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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2007</font></p>

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<p align="right"><font size="2">Registration Statement No. 333-</font></p></div></div>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>______________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Governing Instruments)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;border-color:black;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Maryland</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(State of incorporation or organization)</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>26-0630461</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="46%" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="53%" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>1211 Avenue of the Americas</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Suite 2902</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>New York, New York</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>10036</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2> (Zip Code)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>2007 Equity Incentive Plan</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>1211 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2902</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>New York, New York 10036</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(212) 696-0100</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>______________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Matthew Lambiase</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer and President</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Chimera Investment Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>1211 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2902</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>New York, New York 10036</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> (Name and Address, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(212) 696-0100</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>Copies to:</font></i></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><b><font size=2>Phillip
      J. Kardis, II, Esq.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><b><font size=2>Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart
      Preston Gates Ellis LLP</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><b><font size=2>1601
      K Street, N.W.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><b><font size=2>Washington,
      DC 20006</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><b><font size=2>(202)
      778-9401</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></B></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Title of Securities</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>to be Registered</font></p> </td>
        <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-color: black; border-left:none;padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Amount to be Registered</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22%" valign=bottom style='border:solid black 1.0pt;border-color: black; border-left:none;padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Proposed Maximum Aggregate</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Offering Price(1)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="19%" valign=bottom style='border-top:solid black 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:none;   padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Amount of Registration Fee(2)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>Common Stock</font>                </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>2,956,393</font></p> </td>
        <td width="16%" valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;  padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>$14.52</font></p> </td>
        <td width="22%" valign=top style='border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;border-right:solid black 1.0pt;  padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>$42,926,827</font></p> </td>
        <td width="19%" valign=top style='border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt;padding: 0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pc'><font size=2>$1,318</font></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>(1)</font></i></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>



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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>(2)</font></i></p> </td>
        <td  valign=top style='padding:0pc 0pc 0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 27, 2007, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Table of Contents</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'>&nbsp;</p>
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    <td><font size=2>PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION
    10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font SIZE=2>PART II </font><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION
    REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
    Reference.</font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 4.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>Description
    of Securities</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item
        5.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>&nbsp;Interests
    of Named Experts and Counsel</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 6.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>Indemnification
    of Directors and Officers</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>1</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 7.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>Exemption
    from Registration Claimed</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>2</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 8.</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>Exhibits</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>2</font></td>
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    <td><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;<font size=2>Undertakings</font></font></td>
    <td><font size=2>2</font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>PART I</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1) and are not required to be filed as part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>PART II</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents filed by Chimera Investment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated by reference:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(a)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>The Company&#146;s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on November 16, 2007.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on November 5, 2007.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>All documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 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 style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Section 2-418 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (or Maryland General Corporation Law or MGCL) provides that a Maryland corporation may indemnify any director or officer of a corporation who is made a party to any proceeding because of service in that capacity unless it is established that the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>1</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or the person actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or, in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.  Indemnification may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding, but if the proceeding was one by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation.  Such indemnification may not be made unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made, in the manner prescribed by the law, that indemnification is
permissible in the circumstances because the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct.  On the other hand, unless limited by the corporation&#146;s charter, the director or officer must be indemnified for expenses if he has been successful in the defense of the proceeding or as otherwise ordered by a court.  The law also prescribes the circumstances under which the corporation may advance expenses to, or obtain insurance or similar protection for, directors and officers.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s charter provides that the Company&#146;s directors, officers, employees, and agents, in the discretion of the Company&#146;s board of directors, may be indemnified to the fullest extent required or permitted from time to time by the laws of Maryland.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Maryland General Corporation Law permits the charter of a Maryland corporation to include a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except to the extent that (i) it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received, or (ii) a judgment or other final adjudication is entered in a proceeding based on a finding that the person&#146;s action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty or committed in bad faith and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.  The Company&#146;s charter contains a provision providing for elimination of the liability of the Company&#146;s directors and officers to the Company or the
Company&#146;s stockholders for money damages to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company maintains policies of insurance under which the Company&#146;s directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings resulting from such director or officer being or having been a director or officer, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of these actions, suits or proceedings.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="toc8"></a>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="toc9"></a>Item 8. Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>See the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:3pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2><a name="toc10"></a>Item 9. Undertakings.</font></b></p>


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      <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="2%" valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>a.</font></p> </td>
        <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p> </td> </tr>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
          file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>2</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>i.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>To include
          any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
      Securities Act of 1933;</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>ii.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>To reflect
