Steven W Nance Form 4 NEWFIELD EXPLORATION / STEVEN W NANCE 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^*

NANCE STEVEN W

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4 WATERWAY SQUARE PLACE, STE 100

(Street)

THE WOODLANDS TX 77380

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION CO /DE/ [ NFX ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/13/2019

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	02/13/2019		D		18,995(1)	D	$0	17,738	D
common stock	02/13/2019		D		10,770(2)	D	$0	6,968	D
common stock	02/13/2019		D		6,968(3)	D	$0	0	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. On February 13, 2019, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 31, 2018 (Merger Agreement), by and among Encana Corporation (Encana), Neapolitan Merger Corp. (Merger Sub), and Newfield Exploration Company (Newfield), Merger Sub merged with and into Newfield (the Merger) with Newfield surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Encana. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, each share of Newfield common stock issued and outstanding was converted into the right to receive 2.6719 Encana common shares.

2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, the outstanding awards of deferred restricted stock units (RSUs) under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan were cancelled and each holder of deferred RSUs was entitled to receive, on a fully-vested basis for each such deferred RSU, the merger consideration, as described in the Merger Agreement and in note (1) above. There was no purchase price.

3. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, all outstanding Newfield restricted stock awards (RSAs) were cancelled and each holder of RSAs was entitled to receive, on a fully-vested basis for each such RSA, the merger consideration, as described in the Merger Agreement and in note (1) above. There was no purchase price.

	/s/ Steven W. Nance	02/14/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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