CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:CHK) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 17, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Mark A. Edmunds to the Board. Mr. Edmunds will serve on the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board.

Upon Mr. Edmunds’ appointment as a non-employee director, Mr. Edmunds will receive the standard annual benefits paid to each non-employee director, including: (i)an annual retainer of $100,000, paid quarterly in installments; and (ii)an annual grant of restricted stock units with a value of approximately $250,000, issued to the Company’s 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. Mr. Edmunds will receive prorated cash and restricted stock unit awards for the remainder of 2018.

In connection with his appointment, the Company and Mr. Edmunds will enter into the Company's standard indemnity agreement for officers and directors.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Edmunds and the Company or any other person to which Mr. Edmunds was appointed as a director of the Company. Mr. Edmunds is not related to any officer or director of the Company. There are no transactions or relationships between Mr. Edmunds and the Company that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

About CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION (NYSE:CHK)

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Chesapeake) is a producer of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. The Company operates in two segments: Exploration and Production, and Marketing, Gathering and Compression. The exploration and production segment is responsible for finding and producing oil, natural gas and NGL. The marketing, gathering and compression segment is responsible for marketing, gathering and compression of oil, natural gas and NGL. It has positions in resource plays of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas; the Utica Shale in Ohio and Pennsylvania; the Anadarko Basin in northwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, and the Niobrara Shale in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. Its natural gas resource plays are the Haynesville/Bossier Shales in northwestern Louisiana and East Texas; the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania, and the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin of north-central Texas.