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These excerpts taken from the CHK 10-K filed Mar 2, 2009.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


	PART I
		Page
ITEM 1.	Business	1

ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	22

ITEM 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	29

ITEM 2.	Properties	29

ITEM 3.	Legal Proceedings	29

ITEM 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	30

PART II

ITEM 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	31

ITEM 6.	Selected Financial Data	33

ITEM 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34

ITEM 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	58

ITEM 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	65

ITEM 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	129

ITEM 9A.	Controls and Procedures	129

ITEM 9B.	Other Information	129

PART III

ITEM 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	130

ITEM 11.	Executive Compensation	130

ITEM 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	130

ITEM 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence	130

ITEM 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	130

PART IV

ITEM 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	131

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	PART I
		Page
ITEM 1.	Business	1

ITEM 1A.	Risk Factors	22

ITEM 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	29

ITEM 2.	Properties	29

ITEM 3.	Legal Proceedings	29

ITEM 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	30

PART II

ITEM 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	31

ITEM 6.	Selected Financial Data	33

ITEM 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	34

ITEM 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	58

ITEM 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	65

ITEM 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	129

ITEM 9A.	Controls and Procedures	129

ITEM 9B.	Other Information	129

PART III

ITEM 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	130

ITEM 11.	Executive Compensation	130

ITEM 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	130

ITEM 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence	130

ITEM 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	130

PART IV

ITEM 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	131

These excerpts taken from the CHK 10-Q filed Aug 11, 2008.

Table of Contents


			Page
ARTICLE I	PURPOSE		1
	Section 1.1	Purpose	1
	Section 1.2	Establishment	1
	Section 1.3	Shares Subject to the Plan	1
	Section 1.4	Shareholder Approval	1

ARTICLE II	DEFINITIONS		1

ARTICLE III	ADMINISTRATION		2
	Section 3.1	Administration of the Plan; the Committee	2
	Section 3.2	Committee to Make Rules and Interpret Plan	3

ARTICLE IV	GRANT OF OPTIONS		3

ARTICLE V	ELIGIBILITY		4

ARTICLE VI	STOCK OPTIONS		4
	Section 6.1	Grant of Options	4
	Section 6.2	Conditions of Options	4
	Section 6.3	Options Not Qualifying as Incentive Stock Options	5

ARTICLE VII	STOCK ADJUSTMENTS		6

ARTICLE VIII	GENERAL		6
	Section 8.1	Amendment or Termination of Plan	6
	Section 8.2	Acceleration of Otherwise Unexercisable Stock Options on Death, Disability or Other Special Circumstances	6
	Section 8.3	Nonassignability	7
	Section 8.4	Withholding Taxes	7
	Section 8.5	Amendments to Options	7
	Section 8.6	Regulatory Approval and Listings	7
	Section 8.7	Right to Continued Employment	7
	Section 8.8	Reliance on Reports	7
	Section 8.9	Construction	8
	Section 8.10	Governing Law	8

ARTICLE IX	ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS UPON CORPORATE EVENT		8
	Section 9.1	Procedures for Acceleration and Exercise	8
	Section 9.2	Certain Additional Payments by the Company	8

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ARTICLE I – PURPOSE		1
Section 1.1	Purpose	1
Section 1.2	Establishment	1
Section 1.3	Shares Subject to the Plan	1

ARTICLE II– DEFINITIONS		1

ARTICLE III – ADMINISTRATION		2
Section 3.1	Administration of the Plan; the Committee	2
Section 3.2	Committee to Make Rules and Interpret Plan	3

ARTICLE IV – GRANT OF OPTIONS		3

ARTICLE V– ELIGIBILITY		3

ARTICLE VI – STOCK OPTIONS		4
Section 6.1	Grant of Options	4
Section 6.2	Conditions of Options	4

ARTICLE VII – STOCK ADJUSTMENTS		5

ARTICLE VIII – GENERAL		5
Section 8.1	Amendment or Termination of Plan	5
Section 8.2	Acceleration of Otherwise Unexercisable Stock Options on Death, Disability or Other Special Circumstances	6
Section 8.3	Nonassignability	6
Section 8.4	Withholding Taxes	6
Section 8.5	Amendments to Options	6
Section 8.6	Regulatory Approval and Listings	6
Section 8.7	Right to Continued Employment	6
Section 8.8	Reliance on Reports	6
Section 8.9	Construction	7
Section 8.10	Governing Law	7

ARTICLE IX – ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS UPON CORPORATE EVENT		7
Section 9.1	Procedures for Acceleration and Exercise	7
Section 9.2	Certain Additional Payments by the Company	7

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ARTICLE I – PURPOSE		1
Section 1.1	Purpose	1
Section 1.2	Establishment	1
Section 1.3	Shares Subject to the Plan	1

