Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001206774-25-000244
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Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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630 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2400
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10111

2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

PROXY STATEMENT</div>

| INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING |

General Information

These materials are intended to
solicit proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) of Chimera Investment
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (which we refer to as “Chimera,” the “Company,” “we,” or “us”),
for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”), including any adjournment or postponement thereof. This year,
the Annual Meeting will once again be a virtual meeting of stockholders. This means you will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote
and submit questions during the Annual Meeting via a live webcast by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CIM2025. The meeting will
convene at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 10, 2025.

Items to be Voted on at the Annual
Meeting

| (1) | Election of two Class III Directors, Brian P. Reilly and Cynthia B. Walsh, each to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2028 and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and one Class II Director, Phillip J. Kardis II, to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2027 and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies; |
| (2) | Consider and vote upon a non-binding advisory resolution to approve our executive compensation; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| (3) | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

Other than these three items, we
know of no other business to be considered at the Annual Meeting. If any other business is properly presented at the Annual Meeting, your
signed proxy card authorizes your proxy to vote on those matters at his or her discretion.

Board of Directors Recommendation

Our Board of Directors recommends that
you vote:

| (1) | “FOR” the election of each of the nominees as Directors;                                                                  |
| (2) | “FOR” the approval of the non-binding advisory resolution on executive compensation;                                      |
| (3) | “