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Ellington Financial — Debt Investor Presentation (November 2022)

43 slides from Ellington Financial's debt investor presentation, November 2022

  1. Slide 1: Presentation to Debt & Preferred Equity Investors

    Presentation to Debt & Preferred Equity Investors November 2022

  2. Slide 2: Important Notice

    Important Notice Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may diff

  3. Slide 3: Ellington Financial Overview

    Ellington Financial Overview Hybrid mortgage REIT with diversified investment portfolio and income stream: residential and commercial mortgage, consumer / corporate loans, as well as multiple proprietary loan origination businesses; ability to shift capital allocation across various asset classes Re

  4. Slide 4: Table of Contents

    Table of Contents The Ellington Platform 5 Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) 16 Supplemental Information 27 4

  5. Slide 5: The Ellington Platform

    Ellington Financial The Ellington Platform an

  6. Slide 6: About Ellington Management Group

    About Ellington Management Group Ellington and its Affiliated Management Companies Ellington Profile As of 9/30/2022 • Our external manager Ellington Financial Management LLC is part of the Ellington family of SEC-registered investment advisors(4) Founded: 1994 Employees: >170 • Ellington Management

  7. Slide 7: Ellington Management Group Headcount and Strategy Breakdown

    Ellington Management Group Headcount by Department Strategy Breakdown ($bn) Legal/Compliance Other Custom Risk Management Accounts /Internal Audit 1% <$0.1% 4% Bank Advisory $0.4 Treasury & Traditional Middle Office Mandate, $4.2 8% Portfolio Management / Administration Trading Ellington Sponsored 9

  8. Slide 8: Access to Experienced Management

    Access to Experienced Management Years of Years at Experience(3) Ellington(3) • Founder and CEO of Ellington Michael Vranos Co-Chief Investment 38 27 • Former head of RMBS trading and origination at Kidder Peabody Officer (1) • B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University (magna cum laude, Phi Beta K

  9. Slide 9: Our Infrastructure Is A Competitive Advantage

    Our Infrastructure Is A Competitive Advantage Ellington has over 170 employees supporting approximately $10.3 billion(1) in assets under management Ellington Principals ` Services Agreement Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. Ellington Financial Management LLC Management Agreement ` ` ` Portfolio Man

  10. Slide 10: Integrated Investment Process, with an Emphasis on Risk Management

    Integrated Investment Process, with an Emphasis on Risk Management Portfolio Risk Measurement, Risk Management Construction Hedging and Trade Execution and Compliance • CEO, Portfolio Management (PM) • Exposures assessed relative to • Trade suitability and allocation based Committee and Risk Oversig

  11. Slide 11: Ellington's Approach to Risk Management

    Ellington’s Approach to Risk Management Principles Process Protection Trading / Portfolio Monitor / Mitigate: Monitoring Threshold Notification Workflow Spread risk / technical market risk Preserve Capital and Stress Safeguards Testing Risk Fundamental / cashflow / default risk Oversight Daily Group

  12. Slide 12: Access to Robust Compliance and Internal Audit Program

    Access to Robust Compliance and Internal Audit Program Compliance Program Extensive Surveillance Infrastructure • Chief Compliance Officer and dedicated team • Oversight integrated with proprietary portfolio management system (automated diagnostics and • Compliance Committee full data transparency)

  13. Slide 13: Ellington's Technology

    Ellington’s Technology  Modeling, research and infrastructure have Trading and Research been at the heart of Ellington’s business Borrower behavior models, collateral surveillance, model since it was founded relative valuation monitoring within and among sectors  25% of Ellington’s employees are i

  14. Slide 14: An Integrated Platform

    An Integrated Platform Robust infrastructure provides a constant, dynamic feedback loop between Research, Trading, Portfolio Management, and Oversight disciplines • Automated trade allocation • Source, clean, link, aggregate and • Threshold monitoring analyze data to build predictive models: • Trade

  15. Slide 15: Commitment to ESG

    Commitment to ESG Ellington is committed to corporate social responsibility. We recognize the importance of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors, and believe that the implementation of ESG policies will benefit our employees, support long-term stockholder performance, and make a posi

  16. Slide 16: Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC)

    Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) 16

  17. Slide 17: Portfolio Summary as of September 30, 2022

    Portfolio Summary as of September 30, 2022(1) Diversified, proprietary portfolio of high-yielding, short-duration loans, and opportunistic securities Long Credit Portfolio(2) Fair Value Average Price WAVG WAVG Mkt F G H Category Allocated Equity (4) ($000s) (%)(5)(9) Life (7)(9) Yield(8)(9) E 1%1%1%

