---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000893538-26-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SM"
cik: "0000893538"
company_name: "SM Energy Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T12:55:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T13:07:24.525858+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SM Energy redeems $400M of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026, terminates indenture

## Summary
- Redeemed $400M aggregate principal of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026 on May 11, 2026.
- Paid all accrued and unpaid interest through redemption date; notes and related guarantees cancelled.
- All remaining obligations under the governing Indenture satisfied and terminated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000893538-26-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SM
- cik: 0000893538
- company_name: SM Energy Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T12:55:36+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353826000064/0000893538-26-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353826000064/sm-20260511.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  SM Energy Co terminated Indenture dated as of October 13, 2021 governing the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026 with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. valued at $400 million (effective 2026-05-11).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
  - Value: $400 million
  - Effective: 2026-05-11
  source text: On May 11, 2026, SM Energy Company (“Company”) paid $400 million to redeem all of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 5.000% Senior Notes due 2026 (“2026 Senior Notes”), plus accrued and unpaid interest, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of October 13, 2021, among the Company (as successor in interest to Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.), the guarantors party thereto and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), which governed the 2026 Senior Notes (“Indenture”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/000089353826000064/0000893538-26-000064-index.htm

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