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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Hardesty Phillip Michael   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SunCoke Energy, Inc. [SXC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, STE. 600 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/15/2017 (Street) LISLE, IL 60532 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

RSU's (02.15.17) (1)

(2)

02/15/2017

A

4,629

02/15/2018

02/15/2021

Common Stock

4,629

$ 0

9,258

D

Market Options (02.15.17) (3)

$ 9.85

02/15/2017

A

4,410

02/15/2018

02/15/2027

Common Stock

4,410

$ 0

8,820

D

Performance Options (02.15.17) (4)

$ 9.85

02/15/2017

A

5,014

02/15/2018

02/15/2027

Common Stock

5,014

$ 0

10,028

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Hardesty Phillip Michael 1011 WARRENVILLE ROAD, STE. 600 LISLE, IL 60532			Senior Vice President

Signatures

/s/ Rita M. Slager, attorney-in-fact		02/17/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Grant of restricted share units awarded pursuant to the SunCoke Energy, Inc. Long-Term Performance Enhancement Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. The restricted share units vest in three equal annual installments commencing on February 15, 2018.
(2)	Conversion rate is 1 for 1.
(3)	Grant of stock options (right to buy SunCoke Energy, Inc. common stock) awarded pursuant to the SunCoke Energy, Inc. Long-Term Performance Enhancement Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3 and exercisable in three equal annual installments commencing on February 15, 2018.
(4)	Performance stock options (right to buy SunCoke Energy, Inc. common stock), granted February 15, 2017, pursuant to the SunCoke Energy, Inc. Long-Term Performance Enhancement Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. These options vest, subject to reporting person's continued employment, in equal installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, and the vested portion of such options will become exercisable beginning on the first trading day following that on which the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $14.78/share.

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