  18. Slide 18: Proprietary Loan Origination Businesses

    Proprietary Loan Origination Businesses Ellington Financial’s vertically integrated, proprietary loan origination businesses are designed to: • Lock in a steady flow of high-quality loan originations • Leverage Ellington’s core strengths of data analysis and modeling to help shape the underwriting c

  19. Slide 19: Total Return Since Inception

    Total Return Since Inception EFC has successfully preserved book value over market cycles, while producing strong results for investors • EFC life-to-date diluted net asset value-based total return from inception in August 2007 through Q3 2022 is approximately 238%, or 8.4% annualized(1) Diluted BVP

  20. Slide 20: Stable Economic Return

    Stable Economic Return Standard Deviation of Quarterly Economic Returns of Hybrid REITs, Q1-2011 – Q3-2022(1)(2) Standard Company Deviation EFC 3.9% Hybrid REIT #02 5.8% Hybrid REIT #03 6.4% Hybrid REIT #04 6.4% Hybrid REIT #05 7.4% Hybrid REIT #06 9.8% Hybrid REIT #07 12.5% Hybrid REIT #08 13.9% Hy

  21. Slide 21: Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles

    Resilient Profit Generation Over Market Cycles(1) Nine-Month COVID Pandemic Period Ended ($ in thousands) September 30 Years Ended 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Long: Credit (91,434) -7.2% $188,562 18.1% $53,736 6.2% $73,919 11.1% $61,201 10.0% $61,136 9.6% $36,203 5.3% Credit Hedge and Other 6

  22. Slide 22: Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis

    Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis(1) Estimated Change in Fair Value 50 Basis Point Decline in Interest Rates 50 Basis Point Increase in Interest Rates ($ in thousands) ∆ Fair Value % of Total Equity ∆ Fair Value % of Total Equity Agency RMBS – Fixed Pools and IOs excluding TBAs $ 31,483 2.67% $ (32

  23. Slide 23: Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio

    Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio We deploy a dynamic and adaptive hedging strategy to preserve book value Agency Interest Rate Hedging Portfolio 9/30/22: Net Agency Pool Exposure Based on Fair Value(2) Short $757.5mm 10-yr Equivalents(1) $1,400 <2Yr Interest $1,200 rate Swaps 1.0% 2-5Yr Intere

  24. Slide 24: Credit Hedging Portfolio

    Credit Hedging Portfolio(1)(2) Instrument Corporate CDS Indices/ Tranches/ Single Name ABS CDS European Category Options/ Single Names and ABX Indices Sovereign Debt CMBX Units HY CDX OTR Bond Equivalent Value(3)(4) Bond Equivalent Value(4) Market Value Bond Equivalent Value(4) • EFC’s dynamic credi

  25. Slide 25: Diversified Sources of Financing

    Diversified Sources of Financing ($ in thousands) As of 9/30/2022 Three-Month Period Ended 9/30/22 Average Average Cost Outstanding Weighted Average Collateral Type Borrowings Borrowing Rate Borrowings of Funds Credit(1) $3,397,322 4.10% $ 3,441,741 3.69% Agency RMBS 1,143,644 2.40% 1,229,624 1.63%

  26. Slide 26: EFC Portfolio – Schedule of Unencumbered Assets

    EFC Portfolio – Schedule of Unencumbered Assets as of September 30, 2022 Asset Type Fair Value ($000s) (1) Residential Mortgage Loans and REO and Retained Tranches $ 215,624 Debt and Equity Investments in Loan Origination Entities 87,340 Commercial Mortgage Loans and REO 40,759 Structured Products -

  27. Slide 27: Supplemental Information

    Supplemental Information 27

  28. Slide 28: EFC's Best-in-Class Performance Since Inception

    EFC’s Best-in-Class Performance Since Inception Percentage of Book Value per Share Since Inception Cumulative Total Economic Return Since Inception EFC #4 EFC #4 #8 #3 #8 #5 #7 #7 #3 #9 #5 #6 #9 #6 #2 #2 Note: EFC peers are other hybrid mortgage REITs. Above charts have been normalized for stock spl

  29. Slide 29: EFC: Stable Returns During Financial Crises, including 2008

    EFC: Stable Returns During Financial Crises, including 2008… Percentage of 9/30/07 Book Value per Share, 9/30/07-12/31/08 Cumulative Total Economic Return 9/30/07-12/31/08 125% 0% EFC 100% EFC #4 (25%) 75% #4 (50%) 50% #5 25% (75%) #5 #3 #3 #2 0% #2 2007 2007 Q4 2007 Q12008 2008 Q22008 2008 Q32008 2

  30. Slide 30: …and 2020

    …and 2020 Hybrid REITs’ 2020 Cumulative Total Economic Return 10% EFC (10%) #3 #5 #2 (30%) #4 #8 (50%) #9 (70%) #6 #7 (90%) (110%) 2019 Q12020 2020 Q22020 2020 Q32020 2020 Q42020 2020 EFC Peer #2 Peer #3 Peer #4 Peer #5 Peer #6 Peer #7 Peer #8 Peer #9 Note: EFC peers are other hybrid mortgage REITs.

