UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
______________

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):
May 27, 2010

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-33796

26-0630461

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

Suite 2902

New York, New York

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (646) 454-3759


No Change
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 27, 2010, Chimera Investment Corporation (“Chimera” or the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting in New York, New York for the purpose of: (i) electing two Class III directors to serve on the board of directors (the “Board”) until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and (ii) ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Chimera’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.  The total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 670,371,002, of which 609,083,826 shares, or 90.86%, were present in person or by proxy.

The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1.   The election of two Class III directors to serve on the Board until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Director Votes Received   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes  
Jeremy Diamond 508,333,183   4,007,723   96,742,920
John P. Reilly 509,704,945 2,635,961 96,742,920

All Class III director nominees were elected.  The continuing directors of the Company are Paul Donlin, Mark Abrams, Gerard Creagh, Paul Keenan, Matthew Lambiase and Dennis Mahoney.

Proposal 2.  Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the 2010 fiscal year.

For Against Abstentions
 
602,496,393 5,296,771 290,662

Further information regarding these proposals is set forth in Chimera’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 16, 2010.


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

 
 

 

 

By:

/s/ A. Alexandra Denahan

Name:

A. Alexandra Denahan

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 
 

Date:

June 1, 2010