Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-10-03
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001193125-25-229189
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Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-03
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 2.01
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 of directors (the “ Board”) adopted the Chimera Investment Corporation Inducement Award Plan (the “ Plan”), pursuant to which Chimera reserved 540,000 shares of Chimera’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Common Stock”) for issuance under the Plan solely to individuals who were not previously employees of Chimera or any subsidiary of Chimera (or who are returning to employment following a bona fide period of interruption of employment with Chimera), in accordance with NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08. The Plan was approved by the Compensation Committee without shareholder approval pursuant to NYSE Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08. The Compensation Committee also adopted a form of restricted stock unit award agreement (the “ RSU Award Agreement”) for use with the Plan. Chimera issued restricted stock units to certain employees of HomeXpress as a material inducement for such employees to continue their employment with HomeXpress following the Acquisition by Funding TRS.

The foregoing description of the Stock Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the First Amendment thereto, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Chimera’s Current Report on Form8-K/Afiled with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC”) on June 13, 2025 and Exhibit 2.2 to Chimera’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Qfiled with the SEC on August 6, 2025, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.