          in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
          of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
          thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
          change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
          securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
          would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
          the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
          reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
          to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
          volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
          offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
      in the effective registration statement.</font></td>
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        <td width="24%" valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="3%" valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>iii.</font></p> </td>
        <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Provided
      however, That: </font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font SIZE=2>A.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Paragraphs
          (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
          statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
          in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
          filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
          to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
      statement; and</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font SIZE=2>B.</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Paragraphs
          (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply
          if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information
          required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
          is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
          the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
          statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
      424(b) that is part of the registration statement.</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>2.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>That,
          for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
          of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
          and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
      be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>3.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>To
          remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
          of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering.</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>4.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>That,
          for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
          Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
      of the securities: The </font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>3</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="3%" valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'>&nbsp;</p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>undersigned
                registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
                of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement,
                regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
                to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
                purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
                undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
      will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</font></p> </td> </tr>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>i.</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Any preliminary
          prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
      the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>ii.</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Any free
          writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf
          of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
      registrant;</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>The portion
          of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
          material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
      provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>iv.</font></td>
      <td  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Any other
          communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
      registrant to the purchaser.</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>b.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>The
          undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
          any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
          registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
          by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
          and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
      be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></td>
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      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'>&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>c.</font></td>
      <td colspan="2"  valign=top style='padding:5.0pt 0pc 1.0pc 0pc'><font size=2>Insofar
          as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
          of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
          of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
          the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
          and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
          as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
          that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
          the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
          officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
          of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
          or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
          the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
          public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
      adjudication of such issue.</font></td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>4</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:5.85%;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:24pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font 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 November 30, 2007.</font></p>

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    <td colspan="2"><B><font SIZE=2>CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION</font></B></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><u><font size=2>/s/ Matthew Lambiase&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size=2>Matthew Lambiase<br>
    President and Chief Executive Officer    </font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Matthew Lambiase and A. Alexandra  Denahan, 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 style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><u><font size=2>Signatures</font></u><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><u><font size=2>Title</font></u><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:1.0pc'><u><font size=2>Date</font></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Matthew Lambiase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></u><br> <font size=2>Matthew Lambiase</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (principal executive officer)</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ A. Alexandra  Denahan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><br> <font size=2>A. Alexandra  Denahan</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Jeremy Diamond&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Jeremy Diamond</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Paul Donlin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Paul Donlin</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc; height:35.1pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors </font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Mark Abrams&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Mark Abrams</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Paul Keenan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Paul Keenan</font></p> </td>
        <td width="213" valign=top style='padding:0pc .45pc 0pc .45pc'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>November 30, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>4.3</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Opinion of Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (including consent of such firm)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>10.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Management Agreement (Filed as exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on November 2, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>10.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Equity Incentive Plan (Filed as exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Restricted Common Stock Award (Filed as exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Form of Stock Option Grant (Filed as exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.5pc'><font size=2>Consent of Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p> </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2007
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
(State of incorporation or organization)
26-0630461
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 2902
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
10036
(Zip Code)
2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
1211 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2902
New York, New York 10036
(212) 696-0100
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
______________
Matthew Lambiase
Chief Executive Officer and President
Chimera Investment Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2902
New York, New York 10036
(Name and Address, of Agent for Service)
(212) 696-0100
(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Phillip
      J. Kardis, II, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
      Preston Gates Ellis LLP
1601
      K Street, N.W.
Washington,
      DC 20006
(202)
      778-9401
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
Amount of Registration Fee(2)
Common Stock
2,956,393
$14.52
$42,926,827
$1,318
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on November 27, 2007, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.
Table of Contents
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION
    10(a) PROSPECTUS
1
PART II
INFORMATION
    REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
1
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by
    Reference.
1
Item 4.
