EXHIBIT 32.1
Published on August 10, 2009
Exhibit
32.1
CHIMERA
INVESTMENT CORPORATION
1211
AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
SUITE
2902
NEW YORK,
NEW YORK 10036
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002, 10 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
In
connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chimera Investment
Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ended March 31, 2009 to be filed with
Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Report”),
I, Matthew Lambiase, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, that:
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1.
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
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2.
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
at the dates of, and for the periods covered by, the
Report.
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It is not
intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
/s/ Matthew
Lambiase
Matthew Lambiase
Chief Executive Officer and
President
August 10, 2009
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