---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-125057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXE"
cik: "0000895126"
company_name: "EXPAND ENERGY Corp"
filed_at: "2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T21:40:54.453823+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Energy appoints Dell'Osso CEO, Wichterich Executive Chairman; adopts new compensation plan

## Summary
- Domenic J. Dell'Osso appointed President & CEO and board member, effective Oct 11, 2021; remains CFO until successor.
- Mike Wichterich, formerly Interim CEO, becomes Executive Chairman with $650k base salary and $2M annual equity grants.
- Board adopted Executive Severance Plan providing severance of 2x (Tier 1) or 1x (Tier 2/3) salary plus bonus for qualifying termination.
- Compensation program: 75% of long-term incentive value linked to total shareholder returns; environmental/safety failure caps annual bonus.
- Dell'Osso receives RSUs and PSUs with vesting schedules; expected $4.7M equity grant in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-125057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXE
- cik: 0000895126
- company_name: EXPAND ENERGY Corp
- filed_at: 2021-10-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465921125057/0001104659-21-125057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465921125057/tm2129679d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-125057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-125057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-125057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Domenic J. Dell'Osso, Jr. was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at EXPAND ENERGY Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Domenic J. Dell’Osso, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board, effective October 11, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465921125057/0001104659-21-125057-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael A. Wichterich was appointed as Executive Chairman at EXPAND ENERGY Corp.
  - Action: appointed as Executive Chairman
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: the Board of the Company appointed Michael A. Wichterich, who resigned as Interim Chief Executive Officer upon the appointment of Mr. Dell’Osso, as Executive Chairman of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465921125057/0001104659-21-125057-index.htm

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