Ellington Financial LLC Announces Release of First Quarter Earnings and Conference Call and Investor Presentation

OLD GREENWICH, Conn., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellington Financial LLC (NYSE: EFC) (the "Company") today announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 after the market close on Monday, May 7, 2012. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. To participate in the event by telephone, please dial (877) 941-2333 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time and reference the conference passcode 4535247. International callers should dial (480) 629-9821 and reference the same passcode. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the For Our Shareholders section of the Company's web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com. To listen to the live webcast, please visit www.ellingtonfinancial.com at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install necessary audio software.

A dial-in replay of the conference call will be available on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern Time through Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern Time. To access this replay, please dial (800) 406-7325 and enter the conference ID number 4535247. International callers should dial (303) 590-3030 and enter the same conference ID number. A replay of the conference call will also be archived on the Company's web site at www.ellingtonfinancial.com.

In connection with the release of financial results, the Company announced that it will post an investor presentation that will accompany the conference call on its website at www.ellingtonfinancial.com under "For Our Shareholders—Presentations" after market close on Monday, May 7, 2012.

About Ellington Financial LLC

Ellington Financial LLC is a specialty finance company that acquires and manages mortgage-related assets, including residential mortgage-backed securities backed by prime jumbo, Alt-A, manufactured housing and subprime residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. government agency or a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise, mortgage-related derivatives, commercial mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt, as well as corporate debt and equity securities and derivatives. Ellington Financial LLC is externally managed and advised by Ellington Financial Management LLC, an affiliate of Ellington Management Group LLC. 

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