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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2008--Chesapeake Energy
Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that it intends to commence a
public offering of 20 million shares of its common stock. Chesapeake
intends to use the net proceeds from the offering initially to repay
outstanding indebtedness under its revolving bank credit facility,
which may be reborrowed from time to time to fund its recently
announced drilling and land acquisition initiatives and for general
corporate purposes. The common stock will be offered pursuant to an
effective registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The company intends to grant the underwriters a
30-day option to purchase a maximum of three million additional shares
of its common stock.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and
Lehman Brothers Inc. 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, when available, may be
obtained by mail from the offices of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
Attn: Prospectus Department, 100 Plaza One, 2nd Floor, Jersey City,
NJ, 07311, by telephone at (800) 503-4611 or by email to
prospectus.cpdg@db.com; by mail from the offices of Banc of America
Securities LLC, Capital Markets Operations, 100 West 33rd Street, 3rd
Floor, New York, NY 10001 or by e-mail to
dg.prospectus_distribution@bofasecurities.com; or by mail from the
offices of Lehman Brothers Inc., c/o Broadridge, Integrated
Distribution Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by
fax to (631) 254-7140, by telephone to (888) 603-5847 or by e-mail to
qiana.smith@broadridge.com. An electronic copy of the prospectus will
be available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission
at www.sec.gov.
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 or country in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any state or country.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation is the largest independent and
third-largest overall 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, Fort Worth Barnett Shale,
Fayetteville Shale, Haynesville Shale, Permian Basin, Delaware Basin,
South Texas, Texas Gulf Coast, Ark-La-Tex and Appalachian Basin
regions of the United States.
CONTACT: Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Jeffrey L. Mobley, CFA, 405-767-4763
Senior Vice President - Investor Relations and Research
jeff.mobley@chk.com
or
Marc Rowland, 405-879-9232
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
marc.rowland@chk.com
SOURCE: Chesapeake Energy Corporation