Challenge to all investors: for every ONE example posted to this board of a public CEO who does non-arm's length deals with his own private company, I will post FIVE examples of companies who reduced both outstanding and authorized shares during a reverse split. Very simple. Good luck.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) (the "Company") today announced that, at a special meeting of shareholders of the Company held on April 13, 2020, its shareholders voted to approve: (i) a proposal authorizing the Board of Directors of the Company to effect a reverse stock split of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio ranging from 1-for-50 (1:50) to 1-for-200 (1:200) and (ii) a proposal to reduce the total number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock as determined by a formula based on two-thirds of the reverse stock split ratio.