=================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 19, 1999 ---------------- SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Arkansas 1 - 8246 71-0205415 (State of incorporation (Commission (I.R.S. Employer or organization) File Number) Identification No.) 1083 Sain Street, P.O. Box 1408, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72702-1408 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (501) 521-1141 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) No Change (Former name, former address and former fiscal year; if changed since last report) =================================================================== Item 5. Other Events - ------------ Reference is made to the press release issued October 19, 1999, filed herewith as Exhibit 1. Item 7.(c) Exhibits Reference - -------- --------- (1) Press release dated October 19, 1999 p. 3 SIGNATURES ---------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY --------------------------- (Registrant) DATE: October 19, 1999 BY: /s/ GREGORY D. KERLEY ----------------- ------------------------- Gregory D. Kerley Senior Vice President -- Finance and Chief Financial Officer