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):
June 7, 2016

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.)

520 Madison Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 626-2300


No Change
(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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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On June 7, 2016, the Company held its Annual Meeting for the purpose of: (i) electing two Class III directors to serve on the Board until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) recommending, by a non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s executive compensation; and (iii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.  

The total number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 187,729,765, of which 160,261,701 shares, or 85.36%, 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 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Director For

Against    

  Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
Class III  
Matthew Lambiase 91,301,043 934,972 401,295 67,624,391
John P. Reilly 89,853,668 2,385,486 398,156 67,624,391

Based on the foregoing votes, Matthew Lambiase and John P. Reilly were elected as Class III directors to serve on the Board until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.     

Proposal 2.  A vote on a non-binding advisory resolution on the Company’s executive compensation.

For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
76,974,816 14,370,333 1,292,161 67,624,391

Proposal 3.  Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the current fiscal year.

For Against Abstentions
157,844,891 1,362,897 1,053,913

Further information regarding these proposals is set forth in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 20, 2016.


SIGNATURE

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/ Rob Colligan

Name:

Rob Colligan

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 
 

Date:

June 8, 2016