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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2007.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Registration No. 333-________</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>______________________</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Oklahoma</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</font><br> <font size=2>Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>73-1395733</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>6100 North Western Avenue</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</font></b><br> <font size=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>73118</font></b><br> <font size=2>(Zip Code)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Aubrey K. McClendon</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Chairman of the Board and</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Chesapeake Energy Corporation</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>6100 North Western Avenue</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(405) 848-8000</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=2>of Agent for Service)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>Copies to</font></i><font size=2>:</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Connie S. Stamets, Esq.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Bracewell &amp; Giuliani LLP</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3800</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><b><font size=2>Dallas, Texas 75202-2711</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Title of </font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.95pt'><font size=1>Securities To Be Registered</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>To Be</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.95pt'><font size=1>Registered<sup>(1)</sup></font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Maximum</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Offering Price</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.95pt'><font size=1>Per Share <sup>(2)</sup></font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Proposed</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Maximum</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Aggregate</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.95pt'><font size=1>Offering Price<sup>(2)</sup></font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Amount of</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:.95pt'><font size=1>Registration Fee<sup>(2)</sup></font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.9pt'><font size=1>Common Stock, $.01 par value per share</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>10,000,000</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.9pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:33.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$37.09</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.9pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$370,900,000</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.9pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$11,387</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.9pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Pursuant to Rule 416, there are registered hereunder such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the plan.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based on the average of the high and low prices of the common stock of Chesapeake Energy Corporation reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 20, 2007.  </font> </p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>By this registration statement, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is registering an additional 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value, issuable under the Chesapeake Energy Corporation Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan.  The company has previously filed registration statements relating to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the plan (SEC File No. 333-126191 filed on June 28, 2005) and an additional 4,000,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the plan (SEC File No. 333-135949 filed on July 21, 2006).  The contents of these prior registration statements are incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.</font></p>
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<B><font SIZE=2>PART II </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents of the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this registration statement: </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(a) The company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006 filed on March 1, 2007; </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b) The company&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed on May 8, 2007;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(c) The company&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2007, January 19, 2007, January 23, 2007, February 2, 2007, February 6, 2007, February 23, 2007, March 16, 2007, April 17, 2007, May 2, 2007 (two reports on same date), May 4, 2007, May 10, 2007, May 15, 2007, May 21, 2007, May 24, 2007, June 12, 2007 and June 13, 2007 (two reports on same date) (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any such current report on Form 8-K).</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(d) The description of the company's common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-B (No. 001-13726), including the amendment to such description filed on Form 8-K on August 13, 2001, and any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K) subsequent to the date of this filing and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement herein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 8. Exhibits</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>For a list of exhibits to this registration statement, see the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated into this item by reference. </font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>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 S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma on June 22, 2007.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:2.5in;text-align:justify;'><font SIZE=2>CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:2.88in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Aubrey K. McClendon</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:2.88in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Aubrey K. McClendon and Marcus C. Rowland, and each of them, each of whom may act without joinder of the other, to execute in the name of each such person who is then an officer or director of the company and to file any amendments to this registration statement necessary or advisable to enable the company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the securities which are the subject of this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in the registration statement as such attorney may deem appropriate.  </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:1.06in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 22, 2007.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive</font><u></u></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Richard K. Davidson</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.  </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Certificate of Designation for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as amended.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Certificate of Designation for 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (Series 2005).  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.6 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.  </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Rights Agreement dated July 15, 1998 between the Registrant and UMB Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed July 16, 1998.  Amendment No. 1 dated September </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>11, 1998.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998.  Amendment No. 2 dated March 3, 2006.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6.1 to the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.    </font></p>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2007.
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oklahoma
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
73-1395733
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
6100 North Western Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
73118
(Zip Code)
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Aubrey K. McClendon
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
6100 North Western Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73118
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(405) 848-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
Copies to
:
Connie S. Stamets, Esq.
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3800
Dallas, Texas 75202-2711
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
10,000,000
$37.09
$370,900,000
$11,387
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, there are registered hereunder such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the plan.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based on the average of the high and low prices of the common stock of Chesapeake Energy Corporation reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 20, 2007.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
By this registration statement, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is registering an additional 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value, issuable under the Chesapeake Energy Corporation Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan.  The company has previously filed registration statements relating to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the plan (SEC File No. 333-126191 filed on June 28, 2005) and an additional 4,000,000 shares of its common stock issuable under the plan (SEC File No. 333-135949 filed on July 21, 2006).  The contents of these prior registration statements are incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a) The company's annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 filed on March 1, 2007;
(b) The company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007 filed on May 8, 2007;
(c) The company's current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2007, January 19, 2007, January 23, 2007, February 2, 2007, February 6, 2007, February 23, 2007, March 16, 2007, April 17, 2007, May 2, 2007 (two reports on same date), May 4, 2007, May 10, 2007, May 15, 2007, May 21, 2007, May 24, 2007, June 12, 2007 and June 13, 2007 (two reports on same date) (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any such current report on Form 8-K).
(d) The description of the company's common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-B (No. 001-13726), including the amendment to such description filed on Form 8-K on August 13, 2001, and any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K) subsequent to the date of this filing and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement herein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
For a list of exhibits to this registration statement, see the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated into this item by reference.
SIGNATURES
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 S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma on June 22, 2007.
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Aubrey K. McClendon
Aubrey K. McClendon
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Aubrey K. McClendon and Marcus C. Rowland, and each of them, each of whom may act without joinder of the other, to execute in the name of each such person who is then an officer or director of the company and to file any amendments to this registration statement necessary or advisable to enable the company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the securities which are the subject of this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in the registration statement as such attorney may deem appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 22, 2007.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ Aubrey K. McClendon
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Aubrey K. McClendon
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Marcus C. Rowland
Executive Vice President and Chief
Marcus C. Rowland
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Michael A. Johnson
Senior Vice President – Accounting,
Michael A. Johnson
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard K. Davidson
Director
Richard K. Davidson
/s/ Frank A. Keating
Director
Frank A. Keating
/s/ Breene M. Kerr
Director
Breene M. Kerr
/s/ Merrill A. Miller, Jr.
Director
Merrill A. Miller, Jr.
/s/ Charles T. Maxwell
Director
Charles T. Maxwell
/s/ Don L. Nickles
Director
Don L. Nickles
/s/ Frederick B. Whittemore
Director
Frederick B. Whittemore
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
4.1.2
Certificate of Designation for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as amended.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
4.1.3
Certificate of Designation for 4.125% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, as amended.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.3 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.
4.1.4
Certificate of Designation for 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (Series 2005).  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.6 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
4.1.5
Certificate of Designation for 4.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed September 15, 2005.
4.1.6
Certificate of Designation for 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (Series 2005B).  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed November 9, 2005.
4.1.7
Certificate of Designation for 6.25% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2006.
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed June 13, 2007.
4.3
Rights Agreement dated July 15, 1998 between the Registrant and UMB Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed July 16, 1998.  Amendment No. 1 dated September
11, 1998.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998.  Amendment No. 2 dated March 3, 2006.  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6.1 to the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Data & Consulting Services Division of Schlumberger Technology Corporation
23.4
Consent of Lee Keeling and Associates, Inc.
23.5
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
23.6
Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd.
23.7
Consent of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan