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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-319324
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251215
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251215
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251215

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hollingsworth Jarvis V.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001737855
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35380
		FILM NUMBER:		251572219

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 WEST HOUSTON STREET
		CITY:			SAN ANTONIO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78205

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vital Energy, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001528129
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				453007926
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74120
		BUSINESS PHONE:		918-513-4570

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74120

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110816
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        <footnote id="F1">On December 15, 2025 (the &quot;Closing Date&quot;), the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 24, 2025, (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), by and among Crescent Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (&quot;Crescent&quot;), Venus Merger Sub I Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent (&quot;Merger Sub Inc.&quot;), Venus Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent (&quot;Merger Sub LLC&quot;), and Vital Energy, Inc. (the &quot;Issuer&quot;) were consummated. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) Merger Sub Inc. merged with and into the Issuer (the &quot;First Company Merger&quot;), with the Issuer continuing as the surviving entity (the &quot;Surviving Corporation&quot;) and (ii) immediately following the First Company Merger, the Surviving Corporation merged with and into Merger Sub LLC, with Merger Sub LLC continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the amounts in the Reporting Person's &quot;Deferred Stock Account&quot; (as such term is defined under the Issuer's Director Deferred Compensation Plan) (each, a &quot;Vital Director Deferred Stock Award&quot;) became payable in a lump sum cash payment equal to (i) the total number of shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;Vital Common Stock&quot;), subject to such Vital Director Deferred Stock Award and (ii) $17.92, the closing price of one share of Vital Common Stock on December 12, 2025 (the trading date immediately preceding the Closing Date).</footnote>
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