UNITED STATES
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): December 13, 2019

SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-35372		45-3090102
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1000 Main Street
Suite 3000
Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 783-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A		N/A		N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

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Item 8.01 Other Events

As previously disclosed, on September 24, 2019, Sanchez Energy Corporation (the “Company”), Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as agent (the “Agent”), and the Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement (as defined below)) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Senior Secured Debtor-in-Possession Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2019 (the “Loan Agreement”), by and between the Company, the Agent and the lenders party thereto, which, among other things, provided for potential future extensions of certain milestone dates set forth in the Loan Agreement with the consent of the Required Lenders. On December 13, 2019, as contemplated and permitted by the Amendment, the Required Lenders provided written notice of their consent to further extensions of (i) the milestone date for the entry of a final order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas authorizing the Company’s and its subsidiary debtors’ entry into the Loan Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Agreement to January 23, 2020 from the last reported extension that expired on December 13, 2019 and (ii) the milestone date for the filing by the Company of an Acceptable Plan of Reorganization (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and related disclosure statement to January 23, 2020 from the last reported extension that expired on December 13, 2019.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

Date: December 16, 2019	By:	/s/ Cameron W. George
		Name:	Cameron W. George
		Title:	Executive Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer

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