Comments on: Chesapeake does more ‘splainin http://www.footnoted.com/perk-city/chesapeake-does-more-splainin/ Michelle Leder's guide to what's hiding in SEC filings Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: eh http://www.footnoted.com/perk-city/chesapeake-does-more-splainin/comment-page-1/#comment-8569 eh Mon, 25 May 2009 13:38:08 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3738#comment-8569 Those must be really ancient and valuable maps. I guess. Maybe they can use them as collateral for TARP. Those must be really ancient and valuable maps. I guess. Maybe they can use them as collateral for TARP.

]]> By: RH http://www.footnoted.com/perk-city/chesapeake-does-more-splainin/comment-page-1/#comment-8541 RH Fri, 22 May 2009 16:30:27 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3738#comment-8541 Interesting article in yesterday's NY Times. Looks like 'ol Aubrey was quite desperate for cash. He sold off his wine collection in addition to the maps. Guess he couldn't get Chesapeake to buy his Bordeuax so he had to go to auction. Here is the excerpt One of the wine world’s most important collectors, Aubrey K. McClendon, chief executive of the Chesapeake Energy Corporation, a natural gas producer, recently came to auction to sell, in fact. Mr. McClendon was caught in a cash crunch last fall. His 9,000-bottle wine collection came to sale at Sotheby’s in two parts, in New York in March and in Hong Kong in April. The sales realized close to $9 million, well above the $5 million presale estimate. And the url for the entire article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/business/businessspecial3/21wine.html?ref=businessspecial3 Interesting article in yesterday’s NY Times. Looks like ‘ol Aubrey was quite desperate for cash. He sold off his wine collection in addition to the maps. Guess he couldn’t get Chesapeake to buy his Bordeuax so he had to go to auction.

Here is the excerpt

One of the wine world’s most important collectors, Aubrey K. McClendon, chief executive of the Chesapeake Energy Corporation, a natural gas producer, recently came to auction to sell, in fact. Mr. McClendon was caught in a cash crunch last fall. His 9,000-bottle wine collection came to sale at Sotheby’s in two parts, in New York in March and in Hong Kong in April. The sales realized close to $9 million, well above the $5 million presale estimate.

And the url for the entire article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/business/businessspecial3/21wine.html?ref=businessspecial3

]]> By: KJ Rodgers http://www.footnoted.com/perk-city/chesapeake-does-more-splainin/comment-page-1/#comment-8518 KJ Rodgers Wed, 20 May 2009 14:46:36 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3738#comment-8518 I agree with yv204, There should be some sort of authority in place when a document calls the CEO by their first name through out. Not to mention the 12 million he got when selling old maps to his company. Red Flags should be popping up all over I agree with yv204, There should be some sort of authority in place when a document calls the CEO by their first name through out. Not to mention the 12 million he got when selling old maps to his company. Red Flags should be popping up all over

]]> By: yv204 http://www.footnoted.com/perk-city/chesapeake-does-more-splainin/comment-page-1/#comment-8516 yv204 Wed, 20 May 2009 12:16:35 +0000 http://www.footnoted.com/?p=3738#comment-8516 No one found it strange that the company's General Counsel refers to the CEO simply as "Aubrey" throughout? No one found it strange that the company’s General Counsel refers to the CEO simply as “Aubrey” throughout?

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