Kenneth L Settles Jr Form 3 Laredo Petroleum / MacKenzie B Davis ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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^*

SailingStone Capital Partners LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE CALIFORNIA STREET

30TH FLOOR

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. [ LPI] ]

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

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

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	91,005(1)(2)	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SailingStone Capital Partners LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

ONE CALIFORNIA STREET

30TH FLOOR

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SailingStone Holdings LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Davis MacKenzie B

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 941111

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Settles Kenneth L Jr

(Last) (First) (Middle)

1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Kenneth Settles holds approximately 1.03% of the limited partnership interests of SailingStone Global Natural Resources Fund, L.P. (the "Fund"), and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 40,403 shares. MacKenzie Davis holds approximately 1.29% of the limited partnership interests of the Fund and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 50,602 shares.

2. Each of the Reporting Persons (other than Kenneth Settles and MacKenzie Davis to the extent set forth above), hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein for purposes of Section 16 and for any other purpose.

Remarks:

On February 14, 2019, the Reporting Persons took one or more actions which could be deemed to have the purpose or effect of influencing or changing the control of Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (the "Company"). Prior to this date, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Reporting Persons did not beneficially own more than 10% of any class of the Company's equity securities due to exemptions from beneficial ownership under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) and Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(vii) under the 1934 Act, as applicable, for shares of the Company held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser.

	/s/ SailingStone Capital Partners LLC; By its Chief Compliance Officer, Kathlyne Kiaie	02/15/2019
	/s/ SailingStone Holdings LLC; By its managing member, MacKenzie B. Davis	02/15/2019
	/s/ MacKenzie B. Davis	02/15/2019
	/s/ Kenneth L. Settles Jr.	02/15/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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