Exhibit 10.1.12
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY
CORPORATION
2002 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK
OPTION PLAN
(As amended through June 6,
2008)
CHESAPEAKE ENERGY
CORPORATION
2002 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK
OPTION PLAN
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ARTICLE I –
PURPOSE
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1
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Section 1.1
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Purpose
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1
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Section 1.2
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Establishment
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1
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Section 1.3
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Shares Subject to the
Plan
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1
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Section 1.4
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Shareholder
Approval
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1
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ARTICLE II –
DEFINITIONS
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1
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ARTICLE III –
ADMINISTRATION
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2
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Section 3.1
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Administration of the Plan;
the Committee
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Section 3.2
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Committee to Make Rules and
Interpret Plan
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3
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ARTICLE IV –OPTION
SHARES
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3
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ARTICLE V –
ELIGIBILITY
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3
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ARTICLE VI – STOCK
OPTIONS
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3
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Section 6.1
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Grant of Options by the
Committee
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3
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Section 6.2
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Formula Grants
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3
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Section 6.3
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Conditions of
Options
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4
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ARTICLE VII – STOCK
ADJUSTMENTS
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5
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ARTICLE VIII –
GENERAL
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5
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Section 8.1
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Amendment or Termination of
Plan
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5
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Section 8.2
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Acceleration of Otherwise
Unexercisable Stock Options on Death, Disability or Other Special
Circumstances
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6
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Section 8.3
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Limited Transferability of
Options
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6
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Section 8.4
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Withholding
Taxes
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6
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Section 8.5
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Regulatory Approval and
Listings
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Section 8.6
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Right to Continued Board
Membership
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6
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Section 8.7
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Reliance on
Reports
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6
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Section 8.8
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Construction
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Section 8.9
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Governing Law
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7
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ARTICLE IX – ACCELERATION
OF OPTIONS UPON CORPORATE EVENT
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7
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Section 9.1
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Procedures for Acceleration
and Exercise
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7
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Section 9.2
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Certain Additional Payments by
the Company
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7
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ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
Section 1.1
Purpose . This Stock Option Plan is established by
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (the “Company”) to aid
the Company in attracting and retaining persons of outstanding
competence who are not employed by the Company to serve on the
Board of Directors. The Plan is intended to enable such persons to
acquire or increase ownership interests in the Company on a basis
that will encourage them to use their best efforts to promote the
growth and profitability of the Company. Consistent with these
objectives, the Plan provides for the granting of Options to
Non-employee Directors on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Plan.
Section 1.2
Establishment
. The Plan is effective as of
April 15, 2002 and for a period of 10 years from such date.
The Plan will terminate on April 14, 2012; however, it will
continue in effect until all matters relating to the exercise of
Options and administration of the Plan have been
settled.
Section 1.3
Shares Subject to the
Plan . Subject to
Articles IV, VII and IX of this Plan, shares of stock covered by
Options shall consist of Five Hundred Thousand
(500,000) shares of Common Stock.
Section 1.4
Shareholder Approval.
Options under the Plan may not be
granted to Participants prior to Shareholder Approval of the
Plan.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1
“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
Section 2.2
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. Reference in the Plan to any Section of the Code
shall be deemed to include any amendments or successor provisions
to such Section and any regulations under such Section.
Section 2.3
“Committee” means the committee designated by the Board
which shall consist of not less than two members of the Board who
meet the definition of “non-employee director” set
forth in Rule 16b-3, or any successor rule, promulgated under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Section 2.4
“Common
Stock” means the
common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company and, after
substitution, such other stock as shall be substituted therefor as
provided in Article VII or Article IX of the Plan.
Section 2.5
“Date of
Grant” means the
date on which the granting of an Option is authorized pursuant to
Section 6.2 of the Plan, by the Committee or such later date
as may be specified by the Committee in such
authorization.
Section 2.6
“Director”
means a member of the
Board.
Section 2.7
“Exchange
Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Section 2.8
“Fair Market
Value” means, as of
any date, (i) if the principal market for the Common Stock is
a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq stock market, the
closing price of the Common Stock on that date on the principal
exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted to
trading; or (ii) if sale prices are not available or if the
principal market for the Common Stock is not a national securities
exchange and the Common Stock is not quoted on the Nasdaq stock
market, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for
the Common Stock on such day as reported on the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin
Board Service or by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or
a comparable service. If the day is not a business day, and as a
result, clauses (i) and (ii) are inapplicable, the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined as of the last
preceding business day. If clauses (i) and (ii) are
otherwise inapplicable, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
shall be determined in good faith by the Committee.
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Section 2.9
“Non-employee
Director” means any
member of the Board who is not currently an employee of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries.
