UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ~~Washington~~ WASHINGTON, DCD.C. 20549

~~____________~~ FORM 8-K

~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT~~Report

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~SECURITIES~~Date ~~EXCHANGE~~of ~~ACT~~Report OF(date ~~1934~~of earliest event reported):

~~Date~~February of20, ~~Report (Date of earliest event reported):~~ 2026

February 11, 2026

CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	1-33796	26-0630461
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

Commission file number 001-33796

630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2400

Maryland	26-0630461
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

New York, New York

630 Fifth Avenue, Ste 2400
New York, New York	10111
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(~~Address~~888) of895-6557 Registrant’s ~~principal~~telephone ~~executive~~number, ~~offices)10111~~including area code

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 895-6557

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	CIM	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRA	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRB	New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRC	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRD	New York Stock Exchange
9.000% Senior Notes due 2029	CIMN	New York Stock Exchange
9.250% Senior Notes due 2029	CIMO	New York Stock Exchange
8.875% Senior Notes due 2030	CIMP	New York Stock Exchange

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

☐Securities ~~Soliciting~~registered ~~material~~ pursuant to ~~Rule~~Section ~~14a-~~12(b) of ~~under~~ the ~~Exchange~~ Act ~~(17 CFR 240.14a-12)~~:

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	CIM	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRA	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series B Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRB	New York Stock Exchange
7.75% Series C Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRC	New York Stock Exchange
8.00% Series D Cumulative Fixed-to-Floating Rate Redeemable Preferred Stock	CIM PRD	New York Stock Exchange
9.000% Senior Notes due 2029	CIMN	New York Stock Exchange
9.250% Senior Notes due 2029	CIMO	New York Stock Exchange
8.875% Senior Notes due 2030	CIMP	New York Stock Exchange

☐Indicate ~~Pre-commencement~~by ~~communications~~check ~~pursuant~~mark towhether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule ~~13e~~405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-~~4(c)~~2 ~~under~~of the Securities Exchange Act ~~(17~~of ~~CFR 240~~1934.~~13e-4(c))~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 27.~~02.~~01 ~~Results~~Regulation ofFD ~~Operations and Financial Condition~~Disclosure.

On February 1120, 2026, Chimera Investment Corporation (the ~~registrant~~“Company”) ~~issued~~made aavailable ~~press~~an ~~release~~investor ~~announcing~~presentation ~~its~~in ~~financial~~connection ~~results~~with ~~for~~the Company’s participation in the ~~quarter~~SFVegas Conference. ~~and~~The ~~year~~Company ~~ended~~posted ~~December~~the ~~31,~~investor ~~2025.~~presentation information on the News & Events - Presentations section of its website (www.chimerareit.com). A copy of the ~~press~~investor ~~release~~presentation information is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

OnThe ~~February~~investor ~~11,~~presentation ~~2026~~is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, and the ~~registrant~~information ~~posted~~contained ~~investor~~therein ~~presentation~~shall ~~information~~not onbe deemed “filed” for the ~~News~~purposes &of ~~Events~~Section -18 ~~Press~~of ~~Releases~~the ~~section~~Securities Exchange Act of ~~its~~1934, ~~website~~as amended (~~www.chimerareit.com~~the “Exchange Act”)., Aor ~~copy~~otherwise ofsubject to the ~~investor~~liabilities ~~presentation~~of ~~information~~that issection, ~~furnished~~nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as ~~Exhibit~~amended, ~~99.2~~or tothe ~~this~~Exchange ~~report~~Act, ~~and~~except ~~incorporated~~as ~~herein~~shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~(d)~~ Exhibits

99.1 Press Release, dated February 11, 2026, issued by Chimera Investment Corporation

99.1	SFVegas Investor Presentation.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

~~99.2 Investor Presentation Q4 2025~~SIGNATURE

~~104 Cover~~Pursuant ~~Page~~to ~~Interactive~~the ~~Data~~requirements ~~File~~of ~~(embedded~~the ~~within~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the ~~Inline~~registrant ~~XBRL~~has ~~document)~~duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

	CHIMERA INVESTMENT CORPORATION (REGISTRANT)

Date: February 20, 2026

	By:	/s/ Subramaniam Viswanathan
	Name:	Subramaniam Viswanathan
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Chimera Investment Corporation

By: /s/ Subramaniam Viswanathan

Name: Subramaniam Viswanathan Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of the registrant)

Date: February 11, 2026

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