OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy
Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced that it has commenced an
underwritten public offering, subject to market and other
conditions, of $1,250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of a series
of senior notes due 2024 (the "2024 Notes") and a series of senior
notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes" and, together with the 2024 Notes,
the "Notes"). Chesapeake intends to use the net proceeds from this
offering, together with cash on hand and borrowings under its
revolving credit facility (if necessary), to repay borrowings under
its secured term loan due 2021 (the "Term Loan"). If the net
proceeds from the offering exceed the amount due under the Term
Loan, Chesapeake intends to use the remaining net proceeds from the
offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the
repayment, redemption or repurchase of outstanding indebtedness,
including its second lien notes.
This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus
supplement and the accompanying base prospectus. Chesapeake
has an effective shelf registration statement, filed on
August 3, 2017, on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC,
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and MUFG
Securities Americas Inc. will act as joint book-running managers
for the offering of the Notes. Copies of the preliminary prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering
may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus
Department, 200 West Street, New York,
NY 10282, by telephone: (866) 471-2526, by facsimile: (212)
902-9316 or by e-mail: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; from J.P.
Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY,
11717 or by telephone: (866) 803-9204; from Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC, Attn: WFS Customer Service, 608 2nd Ave S, Suite 1000,
Minneapolis, MN 55402, by
telephone: (800) 645-3751, Opt. 5 or by e-mail:
wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com; or from MUFG Securities Americas
Inc., by telephone: (877) 649-6848. An electronic copy of these
documents will be available on the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale is unlawful.
Headquartered in Oklahoma
City, Chesapeake Energy Corporation's (NYSE:CHK) operations
are focused on discovering and developing its large and
geographically diverse resource base of unconventional oil and
natural gas assets onshore in the United
States. Chesapeake also owns an oil and natural gas
marketing business.
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" that
give Chesapeake's current expectations or forecasts of future
events, including the use of proceeds and other matters relating to
the proposed notes offering. Although we believe the expectations
and forecasts reflected in our forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we can give no assurance they will prove to have been
correct. They can be affected by inaccurate or changed assumptions
or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties (including those
stated in Chesapeake's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2017 and its other
filings with the SEC), that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the expectation expressed. We caution you not to
place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date of this news release, and we undertake no
obligation to update this information, except as required by
applicable law.
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MEDIA
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CHESAPEAKE ENERGY
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Brad Sylvester,
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Gordon
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935-8878
media@chk.com
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