Chesapeake Energy Corporation
announced today that, with respect to its offers to purchase for cash (the "Tender Offers") the outstanding notes of Chesapeake set forth in the table below (collectively, the "Notes"), it has increased the aggregate purchase price offered for the Notes in the Tender Offers, exclusive of accrued interest, from up to $500,000,000 aggregate purchase price to up to $750,000,000 (the "New Aggregate Maximum Purchase Amount") and, in connection therewith, established a tender cap of $600,000,000 aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued interest) for the 2.5% Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (the "2037 Notes"). No change was made to the tender cap for the 2.25% Contingent Convertible Notes due 2038 (the "2038 Notes") and, except as provided for in this release, all other terms and conditions of the Tender Offers remain unchanged as set forth in an Offer to Purchase dated August 15, 2016 (as amended, the "Offer to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal.
The following table sets forth the revised terms of the Tender Offers:
Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Outstanding
Series of Notes
CUSIP Number
Tender Cap(1)
Acceptance
Priority
Level
Total Consideration(2)
2.5% Contingent Convertible
Senior Notes due 2037
165167BZ9 /
165167CA3
$730,205,000
$600,000,000
1
$1,000.00
2.25% Contingent Convertible
Senior Notes due 2038
165167CB1
$315,112,000
$275,000,000
2
$920.00
(1)
The $600,000,000 Tender Cap the ("2037 Tender Cap") and the $275,000,000 Tender Cap (the "2038 Tender Cap" and, together with the 2037 Tender Cap, the "Tender Caps") apply to the aggregate purchase price (exclusive of accrued interest) of the 2037 Notes and the 2038 Notes, respectively.
(2)
Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase in the applicable Tender Offer (exclusive of any accrued interest, which will be paid in addition to the Total Consideration to, but not including, the Settlement Date (each as defined in the Offer to Purchase)).