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CHK 3Q21 Highlights Dec2021
CHK 3Q21 Highlights Dec2021
3Q’21 HIGHLIGHTS
Disciplined capital reinvestment rate targeting
60% – 70% of projected adjusted EBITDAX Adjusted EBITDAX(7)(8) Balance sheet cash
through cycles
$519mm $849mm
as of 9/30/21
Returning value to shareholders Base dividend increase
$0.8 – $1.0 billion in cash dividends projected to be
paid in 2022(10)
27% to $1.75/share/year Net debt(7)(9) to 2021E
adjusted EBITDAX
0.2x
$1 billion common stock and warrant repurchase
Free cash flow(1)(8)
program initiated
$265mm as of 9/30/21
(1) Free cash flow (non-GAAP) = Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities (GAAP) + Cash paid for reorganization items, net – Capital expenditures.
(2) CHK plans to adopt a variable return program that will result in the payment of an additional dividend, payable beginning in March 2022, equal to the sum of free cash flow from the prior
quarter less the base quarterly dividend, multiplied by 50%.
(3) Long-term leverage defined as Net debt / adjusted EBITDAX.
(4) Defined as volume methane emissions / volume gross gas produced.
(5) Defined as tCO2e/gross mboe produced.
(6) Estimated based on actual results through 9/30/21 and incorporates 10/29/21 strip pricing from 4Q 2021 to 2025.
(7) Adjusted EBITDAX is a non-GAAP financial measure and is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, exploration expenses and other.
(8) Non-GAAP measure as reconciled in the supplemental financial tables available on the company’s website at www.chk.com.
(9) Net debt (non-GAAP) = Total debt (GAAP) – Premiums and issuance costs on debt – Cash and cash equivalents.
(10) Percentages and/or actual dollar amounts based on midpoints related to guidance issued 11/2/2021.
(11) Assumes fully diluted share count of ~137.5 million shares at 11/30/2021 closing stock price.
(12) As reported under 40 CFR 98 Subpart W.