Sheffield Scott D Form 4 PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES / SCOTT D SHEFFIELD ownership change

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SHEFFIELD SCOTT D

(Last) (First) (Middle)

777 HIDDEN RIDGE

(Street)

IRVING TX 75038

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO [ PXD ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/12/2021

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

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

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	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
Common Stock								13,000	I	Family Trust (Officer Trustee)
Common Stock								15,000	I	Family Trust (Spouse Trustee)
Common Stock								156,739	I	by Family Limited Partnership
Common Stock								2,760	I	by Spouse
Common Stock	01/12/2021		A		3,130	A	$0(1)(2)	420,717	D

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

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 reports securities acquired in connection with the mergers (the Mergers) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 20, 2020, by and among Pioneer Natural Resources Company (Pioneer), certain subsidiaries of Pioneer, Parsley Energy, Inc. (Parsley) and Parsley Energy, LLC (Opco LLC) (the Merger Agreement). On January 12, 2021, as a result of the Mergers contemplated by the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), each outstanding eligible share of Class A common stock of Parsley and each outstanding eligible membership interest unit in Opco LLC was converted automatically into the right to receive 0.1252 (the Exchange Ratio) shares of common stock of Pioneer, with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of Pioneer common stock.

2. (Continued from footnote 1) The shares of Pioneer common stock reported above were acquired by the Reporting Person as a result of the Mergers in respect of the shares of Class A common stock of Parsley owned by the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Effective Time in a transaction exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3. On the trading day immediately prior to the Effective Time, the closing price of Pioneer common stock was $131.42 per share.

	Thomas J. Murphy, Attorney-in-Fact For Scott D. Sheffield	01/14/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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