Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-10-01
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001193125-25-226772
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Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-01
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 9
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 difficult than expected. The integration of HomeXpress into Chimera could also result in the disruption of ongoing businesses, processes, systems and business relationships or inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures, practices, policies and compensation arrangements, any of which could adversely affect our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the HomeXpress Acquisition. The integration process is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and no assurance can be given that the anticipated benefits of the HomeXpress Acquisition will be realized or, if realized, the timing of their realization. Failure to achieve these anticipated benefits could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. 3

USE OF PROCEEDS

All the shares of our common stock to be sold pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the selling stockholders. All net proceeds from the sale of such
shares will go to the selling stockholders. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of such shares by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus, but we have agreed to pay certain expenses relating to the registration of such
shares.

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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK

General

Our charter provides that we may issue
266,666,667 shares of stock, consisting of 166,666,667 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, and 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share. Of the preferred stock, 6,210,000 shares have been further
classified as 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), 13,800,000 shares have been further classified as 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), 11,500,000 shares have been further classified as 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and 8,510,000 shares have been further
classified as 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series D Preferred Stock”). As of
June 30, 2025, 81,029,455 shares of common stock, 5,800