---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000895126-22-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXE"
cik: "0000895126"
company_name: "EXPAND ENERGY Corp"
filed_at: "2022-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:05:10.858505+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake appoints Josh Viets as EVP & COO, effective Feb 1, 2022

## Summary
- Josh Viets appointed EVP & Chief Operating Officer; previously VP Delaware Basin at ConocoPhillips.
- Base salary $490k; annual bonus target 100% of base (max 200%).
- Signing inducement: $500k cash + $1.1M in RSUs; annual LTIP target $2.05M (25% RSUs, 75% PSUs).
- Viets brings 20 years of operational experience; B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000895126-22-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXE
- cik: 0000895126
- company_name: EXPAND ENERGY Corp
- filed_at: 2022-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000089512622000009/0000895126-22-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000089512622000009/chk-20220125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895126-22-000009
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895126-22-000009.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000895126-22-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Josh Viets was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at EXPAND ENERGY Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: announced the appointment Josh Viets as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of February 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000089512622000009/0000895126-22-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.