  31. Slide 31: Demonstrated Outperformance Managing Agency RMBS Assets

    Demonstrated Outperformance Managing Agency RMBS Assets The Ellington platform also has deep expertise in managing Agency assets, as demonstrated by the performance of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (NYSE: EARN) Percentage of 3/31/2013 Book Value per Share Cumulative Total Economic Return Since

  32. Slide 32: Diversified Credit Portfolio

    Diversified Credit Portfolio Diversified sources of return to perform over market cycles Other Commercial Mortgages • Bridge Loans • CMBS, B-Pieces & Credit Bonds Residential Mortgages • NPLs • Non-QM Loans • REO • Residential Transition Loans • NPL / RPL • Non-Agency / Non-Conforming • Reverse Mort

  33. Slide 33: Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail

    Small Balance Commercial Mortgage Loan Portfolio – Detail(1)(2) Self-Storage Mobile Office TX Home Retail 8% 1% All Other 3% 18% States Mixed Use 3% 4% <5% 33% Industrial 6% Property Type Geography 18% FL 6% Hotel 69% 5% Multifamily NJ 6% 13% 7% AZ GA NY Floating First Lien with floor Interest Rate

  34. Slide 34: Repo Borrowings

    Repo Borrowings(1) Borrowings by Days to Maturity ($ in thousands) Repo Borrowings as of September 30, 2022 181-364 % of Total Days, 30 Days Remaining Days to Maturity Credit Agency U.S. Treasury Total 12% or Less, Borrowings 17% 30 Days or Less $ 16,157 $ 450,636 $ 30,781 $ 497,574 17.2% 31-90 Days

  35. Slide 35: Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

    Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited) Nine-Month Period Ended Year Ended (In thousands, except per share amounts) September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 (1) Net Interest Income Interest income $ 192,388 $ 175,505 Interest expense (82,121) (44,030) Total net interest income $ 110,2

  36. Slide 36: Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)

    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 (1) Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 175,230 $ 92,661 Restricted cash - 175 Securities, at fair value 1,522,772 2,087,360 Loans, at fair value 3,822,895 2,415,32

  37. Slide 37: Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings

    Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings(1) Nine-Month Period Ended Year Ended (in thousands, except per share amounts) September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 (2) Net Income (Loss) $ (97,680) $ 140,556 Income tax expense (benefit) (14,867) 3,144 Net income (loss) before i

  38. Slide 38: Investment Highlights of EFC

    Investment Highlights of EFC Diversified investment Proprietary portfolio of high- Dynamic interest-rate and portfolio across residential yielding, short-duration loans credit hedging designed to mortgage, commercial reduce volatility of book value mortgage, consumer loan, and earnings and corporate

  39. Slide 39: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 6 – About Ellington Management Group (1) $10.3 billion in assets under management includes approximately $1.1 billion in Ellington-managed CLOs. For these purposes, the Ellington-managed CLO figure represents the aggregate outstanding balance of CLO notes and market value of CLO equit

  40. Slide 40: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 18 – Proprietary Loan Origination Businesses (1) For our consolidated non-QM securitization trusts, excludes loans in consolidated non-QM securitization trusts that were sold to third parties. (2) Includes our allocable portion of the fair value of certain small-balance commercial loa

  41. Slide 41: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 25 – Diversified Sources of Financing (1) Includes Other secured borrowings and Other secured borrowings, at fair value. (2) All of our non-recourse borrowings are secured by collateral. In the event of default under a non-recourse borrowing, the lender has a claim against the collate

  42. Slide 42: Endnotes

    Endnotes Slide 37 – Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted Distributable Earnings (1) Beginning with the financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that we previously referred to as "Core Earnings," we now refer to as "Adjusted Distrib

  43. Slide 43: Contact

    JR Herlihy (203) 698-1200 Investors: Investor Relations Ellington Financial Inc. (203) 409-3575 Info@ellingtonfinancial.com Media: Amanda Shpiner or Sara Widmann Gasthalter & Co. for Ellington Financial Inc. (212) 257-4170 Ellington@gasthalter.com Ellington Financial Inc. 53 Forest Ave Old Greenwich

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