Sanchez Antonio R Iii Form 4 Sanchez Production Partners / ANTONIO R SANCHEZ III 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

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:	3235-0287
Estimated average burden
hours per response:	0.5

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^*

SANCHEZ ANTONIO R III

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77002

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sanchez Production Partners LP [ SPP ]

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)
05/10/2017

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 Units	05/10/2017		A(1)(2)		139,110	A	$14.59	139,110	I	By SP Holdings, LLC(3)
Common Units	05/10/2017		J(1)(2)		139,110	D	$0	0	I	By SP Holdings, LLC(3)
Common Units								251,148(1)(2)	D
Common Units								35,320	I	By Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation(4)

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. Represents an anticipated distribution to SP Holdings, LLC ("SP Holdings") of 139,110 Issuer common units pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, by and between Issuer and SP Holdings, dated March 6, 2015 (the "Shared Services Agreement"), and an anticipated concurrent distribution by SP Holdings of all 139,110 common units to its sole member, SP Capital Holdings, LLC ("SP Capital"), for no consideration.

2. Concurrently with such aforementioned distributions, SP Capital will distribute (i) 128,677 common units to its members on a pro rata basis and for no consideration (including the 33,456 common units distributed to Antonio R. Sanchez, III) and (ii) the remaining 10,433 common units to one individual, cumulatively resulting in exempt distributions under Rule 16a-9 and/or Rule 16a-13 of 139,110 Issuer common units to SP Capital, 128,677 common units to the members of SP Capital (including Antonio R. Sanchez, III) and 10,433 common units to one individual.

3. These common units will be owned directly by SP Holdings. SP Holdings is owned and controlled by its sole member, SP Capital. SP Capital is managed by Antonio R. Sanchez, III and other members of the Sanchez family. Antonio R. Sanchez, III may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SP Capital. Antonio R. Sanchez, III disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Antonio R. Sanchez, III of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

4. These securities are owned directly by Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation ("SOG"). SOG is managed by Antonio R. Sanchez, III and other members of the Sanchez family. Antonio R. Sanchez, III shares voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SOG. Antonio R. Sanchez, III disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Antonio R. Sanchez, III of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.

	/s/ Alfredo Gutierrez, Attorney-in-Fact	05/12/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.