0001628280-16-012842.txt : 20160321 0001628280-16-012842.hdr.sgml : 20160321 20160321173704 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-16-012842 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160317 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160321 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160321 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001560672 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 460687599 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 53 FOREST AVENUE CITY: OLD GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06870 BUSINESS PHONE: (203) 698-1200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 53 FOREST AVENUE CITY: OLD GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06870 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIMON RONALD I CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060435 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35896 FILM NUMBER: 161519517 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 485 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 14TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 4 1 wf-form4_145859621186512.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-03-17 0 0001560672 Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT EARN 0001060435 SIMON RONALD I 53 FOREST AVE OLD GREENWICH CT 06870 1 0 0 0 Common shares of beneficial interest 2016-03-17 4 P 0 2500 12.17 A 9807 D Common shares of beneficial interest 3974 I By Trust The shares are held in the Simon Family Trust (the "Trust"). Mr. Simon is a trustee of the Trust. Mr. Simon and his wife are the beneficiaries of the Trust. Mr. Simon disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. /s/ Jason Frank, as attorney-in-fact for Ronald I. Simon 2016-03-21 EX-24 2 poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR: /S/ JASON S. FRANK AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR RON SIMON

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and appoints Laurence Penn, Daniel Margolis, Lisa Mumford, 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 Residential Mortgage REIT (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 7th day of July, 2014.




                                             Sign here:  /s/ Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.
                                             Print Name: Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D.