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* KKR Group Partnership L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Crescent Energy Co [ CRGY ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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
Class B Common Stock(1)	04/01/2024		J(6)(7)		6,000,000	D	$0(6)	29,134,496	I	Seefootnotes(2)(4)(5)
Class A Common Stock	04/01/2024		C(6)(7)		6,000,000	A	$0(6)	6,000,000	I	Seefootnotes(2)(4)(5)
Class A Common Stock	04/01/2024		S(7)		6,000,000	D	$10.74(7)	0	I	Seefootnotes(2)(4)(5)
Class A Common Stock								572,354	I	Seefootnotes(3)(4)(5)

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
Crescent Energy OpCo LLC Units(6)(7)	(6)	04/01/2024		C(6)(7)			6,000,000	(6)	(6)	Class A Common Stock	6,000,000	$0	29,134,496	I	Seefootnotes(2)(4)(5)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR Group Partnership L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR Group Holdings Corp. (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR Group Co. Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR & Co. Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KKR Management LLP (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KRAVIS HENRY R (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 HUDSON YARDS (Street) NEW YORK NY 10001 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ROBERTS GEORGE R (Last) (First) (Middle) 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 200 (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares of Class B Common Stock of Crescent Energy Company (the "Issuer") have no economic rights but entitle its holder to one vote per share of Class B Common Stock on all matters to be voted on by shareholders generally.

2. Reflects securities held directly by Independence Energy Aggregator L.P. ("IE Aggregator"). Independence Energy Aggregator GP LLC is the general partner of IE Aggregator. KKR Upstream Associates LLC is the sole member of Independence Energy Aggregator GP LLC.

3. Reflects securities held directly by KKR Upstream Associates LLC.

4. KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P. and KKR Financial Holdings LLC are the controlling members of KKR Upstream Associates LLC. KKR Group Assets III GP LLC is the general partner of KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P. KKR Group Partnership L.P. is the sole member of each of KKR Group Assets III GP LLC and KKR Financial Holdings LLC. KKR Group Holdings Corp. is the general partner of KKR Group Partnership L.P. KKR Group Co. Inc. is the sole shareholder of KKR Group Holdings Corp. KKR & Co. Inc. is the sole shareholder of KKR Group Co. Inc. KKR Management LLP is the Series I preferred stockholder of KKR & Co. Inc. Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts are the founding partners of KKR Management LLP.

5. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed to be an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of any securities reported herein.

6. The terms of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of OpCo provide certain holders of the OpCo LLC Units with the right to cause OpCo to acquire all or a portion of the OpCo LLC Units (the "Redemption Right") for, at OpCo's election, (a) shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at a redemption ratio of one share of Class A Common Stock for each OpCo LLC Unit redeemed, together with an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock (subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassification and similar transactions), or (b) cash. In connection with any redemption of OpCo LLC Units pursuant to the Redemption Right, the corresponding number of shares of the Class B Common Stock will be cancelled. The OpCo LLC Units and the Redemption Right have no expiration date.

7. In connection with the sale on April 1, 2024 by IE Aggregator of Class A Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, through a broker-dealer, IE Aggregator (i) converted 6,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock and OpCo LLC Units into 6,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock and (ii) sold 6,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at a price per share of $10.74.

Remarks:

Because no more than 10 reporting persons can file any one Form 4 through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, certain affiliates of the Reporting Person have filed a separate Form 4.

	KKR GROUP PARTNERSHIP L.P., By: KKR Group Holdings Corp., its general partner By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Secretary	04/03/2024
	KKR GROUP HOLDINGS CORP., By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Secretary	04/03/2024
	KKR GROUP CO. INC., By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Secretary	04/03/2024
	KKR & CO. INC., By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Secretary	04/03/2024
	KKR MANAGEMENT LLP, By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Assistant Secretary	04/03/2024
	HENRY R. KRAVIS, By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Attorney-in- fact	04/03/2024
	GEORGE R. ROBERTS, By: /s/ Christopher Lee, Name: Christopher Lee, Title: Attorney-in-fact	04/03/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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