Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 2, 2019

LAREDO PETROLEUM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



Delaware	001-35380	45-3007926
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



15 W. Sixth Street, Suite 900, Tulsa, Oklahoma		74119
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (918) 513-4570

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

On April 2, 2019, Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (the "Company") announced certain organizational changes as part of an ongoing process intended to facilitate succession planning and improve organizational effectiveness. Dan C. Schooley, the Company's Senior Vice President—Midstream, Marketing and Subsurface, and Kenneth E. Dornblaser, the Company's Senior Vice President—Legal and Administration, each announced their retirement from the Company, effective immediately. The departures were not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company.

The Company also appointed Mark D. Denny, the Company's current Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary, as Senior Vice President—General Counsel and Secretary, effective as of April 2, 2019.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 2, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the organizational changes referenced above. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished under Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto are 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 and exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits .



Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release dated April 2, 2019.

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.