ARTICLE II – DEFINITIONS		1

ARTICLE III – ADMINISTRATION		2
Section 3.1	Administration of the Plan; the Committee	2
Section 3.2	Committee to Make Rules and Interpret Plan	3

ARTICLE IV – GRANT OF OPTIONS		3

ARTICLE V – ELIGIBILITY		3

ARTICLE VI – STOCK OPTIONS		4
Section 6.1	Grant of Options	4
Section 6.2	Conditions of Options	4

ARTICLE VII – STOCK ADJUSTMENTS		5

ARTICLE VIII – GENERAL		6
Section 8.1	Amendment or Termination of Plan	6
Section 8.2	Acceleration of Otherwise Unexercisable Stock Options on Death, Disability or Other Special Circumstances	6
Section 8.3	Nonassignability	6
Section 8.4	Withholding Taxes	6
Section 8.5	Regulatory Approval and Listings	6
Section 8.6	Right to Continued Employment	6
Section 8.7	Reliance on Reports	6
Section 8.8	Construction	7
Section 8.9	Governing Law	7

ARTICLE IX – ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS UPON CORPORATE EVENT		7
Section 9.1	Procedures for Acceleration and Exercise	7
Section 9.2	Certain Additional Payments by the Company	7

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ARTICLE I – PURPOSE		1
Section 1.1	Purpose	1
Section 1.2	Establishment	1
Section 1.3	Shares Subject to the Plan	1

ARTICLE II– DEFINITIONS		1

ARTICLE III – ADMINISTRATION		2
Section 3.1	Administration of the Plan; the Committee	2
Section 3.2	Committee to Make Rules and Interpret Plan	3

ARTICLE IV – GRANT OF OPTIONS		3

ARTICLE V – ELIGIBILITY		4

ARTICLE VI – STOCK OPTIONS		4
Section 6.1	Grant of Options	4
Section 6.2	Conditions of Options	4

ARTICLE VII – STOCK ADJUSTMENTS		5

ARTICLE VIII – GENERAL		6
Section 8.1	Amendment or Termination of Plan	6
Section 8.2	Acceleration of Otherwise Unexercisable Stock Options on Death, Disability or Other Special Circumstances	6
Section 8.3	Nonassignability	6
Section 8.4	Withholding Taxes	6
Section 8.5	Amendments to Options	6
Section 8.6	Regulatory Approval and Listings	6
Section 8.7	Right to Continued Employment	7
Section 8.8	Reliance on Reports	7
Section 8.9	Construction	7
Section 8.10	Governing Law	7

ARTICLE IX – ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS UPON CORPORATE EVENT		7
Section 9.1	Procedures for Acceleration and Exercise	7
Section 9.2	Certain Additional Payments by the Company	7

This excerpt taken from the CHK DEF 14A filed Apr 29, 2008.

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GENERAL INFORMATION		1
Who Can Vote		1
Establishing a Quorum		1
How to Vote		1
Votes Needed		2
How Votes Can Be Revoked		2
How Votes Are Counted		2
When the Voting Results Will Be Announced		2
Cost of Proxy Solicitation		2
Electronic Access to Proxy Materials and Annual Report		3
Householding		3
VOTING ITEM 1—ELECTION OF DIRECTORS		3
Nominees for Terms Expiring in 2011		4
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2009		4
Directors Whose Terms Expire in 2010		5
VOTING ITEM 2— PROPOSAL TO AMEND LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN		6
Background on Stock Compensation at Chesapeake		8
Plan Features		9
Burn Rate		13
Equity Compensation Plan Information		14
VOTING ITEM 3—RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM		15
VOTING ITEM 4—SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING ANNUAL ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS		15
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE		18
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics		18
Communications to the Board		18
Board Independence		19
Executive Sessions		19
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES		19
Compensation Committee		19
Audit Committee		21
Audit Committee Report		21
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee		22
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Report		22
2007 Directors’ Compensation		23
INFORMATION REGARDING OFFICERS		25
Executive Officers		25
Other Officers		26
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS		28
Security Ownership		28
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance		29
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION		30
Compensation Discussion and Analysis		30
Compensation Committee Report		39
Summary Compensation Table for 2007		40
Grants of Plan-Based Awards for 2007		43
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2007 Fiscal Year-End Table		44
Option Exercises and Stock Vested Table for 2007		45
Post-Employment Compensation		46
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Table for 2007		51


TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS		53
Policy on Transactions with Related Persons		53
Founder Well Participation Program		53
Other Relationships and Transactions		54
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS		55
OTHER MATTERS		56

EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

10-K (2 sections)	Mar 2, 2009

10-Q (4 sections)	Aug 11, 2008

DEF 14A	Apr 29, 2008

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