Natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy and its CEO Aubrey McClendon are the subjects of a Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into McClendon’s controversial compensation plan, the company confirmed on Thursday. In a statement released after the close of the stock market, Chesapeake said it had been notified by the SEC that the regulator’s Fort Worth regional office has launched an informal investigation and asked the company and McClendon to preserve certain documents related to the probe.
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