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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<div align='center'>UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )</div>

Filed by the Registrant ☒

Filed by a party other than the Registrant ☐

Check the appropriate box:

| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) |

| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 |

| Chimera Investment Corporation                   |
| (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) |

| (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) |

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<div align='center'>ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT

Annual Meeting To Be Held June
10, 2025</div>

To the Stockholders of Chimera Investment
Corporation:

It is my pleasure to invite
you to attend the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Chimera Investment Corporation, a Maryland
corporation (“Chimera” or “the Company”), that will be held on June 10, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time.

This year’s Annual Meeting
will once again be a virtual meeting held over the Internet. We believe that the use of the Internet to host the Annual Meeting enables
expanded stockholder participation. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions
during the live webcast of the meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CIM2025 and entering your 16-digit control number.

The accompanying notice of
the Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement tells you more about the agenda and procedures for the meeting. They also describe, among other
things, how the Company’s Board of Directors operates and provide information