8/10/2005 4:02 PM | Chesapeake Energy - America's Champion of Natural Gas

Chesapeake Energy Corporation Announces Private Offering of Senior Notes

8/10/2005 4:02 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) today announced that it is commencing a private placement offering to eligible purchasers of $500 million of a new issue of senior notes due 2017. The notes are expected to be eligible for resale under Rule 144A. The private offering, which is subject to market and other conditions, will be made within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers, and outside the United States only to non-U.S. investors under regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

Chesapeake intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay debt under its bank credit facility.

The new notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the new notes.

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 third 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 producing property acquisitions in the Mid-Continent, Permian Basin, South Texas, Texas Gulf Coast and Ark-La-Tex regions of the United States.

SOURCE Chesapeake Energy Corporation

CONTACT: Jeffrey L. Mobley, CFA, Vice President-Investor Relations and Research, +1-405-767-4763, or jmobley@chkenergy.com , or Marc Rowland, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, +1-405-879-9232, or mrowland@chkenergy.com , both of Chesapeake Energy Corporation

The information includes forward-looking statements, which are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. We refer you to the discussion of risk factors that could affect future operating or financial performance in our most recent prospectus and Form 10-K and other SEC Filings. Chesapeake assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made here as a result of new information or future events or developments. You will find a reconciliation of any non-GAAP financial measure, as defined by the SEC in Regulation G, to the most directly comparable GAAP number in Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

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