SM Energy Co — Director's Dealing 2016

Jul 7, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SM Energy Co (SM)
CIK: 0000893538
Period of Report: 2016-07-01

Reporting Person: PURSELL A WADE (EVP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-06-30	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	J	1234	$16.711	Acquired	83548	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	M	1946	—	Acquired	85494	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	F	623	$27	Disposed	84871	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	M	1982	—	Acquired	86853	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	F	634	$27	Disposed	86219	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	M	3097	—	Acquired	89316	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	F	991	$27	Disposed	88325	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	M	3275	—	Acquired	91600	Direct
2016-07-01	Common Stock; $.01 Par Value	F	1048	$27	Disposed	90552	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-07-01	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	1946	Disposed		Common Stock (1946.0)	Direct
2016-07-01	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	1982	Disposed		Common Stock (1982.0)	Direct
2016-07-01	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	3097	Disposed		Common Stock (3097.0)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person purchased 1,234 shares of the issuer's common stock on June 30, 2016, through the issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

F2: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vested in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2014. The vested shares were issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares lapsed.

F3: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2015. The vested shares will be issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares will lapse.

F4: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning July 1, 2016. The vested shares will be issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares will lapse.

F5: On July 1, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the issuer determined that 3,275 shares of the issuer's common stock had been earned by the reporting person under the terms of a grant of performance share units (the "PSUs"), based on the achievement of specific performance criteria that were not tied solely to the market price of the issuer's common stock. The PSUs were granted to the reporting person on July 1, 2013, and represent the right to receive, upon the settlement of the PSUs, the determined number of earned shares of the issuer's common stock based on the achievement of the performance criteria over a three-year performance period (with the determined number of earned shares being within a range of zero to two times the number of PSUs granted on the award date), to the extent that the PSUs have vested under separate employment service vesting provisions. The PSUs vested on July 1, 2016.