Adam M Vela Form 4 Coterra Energy / Adam M Vela 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^*

Vela Adam M

(Last) (First) (Middle)

840 GESSNER ROAD

SUITE 840

(Street)

HOUSTON TX 77024

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Coterra Energy Inc. [ CTRA ]

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

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP & General Counsel

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/21/2023

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	02/21/2023		A		21,739(1)	A	$0.00	70,838	D
Common Stock								0(2)	I	Held in 401(k)

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
Performance Shares	(3)	02/21/2023		A		21,739		(3)	01/31/2026	Common	21,739	$0.00	21,739	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares represent restricted stock units payable solely in common stock on January 31, 2026, subject to continued employment, earlier retirement under company policy or, in certain cases, pro-rata reduction in shares for time actually employed in the period from the grant date to the vesting date.

2. Effective December 28, 2022, the issuer eliminated CTRA stock as an investment alternative available under the issuer's 401(k) plan. As a result, the 15,615 shares of CTRA common stock the reporting person previously reported as beneficially owned under the plan were liquidated.

3. The performance shares provide for vesting between 0% and 200% of the performance shares awarded (payable in common stock and, for vesting above 100%, in cash) based upon certain performance criteria over a three-year performance period beginning February 1, 2023 and ending January 31, 2026.

Remarks:

	Marcus G. Bolinder, Attorney-in-Fact for Adam M. Vela	02/23/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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