-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MWqk23sUeGhTR0PUG8le2wfmx8BiirW53Af1VdpPr5T+6aWaZ0zezokhnBmEl9MA grkNWvNNMNIi0XKhd68H+Q== 0000895126-10-000074.txt : 20100611 0000895126-10-000074.hdr.sgml : 20100611 20100611152410 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895126-10-000074 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100607 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100611 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100611 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895126 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 731395733 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OK FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13726 FILM NUMBER: 10892540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6100 N WESTERN AVE CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73118 BUSINESS PHONE: 4058488000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6100 NORTH WESTERN AVE CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73118 8-K 1 chk06112010_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT chk06112010_8k.htm




UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2010


 
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Oklahoma
 
1-13726
 
73-1395733
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File No.)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

6100 North Western Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 
73118
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

 
(405) 848-8000
 
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Effective June 7, 2010, Chesapeake Energy Corporation filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations for its 5.75% Cumulative Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock that was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May 14, 2010.  The Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.


Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.  See "Index to Exhibits" attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.




 
 

 

SIGNATURE

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
 
       
 
By:
/s/ JENNIFER M. GRIGSBY  
    Jennifer M. Grigsby  
   
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary
 
       

Date:           June 11, 2010

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
Document Description
 
       
3.1
 
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations – 5.75% Cumulative Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       



EX-3.1 2 chk06112010_31.htm CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS chk06112010_31.htm
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
OF
5.75% CUMULATIVE NON-VOTING CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
OF
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

Pursuant to Section 1032(G) of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act
 
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify that the following resolution was duly adopted by action of the Board of Directors of the Company, with the provisions thereof amending the Certificate of Designations of the above-named series of preferred stock of the Company:

RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Company by provisions of Article IV, Section 1 of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended from time to time, and pursuant to Section 1032(G) of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, the Board of Directors hereby amends the Certificate of Designations of 5.75% Cumulative Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock of Chesapeake Energy Corporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma on May 14, 2010 (the "Certificate of Designations"), as follows:

1.           Amendment to Section 11(a)(iii).  Section 11(a)(iii) of the Certificate of Designations is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted therefor:
 
(iii)           Certificated Preferred Stock; Certificated Common Stock.  Except as provided in this Section 11(a) or in Section 11(c), owners of beneficial interest in Global Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Preferred Stock in fully registered certificated form ("Certificated Preferred Stock").  With respect to shares of Preferred Stock that are “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 on a conversion date, all shares of Common Stock distributed upon conversion of such shares of Preferred Stock on such conversion date will be "restricted securities" as defined under Rule 144 and, if certificated, shall bear the legend in paragraph 11(c)(vii)(1) below.  Such shares will be eligible for receipt in glo bal form through the facilities of DTC, or, if not possible for any reason or if the Company should instruct the Transfer Agent otherwise for any reason, such shares will be issued in fully registered certificated form ("Certificated Common Stock").  Certificates of Certificated Common Stock will be mailed or made available at the office of the Transfer Agent for the Preferred Stock on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the relevant conversion date to the converting holder.
 
2.           Amendment to Section 11.  Section 11 of the Certificate of Designations is hereby amended by adding the following subsection (g):

(g)           Uncertificated Form.  To the extent acceptable to the Transfer Agent and DTC, the original issue of the shares of Preferred Stock evidencing any portion of the Global Preferred Stock and any portion of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Global Preferred Stock (whether or not such shares are "restricted securities" as contemplated by Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) may be effected in uncertificated form as permitted by the Company's Bylaws and the Oklahoma General Corporation Act.

3.           Amendment to Section 12(a).  Section 12(a) of the Certificate of Designations is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following language is substituted therefor:

(a)           The Company will not take any action to list or facilitate the trading of the Preferred Stock on a (1) national securities exchange, (2) inter-dealer quotation system (it being understood that transactions reported on The Portal Market or similar or successor systems shall not be regarded as an inter-dealer quotation system) or (3) foreign national securities exchange that is officially recognized, sanctioned or supervised by a governmental authority; provided, however, that the Company may list and facilitate the trading of the Preferred Stock on the Singapore Stock Exchange so long as the Company does not register the Preferred S tock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and does not attach to its U.S. federal income tax return the statement contemplated by U.S. Treasury Regulation 1.897-9T(d)(3)(ii).
 
 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Designations of 5.75% Cumulative Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock of Chesapeake Energy Corporation to be signed and attested this 7th day of June, 2010.

  CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION  
       
 
By:
/s/ MICHAEL A. JOHNSON  
    Michael A. Johnson  
    Senior Vice President—Accounting,  
    Controller and Chief Accounting Officer  

     
       
 
By:
/s/ JENNIFER M. GRIGSBY  
    Jennifer M. Grigsby  
    Senior Vice President, Treasurer andCorporate Secretary  
       

 
   
     
Attest
/s/ MARC D. ROME  
  Marc D. Rome  
  Assistant Corporate Secretary  
     


 
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