# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001509589
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-035666
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-035666.hdr.sgml**: 20260203

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-035666

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SCHEDULE 13D/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260203

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260203

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001509589
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 611630631
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-86667
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26593509

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 555 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 3700
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80202
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 303-293-9100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 555 - 17TH STREET, SUITE 3700
- **CITY:** DENVER
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80202

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20110106
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001283718

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 980361334
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** A6
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE QUEEN STREET EAST
- **STREET 2:** STE 2500
- **CITY:** TORONTO ONTARIO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5C2W5
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 416 972 8226

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE QUEEN STREET EAST
- **STREET 2:** STE 2500
- **CITY:** TORONTO ONTARIO
- **STATE:** A6
- **ZIP:** M5C2W5

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## SCHEDULE 13D

### Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

**(Amendment No. 5)**

**CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC.**

*(Name of Issuer)*

**Common Stock, par value $0.01**

*(Title of Class of Securities)*

**17888H103**

*(CUSIP Number)*

**Pierre Abinakle, CPPIB**<br>CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc<br>One Queen Street East, Suite 2500<br>Toronto A6 M5C 2W5<br>416-868-4075

*(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)*

**01/30/2026**

*(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)*

| **CUSIP No.** | **17888H103** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**Canada Pension Plan Investment Board** | Name of reporting person<br>**Canada Pension Plan Investment Board** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**ISRAEL** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**ISRAEL** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**0.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**0.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**0%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**0%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | |

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| **CUSIP No.** | **17888H103** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc.** | Name of reporting person<br>**CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc.** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**ISRAEL** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**ISRAEL** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**0.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**0.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**0%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**0%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**CO** | |

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**Item 1. Security and Issuer**

**(a) Title of Class of Securities:**
Common Stock, par value $0.01

**(b) Name of Issuer:**
CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC.

**(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:**
555 17th Street, Suite 3700, Denver, CO, 80202

**Item 4. Purpose of Transaction**

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
SM Energy Merger
On January 30, 2026 (the "Closing Date"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement") dated as of November 2, 2025, by and among the Issuer, SM Energy Company ("SM Energy"), and Cars Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy ("Merger Sub"), (i) Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy (the "First Merger"), and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, the Issuer merged with and into SM Energy, with SM Energy continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Second Merger" and, together with the First Company Merger, the "Mergers").

Immediately following the First Merger, each eligible share of Issuer Common Stock (the "Common Stock") was converted automatically into the right to receive 1.45 shares of SM Energy common stock, with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of SM Energy common stock.

**Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer**

**(a)**
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
As of the Closing Date, the Reporting Persons do not beneficially own any shares of Common Stock.

**(b)**
The information set forth in Item 5(a) of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

**(c)**
Except as described herein, none of the Reporting Persons nor, to the Reporting Persons' knowledge, any of the Covered Persons, has effected any transaction during the past 60 days in the Issuer's Common Stock.

### SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

**Signature:** /s/ Pierre Abinakle

**Name/Title:** Pierre Abinakle / Managing Director, Head of Compliance

**Date:** 02/03/2026

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc.

**Signature:** /s/ Brian Savage

**Name/Title:** Brian Savage / Secretary

**Date:** 02/03/2026