As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1997
Registration No. 33-88196
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oklahoma 73-1395733
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
6100 North Western Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
______________________________
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Aubrey K. McClendon Copies to:
Chairman of the Board W. Chris Coleman, Esq.
and Chief Executive Officer McAfee & Taft
Chesapeake Energy Corporation A Professional Corporation
6100 North Western Avenue Tenth Floor
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 Two Leadership Square
(Name and address of agent Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
for service)
405/848-8000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________________________
On December 31, 1996, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, merged with and into its newly formed
Oklahoma subsidiary, Chesapeake Oklahoma Corporation (the name
of which has been changed to Chesapeake Energy Corporation as a
result of the merger ("Chesapeake Oklahoma")). By this amendment,
Chesapeake Oklahoma hereby adopts this registration statement, as
well as the stock option plan which is the subject of this
registration statement, as its own for all purposes of the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This adoption
is made pursuant to rule 414(d) as promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on the
11th day of February, 1997.
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
By AUBREY K. MCCLENDON
Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February
11, 1997.
AUBREY K. MCCLENDON TOM L. WARD
Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman Tom L. Ward, President,
of the Board, Chief Chief Operating Officer
Executive Officer (Principal (Principal Operating Officer)
Executive Officer) and Director and Director
MARCUS C. ROWLAND RONALD A. LEFAIVE
Marcus C. Rowland, Vice Ronald A. Lefaive, Controller
President - Finance and Chief (Principal Accounting Officer)
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
E. F. HEIZER, JR. BREENE M. KERR
E. F. Heizer, Jr., Director Breene M. Kerr, Director
SHANNON SELF FREDERICK B. WHITTEMORE
Shannon Self, Director Frederick B. Whittemore, Director
WALTER C. WILSON
Walter C. Wilson, Director
