Doug Lawler, the new chief executive of the US shale powerhouse, has set out on a corporate slimdown that rolled back some of its historically generous benefits.
The company was left with many billions of debt after years of free spending by ousted founder Aubrey McClendon.
The one-time reorganisation charges include $25 million in payroll taxes and $45 million in compensation expenses "related to the acceleration of restricted stock awards" from a round of layoffs that wrapped up 11 October, the company said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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