---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-24-000995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIM"
cik: "0001409493"
company_name: "CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:26:23.559388+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chimera appoints Cynthia B. Walsh to Board (Class III) effective Dec 1, 2024; terminates executive deferral plan

## Summary
- Cynthia B. Walsh elected to Chimera's Board as Class III Director, effective December 1, 2024.
- Walsh will stand for election at 2025 shareholder meeting and serve on Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
- Board size increased from seven to eight directors with Walsh's appointment.
- Compensation Committee terminated Executive Plan under Stock Award Deferral Program; liquidation on November 30, 2025.
- Director Plan remains outstanding with payments on originally scheduled dates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-24-000995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIM
- cik: 0001409493
- company_name: CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000120677424000995/0001206774-24-000995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000120677424000995/cim4401501-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-24-000995
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-24-000995.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cynthia B. Walsh was elected as Class III Director at CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: On November 5, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chimera Investment Corporation (the “Company”) elected Cynthia B. Walsh to the Company’s Board as a Class III Director, effective December 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1409493/000120677424000995/0001206774-24-000995-index.htm

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