-----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, T4at4/q5Fg4fFanJ/IaxO/SpANiVfCHtcji5lVewsVDEdSk68ZjoU0vnAnBv97qB +ZsCt3PLo3Bl520CsXi32w== 0000895126-05-000287.txt : 20051222 0000895126-05-000287.hdr.sgml : 20051222 20051222170508 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895126-05-000287 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051216 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20051222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051222 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: 051282836 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 chk12222005_compensation.htm EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION_JANUARY 2006

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)

December 22, 2005 (December 16, 2005)

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 1 – Registrant's Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On December 16, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors set the annual base salaries of, and awarded cash bonuses to, Chesapeake’s named executive officers, effective January 1, 2006. The new base salaries and the cash bonuses, respectively, are as follows: Aubrey K. McClendon $975,000 and $700,000; Tom L. Ward $975,000 and $700,000; Marcus C. Rowland $625,000 and $400,000; Martha A. Burger $500,000 and $275,000; and Michael A. Johnson $375,000 and $150,000.

 

 

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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/ Aubrey K. McClendon

 

 

 

Aubrey K. McClendon

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

December 22, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

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