Description
    of Securities
1
Item
        5.
Interests
    of Named Experts and Counsel
1
Item 6.
Indemnification
    of Directors and Officers
1
Item 7.
Exemption
    from Registration Claimed
2
Item 8.
Exhibits
2
Item 9.
Undertakings
2
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1) and are not required to be filed as part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Chimera Investment Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by reference:
(a)
The Company's prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on November 16, 2007.
(b)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act on November 5, 2007.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 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 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 2-418 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (or Maryland General Corporation Law or MGCL) provides that a Maryland corporation may indemnify any director or officer of a corporation who is made a party to any proceeding because of service in that capacity unless it is established that the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the
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matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; or the person actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or, in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.  Indemnification may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements, and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding, but if the proceeding was one by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation.  Such indemnification may not be made unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made, in the manner prescribed by the law, that indemnification is
permissible in the circumstances because the director or officer has met the applicable standard of conduct.  On the other hand, unless limited by the corporation's charter, the director or officer must be indemnified for expenses if he has been successful in the defense of the proceeding or as otherwise ordered by a court.  The law also prescribes the circumstances under which the corporation may advance expenses to, or obtain insurance or similar protection for, directors and officers.
The Company's charter provides that the Company's directors, officers, employees, and agents, in the discretion of the Company's board of directors, may be indemnified to the fullest extent required or permitted from time to time by the laws of Maryland.
The Maryland General Corporation Law permits the charter of a Maryland corporation to include a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except to the extent that (i) it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received, or (ii) a judgment or other final adjudication is entered in a proceeding based on a finding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty or committed in bad faith and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.  The Company's charter contains a provision providing for elimination of the liability of the Company's directors and officers to the Company or the
Company's stockholders for money damages to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Company maintains policies of insurance under which the Company's directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings resulting from such director or officer being or having been a director or officer, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of these actions, suits or proceedings.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
a.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1.   To
          file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
      post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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i.
To include
          any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
      Securities Act of 1933;
ii.
To reflect
          in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
          of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
          thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
          change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
          securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
          would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
          the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
          reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
          to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
          volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
          offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table
      in the effective registration statement.
iii.
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided
      however, That:
A.
Paragraphs
          (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
          statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
          in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
          filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
          to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
      statement; and
B.
Paragraphs
          (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply
          if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information
          required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
          is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
          the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
          statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
      424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
2.
That,
          for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
          of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
          and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
      be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
To
          remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
          of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
      of the offering.
4.
That,
          for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
          Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
      of the securities: The
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undersigned
                registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
                of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement,
                regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
                to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
                purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
                undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
      will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
i.
Any preliminary
          prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to
      the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
ii.
Any free
          writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf
          of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
      registrant;
iii.
The portion
          of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
          material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
      provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
iv.
Any other
          communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
      registrant to the purchaser.
b.
The
          undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
          any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
          registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
          filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
          by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
          and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
      be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
c.
Insofar
          as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
          of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
          of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
          the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
          and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
          as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
          that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
          the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
          officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
          of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
          or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
          the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
          public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
      adjudication of such issue.
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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 November 30, 2007.
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 A. Alexandra  Denahan, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Matthew Lambiase
Matthew Lambiase
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (principal executive officer)
November 30, 2007
/s/ A. Alexandra  Denahan
A. Alexandra  Denahan
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
November 30, 2007
/s/ Jeremy Diamond
Jeremy Diamond
Director
November 30, 2007
/s/ Paul Donlin
Paul Donlin
Nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors
November 30, 2007
/s/ Mark Abrams
Mark Abrams
Director
November 30, 2007
/s/ Paul Keenan
Paul Keenan
Director
November 30, 2007
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
4.2
Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
4.3
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Chimera Investment Corporation (Filed as exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (including consent of such firm)
10.1
Form of Management Agreement (Filed as exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on November 2, 2007)
10.2
Form of Equity Incentive Plan (Filed as exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
10.3
Form of Restricted Common Stock Award (Filed as exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
10.4
Form of Stock Option Grant (Filed as exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-145525) on September 26, 2007)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement)