Chimera Declares Third Quarter 2025 Preferred Stock Dividends

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Chimera announced the declaration of its third quarter cash dividend of $0.50 per share of 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable September 30, 2025 to preferred shareholders of record on September 2, 2025. The ex-dividend date is September 2, 2025.
The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its third quarter cash dividend of $0.6464 per share of 8.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which reflects a rate of 10.34319%, equal to three-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) on the dividend determination date plus a spread of 5.791%. The dividend is payable September 30, 2025 to preferred shareholders of record on September 2, 2025. The ex-dividend date is September 2, 2025.
The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its third quarter cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of 7.75% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable September 30, 2025 to preferred shareholders of record on September 2, 2025. The ex-dividend date is September 2, 2025.
The Board of Directors of Chimera also announced the declaration of its third quarter cash dividend of $0.6345 per share of 8.00% Series D Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, which reflects a rate of 9.93119%, equal to three-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) on the dividend determination date plus a spread of 5.379%. The dividend is payable September 30, 2025 to preferred shareholders of record on September 2, 2025. The ex-dividend date is September 2, 2025.
About Chimera Investment Corporation
Chimera is a publicly traded real estate investment trust, or REIT, that is primarily engaged in the business of investing for itself and for unrelated third parties through its investment management and advisory services in a diversified portfolio of real estate assets, including residential mortgage loans, Non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS, business purpose and investor loans, including RTLs, MSRs, and other real estate-related assets such as Agency CMBS, junior liens and HELOCs, equity appreciation rights, and reverse mortgages.
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