Company: CIMO
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001206774-25-000244
Chunk: 21

Company: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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drive stockholder value but also believe that management must have the right personnel working with them to accomplish these goals. Therefore,
we provide competitive compensation and benefits to attract and retain key personnel at both the management and non-management levels,
while also providing a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace. We continue to have a focus on diversity initiatives. We offer internal
training programs on financial markets, business ethics, government regulatory rules and other topics. We encourage personnel to attend
industry sponsored or other conferences and have a tuition reimbursement program to help personnel to further develop their skills and
to stay current on evolving trends impacting our industry.

We focus on attracting and retaining
employees by providing compensation and benefits packages that are competitive within the applicable market, taking into account the job
position’s location and responsibilities. We provide competitive financial benefits such as a 401(k) retirement plan with a company
match and offer a comprehensive healthcare benefit plan and other tools to support our employees’ health and well-being. We also
generally grant awards of restricted stock units on an annual basis to nearly all of our employees. We have a matching gift program to
encourage personnel to be charitable and to support 501(c)(3) organizations. We believe that diversity and inclusion are conducive to
a stronger workplace and better decision making.

We also understand that successful
employee engagement, diversity, and inclusion in the workforce assists in attracting the best talent and contributes to a stronger business
and better decision making. Our employees, including the diversity and inclusion of our employees, are intrinsic to our operations and
success.

Cybersecurity

Our Board of Directors, in coordination
with the audit committee and the risk committee, oversees management of cybersecurity risk. They receive regular reports from senior management
and our Chief Information Security Officer & Head of IT Infrastructure on, among other things, the threat landscape, the Company’s
cybersecurity program, infrastructure improvements, cybersecurity incident investigations and information security vulnerabilities. The
audit committee focuses on cybersecurity risk, particularly as it relates to enterprise risk management within the audit and financial
reporting process, while the risk committee focuses on cybersecurity risk within the Company’s overall business risk profile.

In addition, the Company maintains
a cyber incident response plan to facilitate our response to cybersecurity incidents and formed an Incident Response Team composed of
the Chief Information Security Officer & Head of IT Infrastructure, the Head of Portfolio Analytics, the Chief Legal Officer, the
Head of Operations, the Chief Compliance Officer of the RIA, the Head of Data Science,

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