CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 14, 2012

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (BCEI)
CIK: 0001509589
Period of Report: 2011-12-31

Reporting Person: D. E. Shaw Synoptic Portfolios 5, L.L.C. (10% Owner, See footnotes 2 and 3.)
Reporting Person: D. E. SHAW & CO, L.P. (10% Owner, See footnotes 2 and 3.)
Reporting Person: D. E. SHAW & CO, L.L.C. (10% Owner, See footnotes 2 and 3.)
Reporting Person: SHAW DAVID E (10% Owner, See footnotes 2 and 3.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-20	Class A Common Stock	J	3763908	—	Disposed	3763908	Direct
2011-12-20	Common Stock	J	3763908	—	Acquired	3763908	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Reporting owner previously held 3,763,908 shares of Class A common stock of the company. Pursuant to the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the company, in connection with the December 20, 2011 closing of the company's initial public offering of common stock, each share of Class A common stock of the company was automatically reclassified as one share of common stock.

F2: The securities reported in this Form 5 are directly held by D. E. Shaw Synoptic Portfolios 5, L.L.C. ("Synoptic"). D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. ("DESCO LP"), as investment adviser to Synoptic; D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. ("DESCO LLC"), as manager of Synoptic; and Mr. David E. Shaw ("David E. Shaw") (as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc., which is the general partner of DESCO LP, and as president and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc., which is the managing member of DESCO LLC) may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of the securities reported in this Form 5 for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

F3: In accordance with instruction 4(b)(iv), the entire number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Synoptic, DESCO LP, and DESCO LLC is reported herein. Each of DESCO LP, DESCO LLC, and David E. Shaw disclaims any beneficial ownership of any security listed in this Form 5, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.