CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION 100,000,000 Shares Common Stock ($0.01 Par Value) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT June 23, 2010Underwriting Agreement • June 25th, 2010 • Chimera Investment Corp • Real estate investment trusts • New York
Chimera Investment Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule A annexed hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and RCap Securities, Inc. are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 100,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. In addition, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters the option to purchase from the Company up to an additional 15,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”). The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively sometimes referred to as the “Shares.” The Shares are described in the Prospectus which is referred to below.
