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* KAGAN PETER (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10017 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Laredo Petroleum, Inc. [ LPI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2014
	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	08/14/2014		A		636(1)	A	$23.55	144,880	D
Common Stock								57,870,127(2)(3)	I	See footnote(4)

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. These restricted shares are granted under the Issuer's 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of cash payments for director fees at the election of the director.

2. The stockholders of Laredo Petroleum, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer") are Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP IX") and Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with an affiliated partnership, the "WP X Funds"). The total number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned by WP IX is 46,215,059 shares of Common Stock and the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned by the WP X Funds is 11,655,068 shares of Common Stock. Together, WP IX and the WP X Funds own 57,870,127 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.

3. Warburg Pincus IX LLC, a New York limited liability company (''WP IX GP''), is the general partner of WP IX. Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (''WP X GP''), is the general partner of the WP X Funds. Warburg Pincus X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (''WP X LLC''), is the general partner of WP X GP. Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP Partners"), is the sole member of WP IX GP and WP X LLC. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership (''WP''), is the managing member of WP Partners. Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company (''WP LLC''), manages WP IX and the WP X Funds. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are each a Managing General Partner of WP and a Managing Member and Co-Chief Executive Officer of WP LLC and may be deemed to control WP IX, WP IX GP, the WP X Funds, WP X GP, WP X LLC, WP Partners, WP and WP LLC.

4. Mr. Kagan, a director of the Issuer, is a Partner of WP and a Managing Director and Member of WP LLC. Because of Mr. Kagan's affiliation with the Warburg Pincus entities, he may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) in an indeterminate portion of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned by WP IX and the WP X Funds. Mr. Kagan disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock of the Issuer in which he does not have a direct pecuniary interest. This Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any reporting person or any other person referred to herein is a beneficial owner of any securities of the Issuer for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purpose or that any reporting person or other person has an obligation to file this Form 4.

Remarks:

	/s/ Kenneth E. Dornblaser, as attorney-in-fact for Peter R. Kagan	08/18/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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