---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-069794"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXE"
cik: "0000895126"
company_name: "EXPAND ENERGY Corp"
filed_at: "2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T05:26:10.056232+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Four stockholder lawsuits filed against Chesapeake/Southwestern merger; company supplements proxy to moot claims

## Summary
- Four complaints filed in New York federal and state courts by Chesapeake and Southwestern stockholders.
- Allegations include violations of Exchange Act Sections 14(a) and 20(a), breach of fiduciary duties, and negligent misrepresentation.
- Chesapeake voluntarily amends proxy with supplemental disclosures on EBITDAX components, share counts, and financial analyst tables.
- Company denies allegations, saying disclosures comply with law; supplementing to avoid delay, cost, and distraction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-069794
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXE
- cik: 0000895126
- company_name: EXPAND ENERGY Corp
- filed_at: 2024-06-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465924069794/0001104659-24-069794-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895126/000110465924069794/tm2416755d1_8k.htm

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