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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-016556
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210209
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210209

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000895126
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				731395733
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OK
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-189651
		FILM NUMBER:		21605466

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6100 N WESTERN AVE
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73118
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4058488000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6100 NORTH WESTERN AVE
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73118
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2021</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:17.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-216483</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-196977</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-192175</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-189651</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-187018</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-135949</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:17.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">73-1395733</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:2.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6100 North Western Avenue</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<br> (405) 848-8000</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation Savings and Incentive Stock Bonus Plan<br>  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> 2001 Executive Officer Stock Option</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> Plan</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> 2000 Executive Officer Stock Option</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;"> Plan<br> Replacement Option Agreements Pursuant to </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Jay W. Decker Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Full title of the plans)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">James R. Webb</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive Vice President &#151; General Counsel</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">and Corporate Secretary</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chesapeake Energy Corporation</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6100 North Western Avenue</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118-1044</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Julian J. Seiguer</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">609 Main Street</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Houston, Texas 77002</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(713) 836-3600</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">These Post-Effective Amendments are being filed by Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) to deregister all shares of common stock of the Company (&#147;common stock&#148;) remaining unsold under the following Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statements&#148;) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement   on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-216483),   pertaining to the registration of 49,150,093 shares of common stock for the   Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, which was filed   with the SEC on March&nbsp;6, 2017;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement   on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-196977),   pertaining to the registration of 36,600,000 shares of common stock for the   Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan, which was filed   with the SEC on June&nbsp;23, 2014;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement   on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-48585),   pertaining to the registration of 243,750 shares of common stock for the Replacement Option Agreements Pursuant to Jay   W. Decker Nonstatutory Stock Option Agreements, which was filed with the SEC   on March&nbsp;25, 1998; and</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Statement   on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-07255),   pertaining to the registration of 30,000 shares of common stock for the Chesapeake Energy Corporation Savings and   Incentive Stock Bonus Plan, which was filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;28,   1996.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June&nbsp;28, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the &#147;Chapter 11 Cases&#148;) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The Company&#146;s Chapter 11 Cases were jointly administered under the caption&nbsp;<i>In re Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al.</i>, No.&nbsp;20-33233 (DRJ).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the foregoing, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that remain unsold at the termination of each offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any, as of the date hereof. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on February&nbsp;9, 2021.</font></p>
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