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    <periodOfReport>2020-01-10</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001594466</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Parsley Energy, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001098463</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>VANLOH S WIL JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>800 CAPITOL STREET, SUITE 3600</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77002</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-01-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>65412650</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>65412650</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-01-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3589</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3589</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares are held directly by Q-Jagged Peak Energy Investment Partners, LLC (&quot;Q-Jagged Peak&quot;). QEM V, LLC (&quot;QEM V&quot;) is the managing member of Q-Jagged Peak. QEM V may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Q-Jagged Peak and may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities. QEM V disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities in excess of its pecuniary interest therein. Any decision taken by QEM V to vote, or to direct to vote, and to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, the securities held by Q-Jagged Peak has to be approved by a majority of the members of its investment committee, which majority must include S. Wil VanLoh, Jr. Therefore, Mr. VanLoh may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities held by Q-Jagged Peak and may also be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities. Mr. VanLoh disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities in excess of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This Form 4 reports securities acquired upon the effectiveness of the merger contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 14, 2019, by and among Jagged Peak Energy Inc. (&quot;Jagged Peak&quot;), Parsley Energy, Inc. (&quot;Parsley&quot;) and Jackal Merger Sub, Inc. (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;) (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;) on January 10, 2020 (the &quot;Effective Time&quot;). At the Effective Time, Merger Sub merged with and into Jagged Peak, with Jagged Peak surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parsley (the &quot;Merger&quot;), and each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Jagged Peak was converted automatically into the right to receive 0.447 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parsley (the &quot;Parsley Class A common stock&quot;), with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of Parsley Class A common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Parsley Class A common stock acquired by the Reporting Person as a result of the Merger is reported above. On the trading day immediately prior to the Effective Time, the closing price of Parsley Class A common stock was $18.44 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Restricted Stock Unit Award pursuant to the Parsley Energy, Inc. 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. The award vests in full on May 24, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Mr. VanLoh holds these Restricted Stock Units for the benefit of Q-Jagged Peak. Mr. VanLoh disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ S. Wil VanLoh, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-01-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
