NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 25
NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number 001-13726
Issuer: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP
Exchange: NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC
(Exact name of Issuer as specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or registered)
Address: 6100 N. Western Ave.
Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA 73118
Telephone number: (405) 848-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuer's principal executive offices)
Common Stock; 6.625% SR NTS due 2020; 6.875% SR NTS due 2020; 6.125% SR NTS due 2021; 5.375% SR NTS due 2021; 4.875% Sr. Notes due 2022; 5.75% SR NTS due 2023; 4.5% Cumulative Conv. Preferred Stock
(Description of class of securities)
Please place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange. 1
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with its rules of the Exchange and the requirements of 17 CFR 240.12d-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
Pursuant to the requirements fo the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
2020-07-20 By Victoria Paper Lead Analyst
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NOTIFICATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND REGISTRATION OF THE STATED SECURITIES The New York Stock Exchange ('NYSE' or the 'Exchange') hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'Commission') of its intention to remove the following securities (the 'Securities') of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the 'Company') from listing and registration on the Exchange at the opening of business on July 31, 2020, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 12d2-2(b) because, in the opinion of the Exchange, the Securities are no longer suitable for continued listing and trading on the Exchange: Common Stock, par value $0.01 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 6.875% Senior Notes due 2020 6.125% Senior Notes due 2021 5.375% Senior Notes due 2021 4.875% Senior Notes due 2022 5.75% Senior Notes due 2023 4.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock The Exchange reached its decision that the Company is no longer suitable for listing pursuant to Listed Company Manual (the 'Manual') Section 802.01D after the Company's June 28, 2020 disclosure that it has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Section 802.01D of the Manual states that the Exchange would normally give consideration to suspending or removing from the list a security of a company when 'an intent to file under any of the sections of the bankruptcy law has been announced or a filing has been made or liquidation has been authorized and the company is committed to proceed'. The Exchange, on June 29, 2020, determined that the Securities of the Company should be suspended from trading, and directed the preparation and filing with the Commission of this application for the removal of the Securities from listing and registration on the Exchange. The Company was notified by phone and letter on June 29, 2020. Pursuant to the above authorization, on June 29, 2020, a press release regarding the delisting was issued and posted on the Exchange's website, trading was suspended in the Securities prior to market open. The Company had a right to appeal to a Committee of the Board of Directors of the Exchange (the 'Committee') the determination to delist the Securities, provided that it filed a written request for such a review with the Secretary of the Exchange within ten business days of receiving notice of the delisting determination. The Company did not file such request within the specified time period. Consequently, all conditions precedent under SEC Rule 12d2-2(b) to the filing of this application have been satisfied.