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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FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. |

Stockholders Entitled to Vote
at the Meeting

If you were a stockholder of record
at the close of business on the record date for the meeting, April 10, 2025 (the “Record Date”), you are entitled to vote
at the meeting. There were 80,970,256 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted on the Record Date. You are entitled
to one vote on each matter properly brought before the meeting for each share of common stock you own.

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How to Vote Your Shares

Your vote is important. Your shares can be voted at the Annual
Meeting only if (i) you are present in person by attending the virtual Annual Meeting via webcast and you vote your shares electronically
at such meeting, as described in this Proxy Statement, or (ii) you are represented by proxy. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting
via webcast, we urge you to authorize your proxy in advance (i) electronically by going to the www.proxyvote.com website and following
the instructions described on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (“Notice of Access card”), previously
mailed to you or on your proxy card, (ii) by calling the toll-free number (for residents of the United States and Canada) listed on your
Notice of Access card or your proxy card or (iii) by mail. Please have your proxy card in hand when going online or calling. If you authorize your proxy electronically through the website or by telephone, you do not need to return your proxy card. If you
choose to authorize your proxy by mail, simply mark your proxy card, and then date, sign and return it in the postage-paid envelope provided
so it is received no later than June 9, 2025.

If you hold your shares beneficially
in street name, i.e., through a nominee (such as a bank or broker), you may be able to authorize your proxy by telephone or the
Internet as well as by mail. You should follow the instructions you receive from your broker or other nominee to vote these shares. Your
broker or nominee will not vote your shares on the election of directors or the advisory resolution on executive compensation unless you
provide instructions to your broker or nominee on how to vote your shares.

How to Revoke Your Proxy

You may revoke your proxy at any