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Chesapeake Energy Corporation
The offering will be made under a shelf registration statement that became effective on December 8, 2005. The company intends to grant underwriters a 30-day option to purchase a maximum of $75 million in additional shares of mandatory convertible preferred stock.
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers Inc. and UBS Securities LLC will act as joint book-running managers for the Offering. The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, copies of which may be obtained from Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Dept., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, Fax: 212 902 9316 or email at
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state.
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include estimates and give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. Although we believe our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the second largest independent producer of natural gas in the U.S. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company's operations are focused on exploratory and developmental drilling and corporate and property acquisitions in the Mid-Continent, Permian Basin, South Texas,
Texas Gulf Coast, Barnett Shale, Ark-La-Tex and Appalachian Basin regions of the United States. The company's Internet address is http://www.chkenergy.com/.
SOURCE: Chesapeake Energy Corporation
CONTACT: Jeffrey L. Mobley, CFA and Senior Vice President of Investor
Relations And Research, +1-405-767-4763,
Rowland, Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer,
+1-405-879-9232,
Corporation
Web site: http://www.chkenergy.com/