Summary
This 8-K/A filing by Chesapeake Energy Corporation is an amendment to a previous 8-K filed on June 30, 2006. The primary purpose of this amendment is to correct an exhibit filing error. The company is officially filing the Underwriting Agreement, dated June 27, 2006, as Exhibit 99.3. This agreement pertains to the issuance and sale of $500 million principal amount of Chesapeake Energy's 7.625% Senior Notes due 2013 to a group of underwriters, including Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC. Investors should note that this filing does not introduce new financial events or material changes but rather rectifies a procedural oversight in the original reporting. The underlying transaction, the issuance of senior notes, was already disclosed. This amendment ensures the complete and accurate documentation of the underwriting agreement for this debt issuance is available in the public record.
Key Highlights
- 1Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the "Company") is filing an amendment to a prior 8-K filing.
- 2The amendment's purpose is to correctly file the Underwriting Agreement for the issuance of $500 million in 7.625% Senior Notes due 2013.
- 3The Underwriting Agreement is dated June 27, 2006.
- 4Key underwriters involved include Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC.
- 5The original 8-K filed on June 30, 2006, inadvertently included an incorrect document as Exhibit 99.3.
- 6This filing corrects the exhibit to properly include the Underwriting Agreement.
- 7The company's CEO, Aubrey K. McClendon, signed the filing on July 24, 2006.