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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >As filed
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29,
    2016</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >Registration
        Statement No. 333-[___]</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNITED
  STATES<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">____________<BR><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">FORM S-8 </FONT></B></FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CHIMERA INVESTMENT
  CORPORATION <BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Governing Instruments) </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >Maryland</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >26-0630461</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >(State of incorporation or organization)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="49%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >(I.R.S. Employer Identification
  No.)</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >520 Madison
      Avenue</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="10%">&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="15%">&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="14%">&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >32nd Floor</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="10%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="14%">&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >New York, New York</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=center width="25%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >10022</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="14%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >(Address of principal executive
      offices)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="25%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2  >(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amended and Restated 2007
  Equity Incentive Plan <BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Full
  Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>520 Madison Avenue
  <BR>32nd Floor <BR>New York, New York 10022 <BR>(212) 626-2300</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><BR>
  <FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Address, including Zip
  Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal
  Executive Offices) <BR>____________<BR></FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Phillip J. Kardis II <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary <BR>Chimera Investment
  Corporation <BR>520 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor <BR>New York, New York 10022
  <BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Name and Address of Agent
  for Service) </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(212) 626-2300
  <BR></FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Telephone Number, including
  Area Code, of Agent for Service) <BR></FONT><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Copies to: </FONT></I></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert K. Smith
  <BR>K&amp;L Gates LLP <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>1601
  K Street, N.W. <BR>Washington, DC 20006 <BR>(202) 778-9376 </FONT></B></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="87%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title of
        securities</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount to
        be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed
        maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>aggregate</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registration</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="87%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>to be
        registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>offering price per
        share</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>offering
        price</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>fee</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" align=left width="87%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common Stock, par value
        $0.01 per share<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>7,408,722</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$11.81<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$87,497,006.82</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$8,810.95</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="87%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>shares</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD>
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  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1) This Registration
  Statement registers an additional 7,408,722 shares of common stock of Chimera
  Investment Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s
  Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
  effective December 10, 2015 (the &#147;2007 Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement also
  covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that become
  issuable under the 2007 Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
  similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2) Estimated solely for
  the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)
  under the Securities Act. The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of
  the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s common stock reported on the NYSE
  on January 25, 2016. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>ii</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Table of Contents
  </FONT></B></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="97%" bgColor=#c0c0c0 colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="97%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
        REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></TD>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="96%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 3.
        Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="96%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8.
        Exhibits</FONT></TD>
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      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">1</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chimera Investment
  Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) has filed this Registration Statement on Form S-8
  (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the offer and sale of an additional 7,408,722
  shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common
  Stock&#148;), pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive
  Plan, as amended and restated effective December 10, 2015 (the &#147;2007
  Plan&#148;).</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>On November 30, 2007, the
  Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) a
  registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147747) (the &#147;2007 Registration
  Statement&#148;) to register the offer and sale of 2,956,393 shares of Common Stock
  pursuant to the 2007 Plan. On May 26, 2015, pursuant to Rule 416(b) of the
  Securities Act and related interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the
  Registrant filed with the SEC a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2007
  Registration Statement (File No. 333-147747) (the &#147;2015 Amendment&#148;) to
  proportionately reduce the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the 2007
  Registration Statement to 591,278 shares of Common Stock because the Registrant
  completed a one-for-five reverse stock split of the Common Stock on April 6,
  2015. The 2015 Amendment continues to be effective and, as of the date hereof,
  covers the offer and sale of 23,826 shares of Common Stock that remain available
  for issuance by the Registrant. Upon the filing of this Registration Statement,
  the Registrant will have an aggregate of 7,432,548 shares of Common Stock under
  the 2007 Plan available for issuance.</FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The 2007 Registration
  Statement and the 2015 Amendment are collectively referred to herein as the
  &#147;Earlier Registration Statement.&#148; Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
  Part I and Items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Part II of the Earlier Registration
  Statement are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference.
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART II
  <BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference. </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The following documents
  filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated by reference: </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(a)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  2014 filed on March 2, 2015. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(b)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March
  31, 2015 filed on May 11, 2015. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(c)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June
  30, 2015 filed on August 7, 2015. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(d)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  September 30, 2015 filed on November 5, 2015. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(e)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed on April 6, 2015, May 21, 2015,
  August 5, 2015, September 25, 2015, October 23, 2015, December 11, 2015 and
  January 21, 2016. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
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  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(f)</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
  description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 5, 2007, and all amendments
  or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>All documents subsequently
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
  of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a
  document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
  of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
  or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
  <P align=justify><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.
  </FONT></B></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>See the attached Exhibit
  Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2> </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
  State of New York, on January 29, 2016. </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="100%" colSpan=3><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="59%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Matthew
      Lambiase</FONT></TD>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Matthew Lambiase</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President and Chief Executive
    Officer</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV><BR>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Each person whose signature
  appears below hereby authorizes Matthew Lambiase and Robert Colligan, and each
  of them, as attorney-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
  and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in each
  capacity stated below, any amendment, including post-effective amendments, to
  this registration statement and any and all related registration statements
  pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
  SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
  be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>
  <P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" STYLE="text-indent: 15pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  </FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; width: 38%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: center; width: 31%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Matthew
      Lambiase</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Executive Officer,</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Matthew Lambiase</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>President and Director (Principal</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Robert
      Colligan</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chief Financial Officer (Principal</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Robert Colligan</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Financial and Accounting</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul Donlin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Paul
        Donlin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Mark Abrams</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Mark
        Abrams</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul Keenan</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Paul
        Keenan</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gerard
  Creagh</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Gerard Creagh</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp; </TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Dennis
      Mahoney</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Dennis Mahoney</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=5>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John P.
