OREANDA-NEWS. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) today announced the preliminary results of its private offers to exchange (the "Exchange Offers") new 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022 (the "Second Lien Notes") for certain outstanding senior unsecured notes listed in the table below (the "Existing Notes"). From the launch of the Exchange Offers on December 2, 2015 through 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 18, 2015 (the "Early Tender Date"), approximately $3.8 billion aggregate principal amount, or approximately 41%, of Existing Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate principal amounts of each series of Existing Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Early Tender Date.