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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-049818
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180806
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180806
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180806

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SM Energy Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000893538
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				410518430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31539
		FILM NUMBER:		18994903

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1775 SHERMAN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1200
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80203
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-861-8140

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1775 SHERMAN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1200
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80203

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ST MARY LAND & EXPLORATION CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940228
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">August&nbsp;6, 2018</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SM Energy Company</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On August&nbsp;6, 2018, SM Energy Company (the &#147;<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">Company</i></b>&#148;) issued a press release announcing that it has commenced a cash tender offer (the &#147;<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">Tender Offer</i></b>&#148;) to purchase (i)&nbsp;any and all of its 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023 (the &#147;<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">2023 Notes</i></b>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $85,000,000 of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">2022 Notes</i></b>&#148;). In connection with the Tender Offer, the Company is soliciting consents to</font> eliminate certain covenants with respect to the 2023 Notes, and certain events of default, amend certain other provisions with respect to the 2023 Notes, and reduce the minimum notice of optional redemption required to be given to holders of the 2023 Notes from 30 to 3 business days.&#160; The Tender Offer and related consent solicitation are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated August&nbsp;6, 2018 (the &#147;<b><i style="font-weight:bold;">Offer to Purchase</i></b>&#148;).&#160; A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cautionary Statement regarding Forward-Looking Statements</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K contains forward-looking statements as defined under the federal securities laws, including the completion of the Tender Offer. Although management believes that expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to be correct. In addition, these statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other assumptions that are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control, including market conditions and other conditions with respect to the Tender Offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, the Company&#146;s actual results may vary materially from what management anticipated, estimated, projected or expected.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investors are encouraged to closely consider the disclosures and risk factors contained in the Company&#146;s annual and quarterly reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</font><a name="Exhibit99_1_071841"></a></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SM ENERGY COMPANY ANNOUNCES <br> CASH TENDER OFFER FOR ANY AND ALL OF ITS 6.500% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023 AND UP TO $85&nbsp;MILLION AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS 6.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022 AND RELATED SOLICITATION&nbsp;OF CONSENT</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DENVER, CO &#151; August&nbsp;6, 2018 </font></b>&#151; SM Energy Company (&#147;SM Energy&#148;) (NYSE: SM) today announced that it has commenced cash tender offers to purchase (the &#147;Offers&#148;) (i)&nbsp;any and all of its outstanding 6.500% Senior Notes due 2023 (the &#147;2023&nbsp;Notes&#148;) (CUSIP No.&nbsp;78454L AF7), and (ii)&nbsp;up to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $85,000,000 (as it may be modified by SM Energy, the &#147;Tender Cap&#148;), of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2022 (CUSIP No.&nbsp;78454L AK6) (the &#147;2022 Notes&#148; and, together with the 2023 Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated August&nbsp;6, 2018 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;Offer to Purchase&#148;), and related solicitation of consents (the &#147;Consent Solicitation&#148; and, together with the Offers, the &#147;Tender Offer&#148;) from holders of the 2023 Notes to certain proposed amendments to the indenture governing the 2023 Notes (the &#147;Consents&#148;).</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following table set forth certain terms of the Tender Offer:</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CUSIP<br>   Numbers&nbsp;/<br>   ISIN</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate<br>   Principal<br>   Amount<br>   Outstanding(1)</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tender&nbsp;Cap</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Early&nbsp;Tender<br>   Premium(2)</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.500% Senior Notes due 2023</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">78454L   AF7 US78454LAF76</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">394,985,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">N/A</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">995.00</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">30.00</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
<td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.88%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">1,025.00</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.125% Senior Notes due 2022</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">78454L   AK6 US78454LAK61</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">561,796,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">85,000,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">1,006.25</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
<td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.88%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">30.00</font></p>    </td>
<td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.12%;">
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
