 14, 2011.

Sign here: /s/ Mark Tecotzky
Print Name: Mark Tecotzky