SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ZORICH ROBERT L (Last) (First) (Middle) 1100 LOUISIANA SUITE 4900 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77002 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EARTHSTONE ENERGY INC [ ESTE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/19/2014
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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
Common Stock	12/19/2014		J(1)		9,124,452	A	$0	9,124,452	I	See footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Oak Valley Resources, LLC (Oak Valley) acquired 9,124,452 shares of common stock of Earthstone Energy, Inc. (Issuer) in connection with the closing on December 19, 2014 of the Exchange Agreement dated May 15, 2014 between Oak Valley and the Issuer (the Exchange).

2. These securities are directly held by Oak Valley.

3. EnCap Energy Capital Fund VII, L.P. (EnCap Fund VII), EnCap Energy Capital Fund VI, L.P. (EnCap Fund VI), EnCap VI-B Acquisitions, L.P. (EnCap Fund VI-B), EnCap Energy Capital Fund V, L.P. (EnCap Fund V), and EnCap V-B Acquisitions, L.P. (EnCap Fund V-B and together with Encap Fund VII, EnCap Fund VI, EnCap Fund VI-B and EnCap Fund V, the EnCap Funds) collectively own 58.8% of the Class A membership interests of Oak Valley. Accordingly, the EnCap Funds may be deemed to beneficially own the reported securities.

4. The EnCap Funds are controlled indirectly by David B. Miller, D. Martin Phillips, Gary R. Petersen, and Robert L. Zorich, who are the controlling members of RNBD GP LLC (RNBD). Any action taken by RNBD to dispose or acquire securities has to be unanimously approved by all four members. RNBD is the sole member of EnCap Investments GP, L.L.C. (EnCap Investments GP), which is the general partner of EnCap Investments L.P. (EnCap Investments LP), which is the general partner of EnCap Equity Fund VII GP, L.P. (EnCap Fund VII GP), EnCap Equity Fund VI GP, L.P. (EnCap Fund VI GP), and EnCap Equity Fund V GP, L.P. (EnCap Fund V GP). EnCap Fund VII GP is the general partner of EnCap Fund VII. (continued in Footnote 5).

5. (continued from Footnote 4). EnCap Fund VI GP is the general partner of EnCap Fund VI. EnCap Fund VI GP is also the general partner of EnCap Energy Capital Fund VI-B, L.P. (EnCap Capital Fund VI-B), which is the sole member of EnCap VI-B Acquisitions GP, LLC (EnCap VI-B Acquisitions GP), which is the general partner of EnCap Fund VI-B. EnCap Fund V GP is the general partner of EnCap Fund V. EnCap Fund V GP is also the general partner of EnCap Energy Capital Fund V-B, L.P. (EnCap Capital Fund V-B), which is the sole member of EnCap V-B Acquisitions GP, LLC (EnCap V-B Acquisitions GP), which is the general partner of EnCap Fund V-B. Therefore, Messrs. Miller, Phillips, Petersen and Zorich, RNBD, EnCap Investments GP, EnCap Investments LP, EnCap Fund VII GP, EnCap Fund VI GP, EnCap Fund V GP, EnCap Capital Fund V-B, EnCap Capital Fund VI-B, EnCap VI-B Acquisitions GP and EnCap V-B Acquisitions GP may be deemed to beneficially own the reported securities.

6. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Robert L. Zorich	12/23/2014
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