Edgar Filing: CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

WARD TOM L

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP [chk]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
President and COO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

6100 N WESTERN

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/13/2006

(Street)

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73118

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Contract ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾

04/13/2006

1 ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾

04/13/2007

Common Stock

⁽¹⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WARD TOM L 6100 N WESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73118	X		President and COO

Signatures

By: Jennifer M. Grigsby For: Tom L. Ward		04/17/2006
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	See attached remarks.
Remarks: On April 13, 2006, Mr. Ward entered into a forward sale agreement (the "Agreement") relating to up to 1,000,000 shares (the "Base Amount") of common stock. The Agreement provides that Mr. Ward will deliver on the tenth business day following April 13, 2007 a number of shares of common stock or the cash equivalent of the shares of common stock equal to the product of (i) the Base Amount and (ii) the Settlement Ratio, which will be determined as follows: (a) If the average closing price of the common stock for the ten business days following April 13, 2007 (the "Settlement Price") is less than or equal to $26.4209 (the "Hedged Value"), the Settlement Ratio will be one: (b) If the Settlement Price is greater than the Hedged Value but less than $39.9888 (the "Upside Limit"), the Settlement Ratio will be equal to the Hedged Value divided by the Settlement Price; and (c) If the Settlement Price is equal to or greater than the Upside Limit, the Settlement Ratio will be equal to the sum of the Hedged Value divided by the Settlement Price and a fraction the numerator of which is equal to the difference between the Settlement Price and the Upside Limit and the denominator of which is equal to the Settlement Price. In consideration therefore, the Agreement provides that Mr. Ward will receive a purchase price of $25,068,164.

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