Filing Details

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
Civitas Resources, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
17888H103
(CUSIP Number)
Benjamin Dell
Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC
412 West 15th Street - 11th Floor
New York, NY 10011
Eleazer Klein, Esq.
Adriana Schwartz, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 756-2000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
February 22, 2023
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. [ ] 

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* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP		(a) ¨ (b) ¨
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS AF
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)		¨
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	7	SOLE VOTING POWER 11,644,497
	8	SHARED VOTING POWER 0
	9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 11,644,497
	10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 0
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 11,644,497
12	CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES			¨
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 14.5%
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO

 

 

The following constitutes Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (the “Amendment No. 1”). This Amendment No. 1 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

 

Item 4.	PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
	Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:
	As disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on February 22, 2023, Benjamin Dell resigned from the Issuer's board of directors.

 

Item 5.	INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
	Item 5(a) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated by the following:
(a)	See rows (11) and (13) of the cover page to this Schedule 13D for the aggregate number of Shares and percentage of the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.  The percentages used in this Schedule 13D are calculated based upon 80,209,865 Shares outstanding as of February 20, 2023, as reported in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2023.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 23, 2023

 

 

KIMMERIDGE ENERGY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
By:	/s/ Tamar Goldstein
Name:	Tamar Goldstein
Title:	General Counsel