Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-10-01
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-226835
Chunk: 2

Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-01
Form: S-8
Chunk 2
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 Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are incorporated by reference:

| (d) | The description of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, included in Exhibit                                                                                      
 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed on February 19, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Section 12(b) of 
 the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.                                                                               |

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Unless expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, nothing in this Item 3 shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by the Registrant on Form 8-K(pursuant to the requirements of Regulation FD or otherwise) that, pursuant to and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, is not deemed “filed” for purposes of the Exchange Act. 3

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of
its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action. Our charter contains