Edgar Filing: SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC

SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: April 11, 2013

/s/ James D. Bennett

James D. Bennett

President and Chief Financial Officer

Form 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): April 6, 2013

SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-33784

20-8084793

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)


123 Robert S. Kerr Avenue Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		73102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (405) 429-5500

Not Applicable.

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On April 6, 2013, David C. Lawler, age 45, was elected by the Board of Directors of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) to the office of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Lawler was formerly Executive Vice President – Operations, a position to which he was appointed when he joined the Company in August 2011.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lawler served as Chief Executive Officer and President of PostRock Energy Corporation and its predecessor entities since August 2008 after having served as Chief Operating Officer of PostRock Energy Corporation’s predecessor entities from May 2007 through August 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Lawler was employed by Shell Exploration & Production Company from May 1997 to May 2007 in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Engineering and Operations Manager for multiple assets along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering and earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University in 2003.

SIGNATURE

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.