SM Energy Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$SM
Oil & Gas Production
Energy
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 18, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing (i) the early results of the previously announced cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer") to purchase up to $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2028, originally issued by Civitas Resources, Inc., (ii) the increase of the maximum aggregate principal amount to be accepted in the Tender Offer to up to $1,000,000,000, and (iii) the extension of the Early Tender Premium until the Expiration Date, as defined in the press release. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, this press release is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information or Exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
This Current Report on Form 8-K and exhibits hereto shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities referenced herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and included as Exhibit 101) | ||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SM ENERGY COMPANY | |||||||||||
| Date: | March 18, 2026 | By: | /s/ ALAN D. BENNETT | ||||||||
| Alan D. Bennett | |||||||||||
| Vice President - Controller | |||||||||||