Edgar Filing: Sanchez Energy Corp

SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

Date: January 5, 2012

/s/ Michael G. Long

Michael G. Long

Senior Vice 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): January 5, 2012 (December 30, 2011)

SANCHEZ ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35372

45-3090102

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1111 Bagby Street

Suite 1600

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 783-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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

(e) On December 30, 2011, one-time discretionary cash bonuses in the amounts of $350,000 to Antonio R. Sanchez, III, the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman and $150,000 to Michael G. Long, the Company’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer were approved. The bonuses are being paid in connection with, and in recognition of, Messrs. Sanchez’s and Long’s contributions to the successful completion of Sanchez Energy Corporation’s initial public offering in December 2011. Mr. Long’s bonus was paid on December 30, 2011 and Mr. Sanchez’s bonus is expected to be paid in January 2012.

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.