<td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.86%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">1,036.25</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;">As of the date of this press release.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;">Dollars per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;">Holders will also receive accrued and unpaid interest from the applicable last interest payment with respect to the Notes accepted for purchase to, but not including, the Early Settlement Date or the Final Settlement Date, as applicable. Includes, with respect to the 2023&nbsp;Notes, a payment for the Consents. No separate Consent payment or fee is being offered or will be paid to Holders of 2022 Notes in the Consent Solicitation.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:7.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;">Includes the Early Tender Premium and, with respect to the 2023&nbsp;Notes, a payment for Consents.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on August&nbsp;31, 2018, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the &#147;Expiration Date&#148;).&#160; Holders who validly tender their Notes, if applicable, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August&nbsp;17, 2018, unless such date is extended or earlier terminated (the &#147;Early Tender Date&#148;), will be eligible to receive the &#147;Total Consideration&#148; set forth in the table above for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. The Total Consideration includes the &#147;Early Tender Premium&#148; set forth in the table above, which includes a consent payment related to the 2023 Notes.&#160; Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender Date, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, and do not validly withdraw such Notes, will only be eligible to receive the &#147;Tender Offer Consideration&#148; as set forth in the table above, which does not include the Early Tender Premium. In addition to the Total Consideration or the Tender Offer Consideration, as applicable, holders who validly tender and not validly withdraw Notes and whose Notes are accepted for purchase will receive accrued and unpaid interest, up to, but not including, the applicable settlement date.&#160; The settlement date with respect to all Notes validly tendered prior to the Early Tender Date and not validly</font>  </font>withdrawn and accepted for purchase is expected to be the first business day after the Early Tender Date, or as promptly as practicable thereafter (such date, as the same may be extended, the &#147;Early Settlement Date&#148;).&#160; The Early Settlement Date is currently expected to be on August</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20, 2018.&#160; If the Tender Offer is not fully subscribed as of the Early Settlement Date, the settlement date with respect to all Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender Date, but on or prior to the Expiration Date, and not validly withdrawn, is expected to be on the first business day after the Expiration Date, or promptly thereafter (such date, as the same may be extended, the &#147;Final Settlement Date&#148;). The Final Settlement Date is currently expected to be September&nbsp;4, 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date will be accepted for purchase with priority over the Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date, but at or prior to the Expiration Date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Acceptance for tenders of the 2022 Notes may be subject to proration if the aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn is greater than the Tender Cap.&#160; Furthermore, if the Tender Offer to purchase 2022&nbsp;Notes is fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, holders who validly tender 2022&nbsp;Notes after the Early Tender Date will not have any of their 2022&nbsp;Notes accepted for purchase and there will be no Final Settlement Date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company reserves the right, but is under no obligation, to increase the Tender Cap at any time, subject to compliance with applicable law.&#160; If the Company increases the Tender Cap, it does not expect to extend the Withdrawal Date, subject to applicable law.&#160; Notes validly tendered and Consents validly delivered may not be withdrawn or revoked after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August&nbsp;17, 2018, except as may be required by law.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holders tendering their 2023 Notes will be deemed to have delivered their Consent to certain proposed amendments to the indentures governing the 2023 Notes, which will eliminate certain covenants with respect to the 2023 Notes, and certain events of default, amend certain other provisions with respect to the 2023 Notes, and reduce the minimum notice of optional redemption required to be given to holders of the 2023 Notes from 30 to 3 business days (the &#147;Proposed Amendments&#148;). Following receipt of Consents of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2023 Notes, SM Energy will execute supplemental indentures effecting the Proposed Amendments with respect to such 2023 Notes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The completion of the Tender Offer is subject to a number conditions that are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including, among other things, the successful completion by SM Energy of a new senior debt offering.&#160; The Consent Solicitation is conditioned on the receipt of the required Consents to amend and supplement the indenture governing the 2023 Notes and the execution by the applicable parties of the supplemental indenture effecting such amendments. The Tender Offer is not conditioned on any minimum amount of Notes being tendered.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer, including SM Energy&#146;s obligation to accept the Notes tendered and pay the purchase price therefor, are set forth in the Offer to Purchase.&#160; SM Energy may, at its own discretion, amend, extend or, subject to certain conditions, terminate the Tender Offer.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SM Energy has retained BofA Merrill Lynch as dealer manager and solicitation agent.&#160; Questions regarding the Tender Offer may be directed to BofA Merrill Lynch, at </font>(888) 292-0070 (toll-free) and (980) 388-3646 (collect), Attention: Debt Advisory. For questions concerning  delivery by means of the Automated Tender Offer Program and to obtain copies of the Offer to Purchase, please contact the Information Agent, D.F. King&nbsp;&amp; Co.,&nbsp;Inc. at (800) 821-2712 (toll-free) and (212) 269-5550 or by e-mail at sm@dfking.com.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release does not constitute an offer to purchase or redeem or the solicitation of an offer to sell the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABOUT THE COMPANY</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SM Energy Company is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in onshore North America.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SM ENERGY INVESTOR CONTACT:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jennifer Martin Samuels, jsamuels@sm-energy.com, 303-864-2507</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release contains &#147;forward-looking </font>statements&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that we expect, believe, or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The words &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;assume,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;budget,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;forecast,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;project,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.&#160; Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, among other things, the completion of the Tender Offer.&#160; Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by SM Energy&#146;s in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments, and other factors that SM Energy believes are appropriate under the circumstances.&#160; These statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause SM Energy&#146;s actual results and performance to be materially different from any future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some of these risks are described in the &#147;Risk Factors&#148; section in Part&nbsp;I,&nbsp;Item 1A of SM Energy&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017.&#160; Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or performance may be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak as of the date of this press release.</font></p>
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