BY RUSSELL GOLD

Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s high-profile founder, Aubrey McClendon, will have to give up a modest portion of the $112 million pay package that made him one of the nation's highest paid executives in 2008.

As part of a legal settlement, Mr. McClendon agreed to buy back, with 2.28% interest, a collection of more than 500 antique maps. The maps depict "the early years of the nation's energy industry and the discovery and expansion" of Oklahoma, according to securities filings.

Mr. McClendon sold the maps to the firm for $12.1 million in December 2008 after financial stress forced margin calls.

The map ...