0001104659-13-051442.txt : 20130626 0001104659-13-051442.hdr.sgml : 20130626 20130626083223 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-13-051442 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130625 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130626 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001528129 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 453007926 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 W. SIXTH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 BUSINESS PHONE: 918-513-4570 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 W. SIXTH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1800 CITY: TULSA STATE: OK ZIP: 74119 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KAGAN PETER CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001239315 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35380 FILM NUMBER: 13933333 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC STREET 2: 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 4 1 a4.xml 4 X0306 4 2013-06-25 0 0001528129 Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. LPI 0001239315 KAGAN PETER C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10017 1 0 0 0 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (''Common Stock'') 2013-06-25 4 J 0 3515263 0 D 83993854 I See footnote Common Stock 2013-06-25 4 J 0 15041 0 A 38005 D See Exhibit 99.1; Note 1. Exhibit List: Exhibit 99.1 - Explanation of Responses By: /s/ Peter Kagan Name: Peter Kagan 2013-06-26 EX-99.1 2 ex-99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Designated Filer:

Peter Kagan

Issuer & Ticker Symbol:

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. [LPI]

Date of Event Requiring Statement:

June 25, 2013

 

Explanation of Responses:

 

(1) Peter Kagan (the “Reporting Person”) is a director of Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), a Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership (“WP”), and a Member and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company (“WP LLC” and together with “WP”, the “Warburg Pincus Entities”).  On June 25, 2013, Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and an affiliated partnership (collectively, “WP IX”), distributed, which distribution did not constitute a purchase or sale of securities, an aggregate of 2,759,985 shares (the “WP IX Distribution Shares”) of common stock (“Common Stock”) of the Issuer held by them, in the aggregate, to their respective partners on a pro rata basis (the “WP IX Distribution”), for no consideration and Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and an affiliated partnership (collectively, “WP X”), distributed, which distribution did not constitute a purchase or sale of securities, an aggregate of 755,278 shares (the “WP X Distribution Shares” and together with the WP IX Distribution Shares, the “WP Distribution Shares”) of Common Stock of the Issuer held by them, in the aggregate, to their respective partners on a pro rata basis (the “WP X Distribution”, and together with the WP IX Distribution, the “WP Distribution”), for no consideration.

 

In connection with the WP Distribution, an aggregate of 15,041 Distribution Shares were transferred to the Reporting Person.  The Reporting Person also beneficially owns 22,964 shares of restricted Common Stock of the Issuer that were issued to him in his capacity as a director of the Issuer.  Due to his relationships with the Warburg Pincus Entities, the Reporting Person may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) in an indeterminate portion of the shares of the Issuer held by WP IX and WP X.  The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of the Issuer held by WP IX and WP X, except to the extent of any direct pecuniary interest therein.

 

This Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person or any other person referred to herein is a beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock held by the WP IX and WP X for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or for any other purpose or that the Reporting Person or other person has an obligation to file this Form 4 except, in each case, to the extent it or he has a pecuniary interest in such shares of Common Stock for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.