Section 2.10
“Option”
means an option to purchase shares
of Common Stock granted under Article VI of the Plan. Options shall
not be incentive stock options within the meaning of
Section 422(b) of the Code.
Section 2.11
“Option
Agreement” means
any written instrument that establishes the terms, conditions,
restrictions, and/or limitations applicable to an Option in
addition to those established by this Plan and by the
Committee’s exercise of its administrative powers.
Section 2.12
“Participant”
means a Non-employee Director to
whom an Option has been granted by the Committee under the
Plan.
Section 2.13
“Plan”
means the Chesapeake Energy
Corporation 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan.
Section 2.14
“Shareholder
Approval” means
approval by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, present or represented and entitled to vote at a
meeting called for such purposes.
Section 2.15
“Subsidiary” shall have the same meaning set forth in
Section 424(f) of the Code.
ARTICLE III
ADMINISTRATION
Section 3.1
Administration of the Plan; the
Committee . The Committee
shall administer the Plan. If the Committee does not exist, or for
any other reason determined by the Board, the Board may take any
action under the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of
the Committee.
Unless otherwise provided in the
bylaws of the Company or resolutions adopted from time to time by
the Board establishing the Committee, the Board may from time to
time remove members from, or add members to, the Committee.
Vacancies on the Committee, however caused, shall be filled by the
Board. The Committee shall hold meetings at such times and places
as it may determine. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum, and the acts of a majority of the members present at any
meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the valid acts of the
Committee. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the
Committee may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the
Committee consent to the action in writing.
Except as provided in
Section 6.2 and subject to the other provisions of the Plan,
the Committee shall have exclusive power to:
(a) Select the Non-employee
Directors to participate in the Plan.
(b) Determine the time or times when
Options will be granted.
(c) Determine the number of shares
of Common Stock subject to any Option, all the terms, conditions
(including performance requirements), restrictions and/or
limitations, if any, of an Option, including the time and
conditions of exercise or vesting, and the terms of any Option
Agreement, which may include the waiver or amendment of prior terms
and conditions or acceleration of the vesting or exercise of an
Option under certain circumstances determined by the
Committee.
(d) Determine whether Options will
be granted singly or in combination.
(e) Take any and all other action it
deems necessary or advisable for the proper operation or
administration of the Plan.
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Section 3.2
Committee to Make Rules and
Interpret Plan . The
Committee in its sole discretion shall have the authority, subject
to the provisions of the Plan, to establish, adopt, or revise such
rules and regulations and to make all such determinations relating
to the Plan as it may deem necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Committee’s interpretation of
the Plan or any Options granted pursuant hereto and all decisions
and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan shall
be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.
ARTICLE IV
OPTION SHARES
With respect to shares of Common
Stock related to Options, the following shall apply:
(a) Any shares of Common Stock
related to Options which terminate by expiration, forfeiture,
cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of shares of Common
Stock shall be available again for grant under the Plan.
(b) Common Stock delivered by the
Company upon exercise of an Option under the Plan will be
authorized and unissued shares or issued shares which have been
reacquired by the Company (i.e., treasury shares).
(c) The Committee shall, in its sole
discretion, determine the manner in which fractional shares arising
under this Plan shall be treated.
(d) Upon the exercise of any Option,
the Company shall issue and deliver to the Participant who
exercised the Option a certificate representing the number of
shares of Common Stock purchased thereby.
ARTICLE V
ELIGIBILITY
Subject to the provisions of the
Plan and except as provided in Section 6.2, the Committee
shall, from time to time, select from the Non-employee Directors
those to whom Options shall be granted and establish in the related
Option Agreements the terms, conditions, restrictions and/or
limitations, if any, applicable to the Options in addition to those
set forth in the Plan and the administrative rules and regulations
issued by the Committee.
ARTICLE VI
STOCK OPTIONS
Section 6.1
Grant of Options by the
Committee. The Committee
may, from time to time, subject to the provisions of the Plan and
such other terms and conditions as it may determine, grant Options
to Non-Employee Directors. Each grant of an Option shall be
evidenced by an Option Agreement executed by the Company and the
Participant, and shall contain such terms and conditions and be in
such form as the Committee may from time to time
approve.
Section 6.2
Formula Grants
. Each Non-employee Director serving
on the Board will be granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of
Common Stock on the first business day of each calendar quarter
(the first business day of each January, April, July and October)
starting with the Company’s fiscal quarter commencing on
July 1, 2002. Options granted under this Section 6.2 will
be immediately exercisable. The price at which shares of Common
Stock subject to any Option granted under this Section 6.2
will be equal to the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. The
number of shares of Common Stock underlying, and the exercise price
of, any Option issued under this Section 6.2 will be subject
to adjustment as provided in Article VII and Article IX. The term
of each Option granted under this Section 6.2 will be for a
period which