---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-072879"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SD"
cik: "0001349436"
company_name: "SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-29T12:49:29+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T12:50:11.201399+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SandRidge Energy acquires Cherokee Play assets for $65M cash plus earn-outs

## Summary
- Acquires producing assets for $65M cash plus up to $6M in contingent earn-outs tied to WTI price thresholds.
- Net production ~3.0 MBoed (43% oil), ~7,000 net leasehold acres, interests in 21 wells and 8 PUD locations.
- Transaction expected to close in Q3 2026, funded with cash on hand; effective date May 1, 2026.
- Assets directly offset SandRidge's existing drilling operations; immediately accretive to production, EBITDA, and FCF.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-072879
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SD
- cik: 0001349436
- company_name: SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-29T12:49:29+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026072879/0001213900-26-072879-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1349436/000121390026072879/ea0296206-8k_sandridge.htm

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