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| Exhibit Number | | | | | | Exhibit Description | | | | | | Form | | | | | | SEC File Number | | | | | | Exhibit | | | | | | Filing Date | | | | | | Filed or Furnished Herewith | | |
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| 10.12† | | | | | | Form of Performance Share Unit Award (Relative TSR) for 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan | | | | | | 10-Q | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.11 | | | | | | 8/10/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.13† | | | | | | Chesapeake Energy Corporation Executive Severance Plan | | | | | | 8-K | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.1 | | | | | | 10/12/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.14† | | | | | | Form of Participation Agreement pursuant to Chesapeake Energy Corporation Executive Severance Plan | | | | | | 8-K | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.2 | | | | | | 10/12/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.15† | | | | | | Executive Chairman Agreement by and between Michael Wichterich and Chesapeake Energy Corporation, dated October 11, 2021 | | | | | | 8-K | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.4 | | | | | | 10/12/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.16 | | | | | | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2021, by and among Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Brix Investment LLC, Brix Investment II LLC, Harvest Investment LLC, Harvest Investment II LLC, Vine Investment LLC and Vine Investment II LLC | | | | | | 8-K | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.1 | | | | | | 8/11/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.17 | | | | | | Merger Support Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2021, by and among Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Hannibal Merger Sub, Inc., Hannibal Merger Sub, LLC, Vine Energy, Inc. and the stockholders of Vine Energy Inc. listed thereto. | | | | | | 8-K | | | | | | 001-13726 | | | | | | 10.2 | | | | | | 8/11/2021 | | | | | | | | |
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| 10.18 | | | | | | Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2021, among Chesapeake Energy Corporation, as borrower, MUFG Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as collateral agent, and the lenders and other parties party thereto. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 31.1 | | | | | | Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr., President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 32.1 | | | | | | Domenic J. Dell’Osso Jr., President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 95.1 | | | | | | Mine Safety Disclosure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 INS | | | | | | Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 SCH | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 CAL | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 DEF | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 LAB | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 101 PRE | | | | | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| 104 | | | | | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | |
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| † | | | | | | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |