CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

EX-4.11.2 16 dex4112.htm SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Second Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.11.2


 

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION

 

and

 

the Subsidiary Guarantors named herein

 


 

7.5% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

 


 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2004

 


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

as Trustee

 



THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 27, 2004, is among Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), each of the parties identified under the caption “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature page hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and The Bank of New York, as Trustee.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors a party thereto and the Trustee entered into an Indenture, dated as of May 27, 2004, as supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has originally issued $300,000,000 in principal amount of 7.5% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(3) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture without notice to or consent of any Holder to reflect the addition of any Subsidiary Guarantor, as provided for in the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has redesignated the following Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company as Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company and desires to add such entities as Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture: (a) Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., (b) Mayfield Processing, LLC and (c) MidCon Compression, L.P.; and

 

WHEREAS, after giving effect to the redesignation of Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., Mayfield Processing, LLC and MidCon Compression, L.P. as Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Company could incur at least $1.00 in additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a); and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things prescribed by the Indenture, by law and by the charter and the bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of the Company, of the Subsidiary Guarantors and of the Trustee necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument legally binding on the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, in accordance with its terms, have been duly done and performed;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, to comply with the provisions of the Indenture and in consideration of the above premises, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

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ARTICLE 1

 

Section 1.01. This Second Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture and does and shall be deemed to form a part of, and shall be construed in connection with and as part of, the Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 1.02. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

Section 2.01. From this date, in accordance with Section 10.03 of the Indenture and by executing this Second Supplemental Indenture, Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Mayfield Processing, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, and MidCon Compression, L.P., an Oklahoma limited partnership, are subject to the provisions of the Indenture as Subsidiary Guarantors to the extent provided for in Article Ten thereunder.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

Section 3.01. Except as specifically modified herein, the Indenture and the Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed (mutatis mutandis) and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms with all capitalized terms used herein without definition having the same respective meanings ascribed to them as in the Indenture.

 

Section 3.02. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no duties, responsibilities or liabilities are assumed, or shall be construed to be assumed, by the Trustee by reason of this Second Supplemental Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture is executed and accepted by the Trustee subject to all the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture with the same force and effect as if those terms and conditions were repeated at length herein and made applicable to the Trustee with respect hereto.

 

Section 3.03. The Company hereby notifies the Trustee that Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc., Mayfield Processing, LLC and MidCon Compression, L.P. have each been redesignated by the Board of Directors of the Company as a Restricted Subsidiary (as that term is defined in the Indenture).

 

Section 3.04. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE AND ENFORCE THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

Section 3.05. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of such executed copies together shall represent the same agreement.

 

[NEXT PAGE IS SIGNATURE PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Aubrey K. McClendon


Name:   Aubrey K. McClendon
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA
CORPORATION
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY MARKETING, INC.
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.
CHESAPEAKE PRH CORP.
CHESAPEAKE SOUTH TEXAS CORP.
NOMAC DRILLING CORPORATION
OXLEY PETROLEUM CO.
CHESAPEAKE BNR CORP.
CARMEN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.

CHESAPEAKE ENO ACQUISITION, L.L.C.

CHESAPEAKE EP, L.L.C.

CHESAPEAKE FOCUS, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE KNAN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE MOUNTAIN FRONT, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE ORC, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
CHESAPEAKE ROYALTY, L.L.C.
GOTHIC PRODUCTION, L.L.C.
JOHN C. OXLEY, L.L.C.
MC MINERAL COMPANY, L.L.C.
MAYFIELD PROCESSING, LLC
SAP ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
By:  

/s/ Aubrey K. McClendon


Name:   Aubrey K. McClendon
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.
CHESAPEAKE PANHANDLE LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN, L.P.
CHESAPEAKE SIGMA, L.P.
CHESAPEAKE-STAGHORN ACQUISITION L.P.
CHESAPEAKE ZAPATA, L.P.
MIDCON COMPRESSION, L.P.
CHESAPEAKE LNG, L.P.
    CHESAPEAKE NFW, L.P.
    By: Chesapeake Operating, Inc. as general partner of each representative entity
    By:  

/s/ Aubrey K. McClendon


    Name:   Aubrey K. McClendon
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer
TRUSTEE:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Steven D. Torgeson


Name:   Steven. D. Torgeson
Title:   Vice President

 

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