Ellie Mae to Ring the NYSE Opening Bell on February 4

PLEASANTON, Calif. - January 30, 2013 - Ellie Mae® (NYSE: ELLI), a leading provider of enterprise-level, on-demand automated solutions for the residential mortgage industry, today announced that Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sig Anderman and members of its executive team will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Ellie Mae had its initial public offering in April 2011. The February 4 bell-ringing ceremony will help commemorate the Company's 15th anniversary.

"Ringing the opening bell will be an exciting occasion for all Ellie Mae stockholders, employees and clients," said Sig Anderman, founder and chief executive officer of Ellie Mae. "We've been on an incredible journey since we wrote our initial business plan on the back of a menu in 1998. Today, approximately 67,000 mortgage professionals at thousands of banks, mortgage companies and credit unions utilize Ellie Mae technology to automate and streamline the origination and funding of mortgages."

About Ellie Mae

Ellie Mae, Inc. (NYSE: ELLI) is a leading provider of on-demand automation solutions for the mortgage industry. The Company offers an end-to-end solution, delivered using a Software-as-a-Service model that serves as the core operating system for mortgage originators and spans customer relationship management, loan origination and business management. The Company also hosts the Ellie Mae Network™ that allows Encompass® users to electronically conduct business transactions with the lenders and settlement service providers they work with to process and fund loans. The Company's offerings include the Encompass, Encompass360® and DataTrac® mortgage management software systems.

Ellie Mae was founded in 1997 and is based in Pleasanton, California. To learn more about Ellie Mae, visit www.EllieMae.com or call 877.355.4362.

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