0001628280-16-019595.txt : 20160915 0001628280-16-019595.hdr.sgml : 20160915 20160915163429 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-16-019595 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160913 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160915 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160915 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Resendez Edward CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001474809 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34569 FILM NUMBER: 161887491 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 52 FOREST AVENUE CITY: OLD GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06870 4 1 wf-form4_147397165728249.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-09-13 0 0001411342 Ellington Financial LLC EFC 0001474809 Resendez Edward 53 FOREST AVENUE OLD GREENWICH CT 06870 1 0 0 0 LTIP Units 2016-09-13 4 A 0 2801 0 A Common shares representing ltd liability company interests 2801.0 14577 D Represents a separate non-voting class of limited liability company interests ("LTIP Units") of Ellington Financial LLC (the "Company"), which are structured as profits interests. The LTIP Units were issued pursuant to, and are subject to the terms and conditions of, the Issuer's 2007 Incentive Plan for Individuals. The 2,801 LTIP Units remain forfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as a member of the board of directors of the Company, until September 12, 2017. After the applicable forfeiture restrictions lapse, the LTIP Units may be converted at the election of the holder, into common shares representing limited liability interests of the Company ("Common Shares") on a one-for-one basis. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Common Shares do not have expiration dates. /s/ Jason Frank, attorney-in-fact for Edward Resendez 2016-09-15 EX-24 2 poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR: /S/ JASON FRANK, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR EDWARD RESENDEZ

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and appoints Laurence Penn, Daniel Margolis, Lisa Mumford, Mark Tecotzky, Jason Frank, 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on the [  ] day of August, 2014.




Sign here:  /s/ Edward Resendez
                                             Print Name: Edward Resendez