executive officers and directors of Parent is included in its definitive proxy statement for its 2020 special meeting filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020. Additional information regarding the persons who may be deemed participants and their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in the Registration Statement and joint proxy statement/prospectus and other materials when they are filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. Free copies of these documents may be obtained as described in the paragraphs above.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the proposed merger between the Company and Parent, including any statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction, the results, effects, benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction, future opportunities for the combined company, future financial performance and condition, guidance, the tax treatment of the proposed transaction, the timing and amount of future production of natural gas, the hedging strategy and results, future drilling plans and cost estimates, competition and government regulation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to cash flow generation, anticipated liquidity, anticipated cash general and administrative savings and any other statements regarding the Company’s or Parent’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not historical facts are “forward-looking” statements based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. Forward-looking statements are all statements other than statements of historical facts. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “ensure,” “expect,” “if,” “intend,” “estimate,” “probable,” “project,” “forecasts,” “predict,” “outlook,” “aim,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “potential,” “may,” “might,” “anticipate,” “likely” “plan,” “positioned,” “strategy,” and similar expressions or other words of similar meaning, and the negatives thereof, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, but not limited to, failure to obtain the required votes of the Company’s shareholders to approve the transaction and related matters; the risk that a condition to closing of the proposed transaction may not be satisfied, that either party terminate the merger agreement or that the closing of the proposed transaction might be delayed or not occur at all; potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the transaction; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues; the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the operations of the Company and Parent; the effects of the merger of the Company and Parent, including the combined company’s future financial condition, results of operations, strategy and plans; the ability of the combined company to realize anticipated synergies and other benefits in the timeframe expected or at all; changes in capital markets and the ability of the combined company to finance operations in the manner expected; regulatory approval of the transaction; the effects of commodity price changes; and the risks of oil and gas activities. Expectations regarding business outlook, including changes in revenue, pricing, capital expenditures, cash flow generation, strategies for our operations, oil and natural gas market conditions, legal, economic and regulatory conditions, and environmental matters are only forecasts regarding these matters.
Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in the Company’s registration statement Form S-1, as amended, which was originally filed with the SEC on February 22, 2021 and in its subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, each of which is on file with the SEC and available from the Company’s website at https://www.vineenergy.com and in other documents the Company files with the SEC, and in Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and in its subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, each of which is on file with the SEC and available from Parent’s website at http://www.chk.com and in other documents Parent files with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and are based on information available at that time. Neither the Company nor Parent assumes any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as required by federal securities laws. As forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance on such statements.