Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Upon our emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 9, 2021, our then-authorized common stock and preferred stock were canceled and released under the Plan without receiving any recovery on account thereof. In accordance with the Plan confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on February 9, 2021, we issued 97,097,081 shares of New Common Stock of the Successor, which are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol CHK. In addition, on February 9, 2021, we issued 11,111,111 Class A Warrants, 12,345,679 Class B Warrants and 9,768,527 Class C Warrants, each of which were exercisable for one share of common stock per warrant at the initial exercise prices of $27.63, $32.13 and $36.18 per share, respectively. The warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire on February 9, 2026. For more information regarding our emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and our Plan of Reorganization, see Note 2 of the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of Part II of this report. Additionally, more information on our New Common Stock and Warrants can be found in Note 12 of the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of Part II of this report.

We declared the first quarterly dividend on our New Common Stock in the second quarter of 2021, which consisted of a base dividend per share. In March 2022, we adopted a variable return program that resulted in the payment of an additional variable dividend equal to the sum of Adjusted Free Cash Flow from the prior quarter less the base quarterly dividend, multiplied by 50%. The declaration and payment of any future dividend is subject to the approval of our Board of Directors in its discretion. Since the initial base dividend declared during the second quarter of 2021, we have incrementally increased the base dividend per share. For additional information on our dividends, see Note 12 of the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of Part II of this report.

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On December 2, 2021, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion in aggregate value of our common stock and/or warrants from time to time. In June 2022, our Board of Directors authorized an increase in the size of the share repurchase program from $1.0 billion to $2.0 billion in aggregate value of our common stock and/or warrants. The repurchase authorization permits repurchases on a discretionary basis as determined by management, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, available liquidity, compliance with the Company’s debt agreements and other appropriate factors. The share repurchase program expired on December 31, 2023. The following table provides information regarding purchases of our common stock made by us during the quarter ended December 31, 2023.

As of February 15, 2024, there were approximately 141 holders of record of our common stock.