Form: 10-Q

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

August 8, 2011

Documents

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 June 30, 2011 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:
 
       
 
1.
  
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

       
 
2.
  
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.
 
It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
     
     
       
 
By:
/s/ Matthew Lambiase  
    Matthew Lambiase  
    Chief Executive Officer and President  
    August 4, 2011