X0202 4 2006-08-18 0 0000750199 ENERGY PARTNERS LTD EPL 0001044292 BACHMANN RICHARD A C/O ENERGY PARTNERS, LTD. 201 ST. CHARLES AVENUE, SUITE 3400 NEW ORLEANS LA 70170 1 1 0 0 Chairman and CEO Forward Purchase Agreement 2006-08-18 2006-08-18 4 J 0 1 D 2009-08-21 Common Stock 5600 0 D This Form 4 is being filed in connection with the sale by the Reporting Person of 5,600 shares of common stock of Energy Partners, Ltd. to an unaffiliated counterparty pursuant to a forward purchase agreement. On August 21, 2009, the date specified in the sale confirmation pursuant to the agreement (or earlier if the agreement is terminated early), the Reporting Person is obligated to deliver the following number of shares of common stock (or, at his election, the cash equivalent of such shares): (a) if the closing price of the Company common stock on the maturity date (the ?PDP?) is less than $18.00per share (the ?DPP?), 5,600 shares, (b) if the PDP is equal to or greater than the DPP, but less than $21.60 per share (the ?CUP?), 5,600 times a fraction equal to the DPP divided by the PDP and (c) if the PDP is equal to or greater than the CUP, 5,600 times a fraction equal to 1 minus [the CUP minus the DPP] divided by the PDP. (footnote one continued) The share numbers and price amounts are subject to anti-dilution adjustments. To secure each party?s obligations under the agreement, the Reporting Person has pledged 5,600 shares to the counterparty, and the counterparty has pledged $87,360 in cash to the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person is entitled to vote the shares during the term of the agreement. /s/ John H. Peper (Attorney-In-Fact for Richard A. Bachmann) 2006-08-22