| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EARTHSTONE ENERGY INC [ ESTE ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/06/2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | 10/06/2022 | S | 6,750,000 | D | $14.58 | 12,883,377 | I | See footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) | ||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Following the transaction reported herein, and reflecting the forfeiture to the Issuer for no consideration of 56,579 shares that were held in escrow, the shares include 1,039,611 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XI-A, L.P. ("WP E&P XI A"), 79,937 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners-A, L.P. ("WP XI E&P Partners A"), 1,012,822 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WP IRH Holdings"), 28,086 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC ("WP XI E&P Partners B IRH"), 1,556,826 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP Energy IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WPE IRH Holdings"), 127,467 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP Energy Partners IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WPE Partners IRH Holdings") |
| 2. (cont. from footnote 1) and 49,690 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC ("WPE E&P Partners B IRH"), 256,498 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P. ("WPE E&P Partners A"), 4,246,874 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P. ("WPE E&P A"), 1,153,322 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP Energy Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WPE Chisholm Holdings"), 94,429 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP Energy Partners Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WPEP Chisholm Holdings"), 36,812 shares held of record by, |
| 3. (cont. from footnote 2) or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Chisholm, LLC ("WPE E&P Partners B Chisholm"), 1,169,806 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII"), 1,668,972 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP XII Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WP XII Chisholm Holdings"), 18,310 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Chisholm, LLC ("WP XII E&P Partners 2 Chisholm"), 28,073 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII D"), |
| 4. (cont. from footnote 3) 42,477 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII E"), 76,504 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P. ("WP XII E&P Partners A") and 196,861 shares held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P. ("WP XII E&P Partners 1") (collectively, the "Holders"). |
| 5. Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B, L.P. ("WPE E&P Partners B") is the managing member of WPE E&P Partners B Chisholm and the general partner of WPE E&P Partners B IRH. Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy GP, L.P. ("WP E&P Energy GP") is the general partner of WPE E&P A, WPE E&P Partners A, WPE E&P Partners B, WPE IRH Holdings, WPE Partners IRH Holdings, WPE Chisholm Holdings and WPEP Chisholm Holdings. Warburg Pincus (E&P) Energy LLC ("WPE E&P Energy LLC") is the general partner of WP E&P Energy GP. |
| 6. Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners - B, L.P. ("WP XI E&P Partners B") is the general partner of WP XI E&P Partners B IRH. Warburg Pincus (E&P) XI, L.P. ("WP XI E&P GP") is the general partner of WP E&P XI A, WP XI E&P Partners A, WP IRH Holdings, and WP XI E&P Partners B. Warburg Pincus (E&P) XI LLC ("WP XI E&P GP LLC") is the general partner of WP XI E&P GP. Warburg Pincus Partners (E&P) XI LLC ("WPP E&P XI") is the managing member of WP XI E&P GP LLC. |
| 7. Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2, L.P. ("WP XII E&P Partners 2") is the managing member of WP XII E&P Partners 2 Chisholm. Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII, L.P. ("WP E&P XII") is the general partner of WP XII E&P Partners 2, WP PE E&P XII, WP XII Chisholm Holdings, WP PE E&P XII D, WP PE E&P XII E, WP XII E&P Partners A and WP XII E&P Partners 1. Warburg Pincus (E&P) XII LLC ("WP E&P XII LLC") is the general partner of WP E&P XII. |
| 8. Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P. ("WPP II US") is the managing member of WPP E&P XI, WP E&P XII LLC and WPE E&P Energy LLC. Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC ("WP & Co. US LLC") is the general partner of WPP II US. Warburg Pincus LLC ("WP LLC") is a registered investment adviser, and the manager of WP PE E&P XII, WP PE E&P XII D, WP PE E&P XII E, WP XII E&P Partners 1, WP XII E&P Partners A, WP E&P XI A, WP XI E&P Partners A, WP XI E&P Partners B, WPE E&P Partners A, WPE E&P Partners B and WPE E&P A. |
| 9. Each Holder and each of WPE E&P Partners B, WP E&P Energy GP, WPE E&P Energy LLC, WP XI E&P Partners B, WP XI E&P GP, WP XI E&P GP LLC, WPP E&P XI, WP XII E&P Partners 2, WP E&P XII, WP E&P XII LLC, WPP II US, WP & Co. US LLC and WP LLC (collectively, the "Parent Entities" and, together with the Holders, the "Reporting Entities") directly (whether through ownership or position) or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, may be deemed for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be the indirect beneficial owner of some or all of the shares owned by the Holders and, therefore, a "ten percent holder" hereunder. |
| 10. Each Holder and each Parent Entity disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and, with respect to each of the Holders, except to the extent of its respective direct ownership reported herein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes. |
| Remarks: |
| Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, certain Reporting Entities are filing a separate Form 4. |
| Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XI-A, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners-A, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| WP IRH Holdings, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC, By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| WP Energy IRH Holdings, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| WP Energy Partners IRH Holdings, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC, By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
| Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Chisholm, LLC, By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Robert B. Knauss, Authorized Signatory | 10/11/2022 | |
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