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SandRidge ousts CEO Ward, Bennett takes the helm

SandRidge Energy Inc's board of directors removed the energy company's founder and chief executive, Tom Ward, on Wednesday after a months-long struggle with activist investors who accused him of strategic mistakes and self-dealing at the expense of shareholders.Ward, who was also under fire for his high pay, will receive a severance payment of more than $90 million in cash and stock.The oil and gas company's board named its president, James Bennett, to replace Ward as CEO, citing a need for new leadership. Jeffrey Serota, a private equity executive at Ares Management, has been named interim nonexecutive chairman of the company, which is currently worth around $2.5 billion.Ward's termination at SandRidge follows the departure of Aubrey McClendon as chief executive at another Oklahoma City energy company, Chesapeake Energy Corp . The two men, who both faced allegations of governance problems at their companies, founded Chesapeake together in 1989.The SandRidge board said on Wednesday its...

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  2. Chesapeake Chooses Anadarko Exec Lawler As CEO

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  3. Chesapeake Energy hires Anadarko executive as CEO: WSJ

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  12. Chesapeake says director Louis Simpson leaving

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