Form: 8-K

Current report filing

March 19, 2024

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March 18, 2024

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland 1-33796 26-0630461
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

630 Fifth Avenue, STE 2400
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
10111
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (888) 895-6557  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Trading Symbol(s) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share CIM New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock CIM PRA New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock CIM PRB New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock CIM PRC New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock CIM PRD New York Stock Exchange

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).    

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐




Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 18, 2024, Phillip J. Kardis II, the Chief Executive Officer of Chimera Investment Corporation (the “Company”), was appointed the President of the Company to assume the position previously held by Mr. Choudhary Yarlagadda, who retired from the Company on March 15, 2024. Mr. Yarlagadda’s retirement was previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 17, 2024. Mr. Kardis will also continue to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Biographical information regarding Mr. Kardis has been previously reported under the heading “Management” in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 26, 2023.




















































SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Date: March 19, 2024 By: /s/ Miyun Sung
Miyun Sung
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary