Clayton Williams Energy (CWEI) Form 4 CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY / MEL G RIGGS 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^*

RIGGS MEL G

(Last) (First) (Middle)

6 DESTA DRIVE, SUITE 6500

(Street)

MIDLAND TX 79705

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY INC /DE [ CWEI ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/05/2016

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, $.10 par value								3,046,420	I	See(1)
Common Stock, $.10 par value	04/05/2016		P		2,000	A	$9.48	12,588	D
Common Stock, $.10 par value	04/05/2016		P		2,000	A	$9.4	14,588	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 amount includes 3,041,412 shares owned by The Williams Children's Partnership, Ltd. ("WCPL"), a family limited partnership in which the five adult children of Clayton W. Williams, Jr., the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, are limited partners, LPL/Williams GP, LLC ("LPL/Williams") is the sole general partner of WCPL and the Reporting Person is the sole member of LPL/Williams. As the sole member of LPL/Williams, the Reporting Person has a pecuniary interest in only 0.002% of the Issuer's common stock held by WCPL and disclaims beneficial ownership of the remaining 99.998% of the Issuer's common stock held by WCPL. This amount also includes 1,382 shares in which the Reporting person holds a power of attorney and 3,626 shares held in the Company's 401(k) Plan and Trust.

	/s/ Mel G. Riggs	04/06/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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