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

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 14, 2024, the registrant issued a press release announcing the declaration of its first quarter dividends of $0.50 per share of 8% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.50 per share of 8% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.484375 per share of 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and $0.50 per share of 8% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock.

The registrant expects to announce first quarter dividends on its common stock in late-March, second quarter dividends in mid-June, third quarter dividends in mid-September and fourth quarter dividends in mid-December, which schedule is consistent with many of its market peers.

The Press Release is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, and the information contained therein shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit

99.1	Press Release, dated February 14, 2024, issued by Chimera Investment Corporation
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

SIGNATURE

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

	CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
	(REGISTRANT)
Date: February 14, 2024
	By:	/s/ Subramaniam Viswanathan
	Name:	Subramaniam Viswanathan
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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)