UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
______________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
February 2, 2023

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
001-33796
26-0630461
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

630 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 2400
New York, New York
10111
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 895-6557

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
   Trading Symbol(s)
   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
 
  
 
  
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
   CIM
   New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
   CIM PRA
   New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series B Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock
   CIM PRB
   New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series C Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock
   CIM PRC
   New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series D Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock
   CIM PRD
   New York Stock Exchange

Registrant's Web site address: www.chimerareit.com


(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).            

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Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 2, 2023, Chimera Investment Corporation issued a press release announcing, among other things, its preliminary estimated financial results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 and the declaration of its first quarter 2023 cash dividend of $0.23 per share of common stock (the “Press Release”).

Item 8.01.   Other Events.

A copy of the Press Release referred to above in Item 2.02 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
   
(d)
Exhibits
   
   
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
      



SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
   Chimera Investment Corporation
  
       
       
       

By:
  /s/  Subramaniam Viswanathan  
    Name: Subramaniam Viswanathan  
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer  
       
       
Date: February 2, 2023