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): July 20, 2020
Sundance
Energy Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36302 | 61-1949225 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1050 17th Street, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80265 | (303) 543-5700 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code) | (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | SNDE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
| Emerging growth company | x | |||
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On July 20, 2020, Sundance Energy Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christopher I. Humber as the Company’s and the Company’s operating subsidiary, Sundance Energy, Inc.’s, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Previously, Mr. Humber served as Jagged Peak Energy Inc.’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from August 2016 through the company’s February 2017 initial public offering until the company’s merger with Parsley Energy, Inc. in January 2020. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. from its initial public offering in December 2011 until March 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Humber was a practicing attorney focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and securities matters for public and private companies as a partner with the law firm Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC in Denver, Colorado and an associate with the law firms Hogan & Hartson LLP (now Hogan Lovells US LLP) in Denver, Colorado and Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C. and McLean, Virginia. Mr. Humber graduated with high honors from Emory University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Emory Law Journal, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: July 23, 2020
| SUNDANCE ENERGY INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Cathy L. Anderson | |
| Name: | Cathy L. Anderson | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |