Phillip John Kardis II - 01 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM)

Role: President and CEO, Director
Signature: /s/ Phillip John Kardis II
Issuer symbol: CIM
Transactions as of: 01 Dec 2025
Transactions value $: -$1,316,424
Form type: 4
Date filed: 02 Dec 2025, 18:14
Previous filing: 25 Feb 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Kardis Phillip John II	President and CEO, Director	C/O: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 630 FIFTH AVENUE, SUITE 2400, NEW YORK	/s/ Phillip John Kardis II	2025-12-02	0001652530

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CIM	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$1.32M	-103K	-20.71%	$12.79	394K	01 Dec 2025	Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares reported were withheld for payment of taxes associated with the settlement of deferred shares of Chimera Investment Corporation ("Chimera") common stock from the vesting of prior grants of performance stock units ("PSUs") and restricted stock units ("RSUs") pursuant to the liquidation of the Stock Award Deferral Program on November 30, 2025 as previously disclosed in Chimera's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.
F2	Dividend equivalent rights ("DERs") issued on RSUs and PSUs are included in the reporting person's common stock holding balance. Each DER is the economic equivalent of one share of Chimera common stock.

Content

Shares reported were withheld for payment of taxes associated with the settlement of deferred shares of Chimera Investment Corporation ("Chimera") common stock from the vesting of prior grants of performance stock units ("PSUs") and restricted stock units ("RSUs") pursuant to the liquidation of the Stock Award Deferral Program on November 30, 2025 as previously disclosed in Chimera's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Dividend equivalent rights ("DERs") issued on RSUs and PSUs are included in the reporting person's common stock holding balance. Each DER is the economic equivalent of one share of Chimera common stock.