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Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated 03-05-04 to Indenture dated 08-12-02

 Ex. 4.5.1 
  

  
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 
  
 and 
  
 the Subsidiary Guarantors named herein 
  
 9% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012 
  

  
 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
  
 DATED AS OF March 5, 2004 
  

  
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
  
 as Trustee 
  

  

  

 THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 5, 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 August 12, 2002, as supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has originally issued $250,000,000 in principal amount of 9% Senior Notes due
2012 (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 designated Chesapeake PRH Corp., Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Permian, L.P. and Chesapeake Zapata, L.P. as Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company and desires to add such entities as Subsidiary Guarantors under the
Indenture; 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 Fourth 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: 
  
 ARTICLE 1 
  
 Section 1.01. This Fourth 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 Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. 
  

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 ARTICLE 2 
  

Section 2.01. From this date, in accordance with Section 10.03 of the Indenture and by executing this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Chesapeake
PRH Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, an Oklahoma limited liability company, Chesapeake Permian, L.P., an Oklahoma limited partnership, and Chesapeake Zapata, 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 Fourth Supplemental Indenture. This Fourth 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 PRH Corp., Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Permian, L.P.
and Chesapeake Zapata, L.P. have each been designated 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 FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 
  
 Section 3.05. The parties may
sign any number of copies of this Fourth 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 Fourth 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 SOUTH TEXAS CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA
 CORPORATION
 CHESAPEAKE EP CORPORATION
 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.
 NOMAC DRILLING CORPORATION
 CARMEN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ENO ACQUISITION, 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 ROYALTY, L.L.C.
 GOTHIC ENERGY, L.L.C.
 GOTHIC PRODUCTION, L.L.C.
 SAP ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 THE AMES COMPANY, L.L.C.
 MC MINERAL COMPANY, L.L.C.
 JOHN C. OXLEY, L.L.C.
 OXLEY PETROLEUM CO.
 CHESAPEAKE PRH CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN 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-STAGHORN ACQUISITION
L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE SIGMA, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN, L.P.

CHESAPEAKE ZAPATA, 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/    LOUIS P. YOUNG        
	 	 	

	 Name:
	 	Louis P. Young
	 Title:
	 	Vice President

  

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 Ex. 4.6.1 
  

  
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORPORATION 
  
 and 
  
 the Subsidiary Guarantors named herein 
  
 7.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2015 
  

  
 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
  
 DATED AS OF March 5, 2004 
  

  
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK 
  
 as Trustee 
  

  

  

 THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 5, 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 December 20, 2002, as supplemented prior to the date hereof (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company has originally issued $150,000,000 in principal amount of 7.75% Senior Notes
due 2015 (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 designated Chesapeake PRH Corp., Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Permian, L.P. and Chesapeake Zapata, L.P. as Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company and desires to add such entities as Subsidiary Guarantors under the
Indenture; 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 Fourth 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: 
  
 ARTICLE 1 
  
 Section 1.01. This Fourth 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 Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective immediately upon its execution and delivery by each of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee. 
  

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 ARTICLE 2 
  

Section 2.01. From this date, in accordance with Section 10.03 of the Indenture and by executing this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, Chesapeake
PRH Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company, Chesapeake Permian, L.P., an Oklahoma limited partnership, and Chesapeake Zapata, 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 Fourth Supplemental Indenture. This Fourth 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 PRH Corp., Chesapeake Permian Acquisition, L.L.C., Chesapeake Permian, L.P.
and Chesapeake Zapata, L.P. have each been designated 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 FOURTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 
  
 Section 3.05. The parties may
sign any number of copies of this Fourth 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 Fourth 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 SOUTH TEXAS CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY LOUISIANA
 CORPORATION
 CHESAPEAKE EP CORPORATION
 CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC.
 NOMAC DRILLING CORPORATION
 CARMEN ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 CHESAPEAKE ENO ACQUISITION, 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 ROYALTY, L.L.C.
 GOTHIC ENERGY, L.L.C.
 GOTHIC PRODUCTION, L.L.C.
 SAP ACQUISITION, L.L.C.
 THE AMES COMPANY, L.L.C.
 MC MINERAL COMPANY, L.L.C.
 JOHN C. OXLEY, L.L.C.
 OXLEY PETROLEUM CO.
 CHESAPEAKE PRH CORP.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN 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-STAGHORN ACQUISITION
L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE SIGMA, L.P.
 CHESAPEAKE PERMIAN, L.P.

CHESAPEAKE ZAPATA, 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/    LOUIS P. YOUNG        
	 	 	

	 Name:
	 	Louis P. Young
	 Title:
	 	Vice President

  

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