Chief Financial Officer · Ellington Financial Inc. (EFC)

JR Herlihy

A named executive officer of Ellington Financial in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2022 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,152,224

FY2024: $1,064,889

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 9, 2026 (DEF 14A).

JR Herlihy compensation by year

Ellington Financial Summary Compensation Table · all 4 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ellington Financial reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$225,729$249,000$206,150$249,375
Bonus$294,650$434,595$0$342,221
Stock awards$266,781$311,259$332,501$500,005
Option awards$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive——$473,530$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0
All other$57,231$57,666$52,708$60,623
Total$844,391$1,052,520$1,064,889$1,152,224

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Ellington Financial Inc. DEF 14A filed April 9, 2026, accession 0001628280-26-024281, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$844K
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.2M
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU50,428$684,812—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Ellington Financial Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Ellington Financial discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause———$119,179
Change in control, no termination———$119,179

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Ellington Financial Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Ellington Financial’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
JR Herlihy · this pageChief Financial Officer$1,152,224
Christopher SmernoffChief Accounting Officer$677,935

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