Chimera Increases First Quarter 2026 Common Stock Dividend to $0.45 and Declares First Quarter 2026 Preferred Stock Dividends

• BOARD DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND OF $0.45 PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

• BOARD EXPECTS CHIMERA TO MAINTAIN A QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $0.45 PER COMMON SHARE FOR THE REMAINING THREE QUARTERS OF 2026

• BOARD DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND OF $0.50 PER SHARE OF 8.00% SERIES A CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

• BOARD DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND OF $0.6078 PER SHARE OF 8.00% SERIES B FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

• BOARD DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND OF $0.5423 PER SHARE OF 7.75% SERIES C FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

• BOARD DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2026 DIVIDEND OF $0.5820 PER SHARE OF 8.00% SERIES D FIXED-TO-FLOATING RATE CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Board of Directors of Chimera Investment Corporation (“Chimera”) announced the declaration of its first quarter cash dividend of $0.45 per common share, an increase from its fourth quarter 2025 cash dividend of $0.37. The dividend is payable on April 30, 2026 to common stockholders of record on March 31, 2026. The ex-dividend date is March 31, 2026.

The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its first quarter cash dividend of $0.50 per share of 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable March 30, 2026 to preferred shareholders of record on March 2, 2026. The ex-dividend date is March 2, 2026.

The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its first quarter cash dividend of $0.6078 per share of 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which reflects a rate of 9.72455%, equal to three-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) on the dividend determination date plus a spread of 5.791%. The dividend is payable March 30, 2026 to preferred shareholders of record on March 2, 2026. The ex-dividend date is March 2, 2026.

The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its first quarter cash dividend of $0.5423 per share of 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which reflects a rate of 8.67655%, equal to three-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) on the dividend determination date plus a spread of 4.743%. The dividend is payable March 30, 2026 to preferred shareholders of record on March 2, 2026. The ex-dividend date is March 2, 2026.

The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its first quarter cash dividend of $0.5820 per share of 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which reflects a rate of 9.31255%, equal to three-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) on the dividend determination date plus a spread of 5.379%. The dividend is payable March 30, 2026 to preferred shareholders of record on March 2, 2026. The ex-dividend date is March 2, 2026.

About Chimera Investment Corporation

Chimera is a diversified real estate company that invests in, originates, and manages primarily residential real estate assets. The assets we may invest in and manage, through our wholly-owned subsidiary Palisades Advisory Services, LLC for others include residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS, BPLs (including RTLs) and investor loans, MSRs and other real estate-related assets such as Agency CMBS, junior liens and HELOCs, equity appreciation rights, and reverse mortgages. Also, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, HomeXpress Mortgage Corp., we originate non-QM residential mortgage loans (both consumer and business purpose) as well as QM residential mortgage loans. Chimera was incorporated in Maryland on June 1, 2007 and started trading on the NYSE in November 2007, and is structured as an internally managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Chimera does not undertake or accept any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors is contained in Chimera’s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning Chimera or matters attributable to Chimera or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above.

Readers are advised that any financial information in this press release is based on Company data available at the time of this press release and, in certain circumstances, may not have been audited by Chimera’s independent auditors.

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