Chimera Investment Corporation announced that Robert Colligan has been appointed its chief financial officer. Mr. Colligan will oversee Chimera's treasury, accounting and financial reporting functions. Mr. Colligan, 41, has been working in accounting and finance for over 20 years. Mr. Colligan joins Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company, the external manager of Chimera, as a Managing Director from Starwood Capital Group where he was the Controller for the last five years. At Starwood Capital Group, Mr. Colligan focused on financial reporting, treasury, tax, operational and strategic initiatives. Prior to Starwood Capital Group, from 2002 to 2008 Mr. Colligan was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and from 1999 to 2002 a Vice President at Merrill Lynch in financial reporting, strategy and investor relations roles. Mr. Colligan began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where from 1993 to 1999 he had roles in both audit and national tax. A. Alexandra Denahan resigned from her position as Chimera's Chief Financial Officer, but will continue to serve as Chimera's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.

On 05/13/2013, Chimera Investment Corporation announced that they will be unable to file their next 10-Q by the deadline required by the SEC.

Chimera Investment Corporation announced that the board of directors has decided to maintain a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share for each of the third quarter and fourth quarter of 2013. The board of directors will review this program after the conclusion of the fourth quarter of 2013.