CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Feb 18, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP (CIM)
CIK: 0001409493
Period of Report: 2016-02-16

Reporting Person: MARRIA MOHIT (Chief Investment Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-02-16	Common Stock	A	28490	—	Acquired	78783	Direct
2016-02-16	Common Stock	A	8487	—	Acquired	87270	Direct
2016-02-17	Common Stock	F	2003	$12.14	Disposed	85267	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	22611	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: The reporting person elected to defer share settlement until separation of service.

F3: Each RSU has the economic equivalent of one share of Chimera common stock.

F4: Shares reported were withheld for payment of taxes associated with the vesting of approximately one-third of a grant of restricted stock originally made on February 2, 2015.