      Reilly</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="31%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>January 29, 2016</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="29%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>John
        P. Reilly</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="38%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="31%"></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>EXHIBIT INDEX
  </FONT></B></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit Description</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Number&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of K&amp;L Gates LLP (including consent
        of such firm)*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of K&amp;L Gates LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of Attorney (included on the signature
        page to this registration statement)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <P align=justify><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>* filed herewith
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text: As filed
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29,
    2016
  Registration
        Statement No. 333-[___]
  UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  ____________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT
  CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in its Governing Instruments)
  Maryland
  26-0630461
  (State of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification
  No.)
  520 Madison
      Avenue
  32nd Floor
  New York, New York
  10022
  (Address of principal executive
      offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated 2007
  Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full
  Title of the Plan)
  520 Madison Avenue
  32nd Floor
  New York, New York 10022
  (212) 626-2300
  (Address, including Zip
  Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal
  Executive Offices)
  ____________
  Phillip J. Kardis II
  Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  Chimera Investment
  Corporation
  520 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor
  New York, New York 10022
  (Name and Address of Agent
  for Service)
  (212) 626-2300
  (Telephone Number, including
  Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Robert K. Smith
  K&L Gates LLP
  1601
  K Street, N.W.
  Washington, DC 20006
  (202) 778-9376
  CALCULATION OF
  REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed maximum
  Amount of
  Title of
        securities
  Amount to
        be
  Proposed
        maximum
  aggregate
  registration
  to be
        registered
  registered
  offering price per
        share
  offering
        price
  fee
  Common Stock, par value
        $0.01 per share
  (1)
  7,408,722
  $11.81
  (2)
  $87,497,006.82
  $8,810.95
  shares
  (1) This Registration
  Statement registers an additional 7,408,722 shares of common stock of Chimera
  Investment Corporation (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the Registrant's
  Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
  effective December 10, 2015 (the "2007 Plan"). This Registration Statement also
  covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that become
  issuable under the 2007 Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
  similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
  (2) Estimated solely for
  the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)
  under the Securities Act. The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of
  the high and low prices for the Registrant's common stock reported on the NYSE
  on January 25, 2016.
  ii
  Table of Contents
  EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
  2
  PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
        REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  2
  Item 3.
        Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  2
  Item 8.
        Exhibits
  3
  1
  EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
  Chimera Investment
  Corporation (the "Registrant") has filed this Registration Statement on Form S-8
  (the "Registration Statement") to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended (the "Securities Act"), the offer and sale of an additional 7,408,722
  shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common
  Stock"), pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive
  Plan, as amended and restated effective December 10, 2015 (the "2007
  Plan").
  On November 30, 2007, the
  Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
  registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147747) (the "2007 Registration
  Statement") to register the offer and sale of 2,956,393 shares of Common Stock
  pursuant to the 2007 Plan. On May 26, 2015, pursuant to Rule 416(b) of the
  Securities Act and related interpretations of the staff of the SEC, the
  Registrant filed with the SEC a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2007
  Registration Statement (File No. 333-147747) (the "2015 Amendment") to
  proportionately reduce the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the 2007
  Registration Statement to 591,278 shares of Common Stock because the Registrant
  completed a one-for-five reverse stock split of the Common Stock on April 6,
  2015. The 2015 Amendment continues to be effective and, as of the date hereof,
  covers the offer and sale of 23,826 shares of Common Stock that remain available
  for issuance by the Registrant. Upon the filing of this Registration Statement,
  the Registrant will have an aggregate of 7,432,548 shares of Common Stock under
  the 2007 Plan available for issuance.
  The 2007 Registration
  Statement and the 2015 Amendment are collectively referred to herein as the
  "Earlier Registration Statement." Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
  Part I and Items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of Part II of the Earlier Registration
  Statement are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.
  The following documents
  filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by reference:
  (a)
  The
  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
  2014 filed on March 2, 2015.
  (b)
  The
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March
  31, 2015 filed on May 11, 2015.
  (c)
  The
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June
  30, 2015 filed on August 7, 2015.
  (d)
  The
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  September 30, 2015 filed on November 5, 2015.
  (e)
  The
  Registrant's Current Reports on Forms 8-K filed on April 6, 2015, May 21, 2015,
  August 5, 2015, September 25, 2015, October 23, 2015, December 11, 2015 and
  January 21, 2016.
  2
  (f)
  The
  description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 5, 2007, and all amendments
  or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
  that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
  reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
  of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a
  document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
  of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
  or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  See the attached Exhibit
  Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  3
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
  State of New York, on January 29, 2016.
  CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Matthew
      Lambiase
  Matthew Lambiase
  President and Chief Executive
    Officer
  Each person whose signature
  appears below hereby authorizes Matthew Lambiase and Robert Colligan, and each
  of them, as attorney-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
  and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in each
  capacity stated below, any amendment, including post-effective amendments, to
  this registration statement and any and all related registration statements
  pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
  SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
  or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
  be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
  signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Signatures
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Matthew
      Lambiase
  Chief Executive Officer,
  January 29, 2016
  Matthew Lambiase
  President and Director (Principal
  Executive Officer)
  /s/ Robert
      Colligan
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal
  January 29, 2016
  Robert Colligan
  Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  /s/ Paul Donlin
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  Paul
        Donlin
  /s/ Mark Abrams
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  Mark
        Abrams
  /s/ Paul Keenan
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  Paul
        Keenan
  /s/ Gerard
  Creagh
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  Gerard Creagh
  /s/ Dennis
      Mahoney
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  Dennis Mahoney
  /s/ John P.
      Reilly
  Director
  January 29, 2016
  John
        P. Reilly
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  Exhibit Description
  Number
  5.1
  Opinion of K&L Gates LLP (including consent
        of such firm)*
  23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP*
  23.2
  Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in
        Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature
        page to this registration statement)
  * filed herewith