# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001509589
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-008537
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 9161
**Document Hash:** 2dde8d28e28027cf5fed3c1e4cf876ea
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-008537.hdr.sgml**: 20260130

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-008537

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8 POS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260130

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260130

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260130

**FILER**: 

**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:** S-8 POS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-217545
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26582241

**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

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2026**

**Registration No. 333-280082**

**Registration No. 333-260881**

**Registration No. 333-257295**

**Registration No. 333-229431**

**Registration No. 333-217545**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-280082<br> POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-260881<br> POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-257295<br> POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-229431<br> POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-217545<br> UNDER<br> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

**SM Energy Company<br> (as successor in interest to Civitas Resources, Inc.)**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware**<br> (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | **41-0518430**<br> (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| **1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3200**<br> **Denver, Colorado**<br> (Address of Principal Executive Office) | **80203**<br> (Zip Code) |

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**Civitas Resources, Inc. 2024 Long Term Incentive Plan<br> Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan<br> 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan<br> Non-Plan Inducement Awards of Restricted Stock Units<br> Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan**<br> (Full title of the plan)

**James B. Lebeck<br> Executive Vice President Corporate Development and General Counsel<br> SM Energy Company<br> 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 3200<br> Denver, Colorado 80203**<br> (Name and address of agent for service)

**(303) 861-8140**<br> (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

*Copies to:*

**Robyn Zolman<br> Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP<br> 1900 Lawrence Street, Suite 3000<br> Denver, Colorado 80202<br> (303) 298-5700**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer ⌧<br> Non-accelerated filer ◻ | Accelerated filer ◻<br> Smaller reporting company ◻<br> Emerging growth company ◻ |
| <br> If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ◻ | <br> If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ◻ |

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**DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES**

These Post-Effective Amendments (these "Post-Effective Amendments") filed by SM Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), as successor in interest to Civitas Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Civitas"), deregister any and all shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("common stock"), of Civitas registered but unissued as of the date hereof under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (each, a "Registration Statement," and collectively, the "Registration Statements") filed by Civitas with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-280032), which was filed with the SEC on June 10, 2024](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509589/000110465924070027/tm2416440d1_s8.htm) , registering 3,565,000 shares of
common stock issuable pursuant to the Civitas Resources, Inc. 2024 Long Term Incentive Plan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-260881), which was filed with the SEC on November 8, 2021](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509589/000119312521323221/d240674ds8.htm) , registering 3,577,424 shares
of common stock issuable pursuant to the Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-257295), which was filed with the SEC on June 22, 2021](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509589/000150958921000119/s-82021.htm) , registering 700,000 shares of
common stock issuable pursuant to the 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-229431), which was filed with the SEC on January 30, 2019](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509589/000110465919004487/a19-3611_1s8.htm) , registering 170,613 shares
of common stock issuable pursuant to certain Non-Plan Inducement Awards of Restricted Stock Units.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;· [Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-217545), which was filed with the SEC on April 28, 2017](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1509589/000095010317004034/dp75612_s8.htm) , registering 2,467,430 shares
of common stock issuable pursuant to the Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan.

On January 30, 2026, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 2, 2025, by and among the Company, Cars Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), and Civitas, (i) Merger Sub was merged with and into Civitas, with Civitas surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the "first merger" and the surviving entity, the "first surviving corporation"), and (ii) immediately following the first merger, the first surviving corporation was merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (together with the first merger, the "mergers") and each share of Civitas' common stock was converted into the right to receive 1.45 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

In connection with the closing of the mergers, the offerings pursuant to each of the Registration Statements have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by Civitas in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the shares of common stock that had been registered but that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Company, as successor to Civitas, hereby removes from registration all shares of common stock that were registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on January 30, 2026.

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| **SM ENERGY COMPANY** **(as successor in interest to Civitas Resources, Inc.)** | **SM ENERGY COMPANY** **(as successor in interest to Civitas Resources, Inc.)** | **SM ENERGY COMPANY** **(as successor in interest to Civitas Resources, Inc.)** |
| By: | /s/ James B. Lebeck | /s/ James B. Lebeck |
|  | Name: | James B. Lebeck |
|  | Title: | Executive Vice President Corporate Development and General Counsel |

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Note: No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments to Form S-8 Registration Statements in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.