X0306 4 2020-01-02 0001409493 CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP CIM 0001577428 COLLIGAN ROBERT S C/O: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 520 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022 true Chief Financial Officer Common Stock 2020-01-02 4 A 0 15875 0 A 214008 D Common Stock 2020-01-02 4 F 0 3154 20.59 D 210854 D Represents shares of Chimera common stock underlying restricted stock units ("RSUs"). The RSUs are scheduled to vest one-third per year on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date and shall be settled 100% in shares of Chimera common stock. The reporting person does not intend to report the vesting of the RSUs nor the delivery of the shares of common stock. Each RSU has the economic equivalent of one share of Chimera common stock. Dividend equivalent rights ("DERs") issued on RSUs and deferred share units are included in the reporting person's common stock holding balance. Each DER is the economic equivalent of one share of Chimera common stock. Shares reported were withheld for payment of taxes associated with the vesting of prior grants of RSUs. /s/Robert Colligan 2020-01-06