8-K

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY

Dated: June 6, 2017

/s/ John C. Ale

John C. Ale

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

0001193125-17-195251.txt : 20170606 0001193125-17-195251.hdr.sgml : 20170606 20170606072334 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-195251 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170605 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20170606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170606 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000007332 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 710205415 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08246 FILM NUMBER: 17893033 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10000 ENERGY DRIVE CITY: SPRING STATE: TX ZIP: 77389 BUSINESS PHONE: 832-796-4700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10000 ENERGY DRIVE CITY: SPRING STATE: TX ZIP: 77389 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ARKANSAS WESTERN GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19790917 8-K 1 d363096d8k.htm 8-K 8-K

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): June 5, 2017

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-08246

71-0205415

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

10000 Energy Drive

Spring, Texas 77389

(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)

(832) 796-1000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

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Section 7 –Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

In its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2017, Southwestern Energy Company (the “Company”) described the settlement of litigation regarding the deductibility of certain costs in calculating royalties, which has been pending final approval in the Circuit Court of Conway County, Arkansas. Despite this pending settlement, the federal court in one of the other class actions against the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, most recently described in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, has begun a trial of that case. The Company had requested a stay of the litigation in the federal court pending final approval of the settlement in the Circuit Court of Conway County, which request was rejected. Following the selection of the jury in the litigation before the federal court, the settlement before the Circuit Court of Conway County has been terminated pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement.

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.