As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1997
Registration No. 333-07255
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
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 Offices) (Zip Code)
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
SAVINGS AND INCENTIVE STOCK BONUS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Aubrey K. McClendon Copies to:
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer W. Chris Coleman, Esq.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation McAfee & Taft
6100 North Western Avenue A Professional Corporation
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118 Tenth Floor
(Name and address of agent Two Leadership Square
for service) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
405/848-8000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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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 savings and incentive stock
bonus 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 Form S-8 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, Chief
of the Board and Chief Execu- Operating Officer (Principal
tive Officer (Principal Operating Officer) and Director
Executive Officer) and Director
RONALD A. LEFAIVE
Ronald A. Lefaive, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
MARCUS C. ROWLAND
Marcus C. Rowland, Vice
President - Finance and Chief BREENE M. KERR
Financial Officer (Principal Breene M. Kerr, Director
Financial Officer)
FREDERICK B. WHITTEMORE
E. F. HEIZER, JR. Frederick B. Whittemore, Director
E. F. Heizer, Jr., Director
SHANNON SELF
Shannon Self, Director
WALTER C. WILSON
Walter C. Wilson, Director
