OKLAHOMA CITY, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chesapeake Energy
Corporation (NYSE: CHK) announced today that it is commencing cash tender
offers and consent solicitations for any and all of its $245,407,000 aggregate
principal amount of 8.125% Senior Notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 165167AS6) (the
"8.125% Notes") and any and all of its $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of 9.00% Senior Notes due 2012 (CUSIP No. 165167AX5) (the "9.00% Notes" and,
together with the 8.125% Notes, the "Notes").
The total consideration to be paid for each validly tendered 8.125% Note
will be the price, calculated in accordance with standard market practice,
based on the redemption price of $1,040.63 per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes on the earliest redemption date, April 1, 2006, and the yield to the
earliest redemption date is equal to the sum of (x) the yield to maturity on
the 1.50% U.S. Treasury Note due March 31, 2006, as calculated by one of the
dealer managers as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the eleventh business
day immediately preceding the scheduled expiration date of the tender offer,
plus .50% (50 basis points), as more fully described in the Offer to Purchase
and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 7, 2005.
The total consideration to be paid for each validly tendered 9.00% Note
will be the price, calculated in accordance with standard market practice,
based on the redemption price of $1,045.00 per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes on the earliest redemption date, August 15, 2007, and the yield to the
earliest redemption date is equal to the sum of (x) the yield to maturity on
the 2.75% U.S. Treasury Note due August 15, 2007, as calculated by one of the
dealer managers as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the eleventh business
day immediately preceding the scheduled expiration date of the tender offer,
plus .50% (50 basis points), as more fully described in the Offer to Purchase
and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 7, 2005.
Holders who validly tender their Notes by 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on June 20, 2005 (the "Consent Date"), will receive the total consideration,
which includes the consent payment of $20.00 per $1,000 principal amount of
Notes accepted for purchase. Holders who validly tender their Notes by the
Consent Date will receive payment on the initial payment date, which is
expected to be on or about June 21, 2005.
The tender offers are scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on July 6, 2005, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). Holders who
validly tender their Notes after the Consent Date and prior to the Expiration
Date will receive the total consideration minus the $20.00 consent payment.
Payment for Notes tendered after the Consent Date will be made promptly after
the Expiration Date.
All holders whose Notes are accepted for payment will also receive accrued
and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the applicable date of payment
for the Notes. In connection with the tender offers, the Company is
soliciting consents to certain proposed amendments to eliminate substantially
all of the restrictive covenants and events of default in the indentures
governing the Notes. Holders may not tender their Notes without delivering
consents or deliver consents without tendering their Notes.
Each tender offer is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions,
including Chesapeake's receipt of tenders of Notes representing at least a
majority in principal amount of the 8.125% Notes or 9.00% Notes, as
applicable, and completion of a recently announced private offering of senior
notes which will be used to finance the tender offers. Neither tender offer
is conditioned upon the other, and either tender offer may be closed without
the closing of the other. The terms of the tender offers will be described in
the Company's Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June
7, 2005, copies of which may be obtained from MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the
information agent for the Offer, at (800) 322-2885 (US toll-free) and (212)
929-5500 (collect).
The Company has engaged Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Wachovia Securities
to act as dealer managers and solicitation agents in connection with the
Offers. Questions regarding the Offer may be directed to Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc., Global Liability Management Group, at (877) 696-BEAR (toll-free) and
(212) 272-5112 (collect) or Wachovia Securities, Liability Management Group,
at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) and (704) 715-8341 (collect).
This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer
to purchase or a solicitation of consent with respect to any securities. The
Offers will be made solely by the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation
Statement to be dated June 7, 2005.
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include estimates and give
our current expectations or forecasts of future events. Although we believe
our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they can be affected by
inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.
SOURCE Chesapeake Energy Corporation
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CONTACT:
Marc Rowland, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, +1-405-879-9232, or Jeffrey L. Mobley,
Vice President Investor Relations and Research, +1-405-767-4763,
both of Chesapeake Energy Corporation
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