Earthstone Energy (ESTE) Form 4 Change in insider ownership

SEC Form 4

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^*

Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EARTHSTONE ENERGY INC [ ESTE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/01/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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	08/01/2023		S(1)		5,000,000	D	$14.52(1)	7,868,234	I	See footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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^*

Warburg Pincus Partners II (US), L.P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Warburg Pincus & Co US, LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WARBURG PINCUS LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On August 1, 2023, the Holders (as defined below) sold an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001, of the Issuer in a block trade. Giving effect to the transactions reported herein, and reflecting the forfeiture to the Issuer for no consideration of [15,143] shares that were held in escrow, the Holders (as defined below) ceased to be a "ten percent holder" of the Class A Common Stock.

2. The shares are held of record by, or for the benefit of, Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XI - A, L.P. ("WP E&P XI A"), Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners - A, L.P. ("WP XI E&P Partners A"), WP IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WP IRH Holdings"), Warburg Pincus XI (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC ("WP XI E&P Partners B IRH"), WP Energy IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WPE IRH Holdings"), WP Energy Partners IRH Holdings, L.P. ("WPE Partners IRH Holdings"),Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B IRH, LLC ("WPE E&P Partners B IRH"),

3. (cont. from footnote 2) Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-A, L.P. ("WPE E&P Partners A"), Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P)-A, L.P. ("WPE E&P A"), WP Energy Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WPE Chisholm Holdings"), WP Energy Partners Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WPEP Chisholm Holdings"), Warburg Pincus Energy (E&P) Partners-B Chisholm, LLC ("WPE E&P Partners B Chisholm"),

4. (cont. from footnote 3) Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII"), WP XII Chisholm Holdings, L.P. ("WP XII Chisholm Holdings"), Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-2 Chisholm, LLC ("WP XII E&P Partners 2 Chisholm"), Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-D (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII D"),

5. (cont. from footnote 4) Warburg Pincus Private Equity (E&P) XII-E (A), L.P. ("WP PE E&P XII E"), WP XII (E&P) Partners (A), L.P. ("WP XII E&P Partners A") and Warburg Pincus XII (E&P) Partners-1, L.P. ("WP XII E&P Partners 1") (collectively, the "Holders").

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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, previously may have been 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.

11. 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 Partners II (US), L.P., By: Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Harsha G. Marti, Authorized Signatory	08/08/2023
	Warburg Pincus & Company US, LLC, By: /s/ Harsha G. Marti, Authorized Signatory	08/08/2023
	Warburg Pincus LLC, By: /s/ Harsha G. Marti, General Counsel and Managing Director	08/08/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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