UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 13, 2017

SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1000 Main Street, Suite 3000
Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 783-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the

Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2

of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended

transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section

13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Item 2.01                                           Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On December 14, 2016, SN Cotulla Assets, LLC (“SNC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sanchez Energy Corporation (the “Company”), completed the initial closing on its previously announced sale (the “Transaction”) to Carrizo (Eagle Ford) LLC (“Carrizo Eagle Ford”) of certain oil and gas interests and associated assets located in Dimmit County, Frio County, LaSalle County, Zavala County and McMullen County, Texas (the “Cotulla Assets”).  SNC completed a second closing on an additional portion of the Cotulla Assets on January 9, 2017 and a third closing on the final portion of the Cotulla Assets on April 13, 2017, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.  To date, SNC has received aggregate consideration of approximately $170.3 million.

The Cotulla Assets were sold pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated October 24, 2016 (the “Purchase Agreement”) between SNC and Carrizo Eagle Ford, and, for the limited purposes set forth therein, the Company and Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Carrizo”).  The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants, indemnification provisions and adjustments that are typical for these types of transactions.  Such representations, warranties, covenants, indemnifications and other provisions were made or agreed to, among other things, to provide the parties thereto with specified rights and obligations and to allocate risk among them.  Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement should not be relied upon as constituting a description of the actual state of affairs of any of the parties thereto or their affiliates at the time it was entered into or otherwise.

This summary of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K on January 13, 2017 and is incorporated into this Item 2.01 by reference.

Item 9.01                                           Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following materials are furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

* Exhibits and Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A list of these Exhibits and Schedules is included in the index of the Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any such omitted Exhibit or Schedule to the SEC upon request.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

* Exhibits and Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A list of these Exhibits and Schedules is included in the index of the Purchase Agreement. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any such omitted Exhibit or Schedule to the SEC upon request.

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