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
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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) 05/16/2019
	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	05/16/2019		A		17,908(1)	A	$3.49	163,095	D
Common Stock								51,170,146	I	See footnote(2)(3)(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 shares are granted under the Issuer's Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of cash payments for director fees at the election of the director.

2. The stockholders are (i) Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP IX"), including an affiliated partnership, (ii) Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X O&G"), and (iii) Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X Partners"). Warburg Pincus IX GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("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 each of WP X O&G and WP X Partners. Warbug Pincus X GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X LP"), is the general partner of WP X GP, WPP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WPP GP"), is the general partner of WP IX GP and WP X GP.

3. Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP Partners"), is the managing member of WPP GP. Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Partners GP"), is the general partner of WP Partners. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), is the managing member of WP Partners GP. Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"), manages each of WP IX, WP X O&G and WP X Partners. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are each Managing General Partners of WP and Managing Members and Co-Chief Executive Officers of WP LLC and may be deemed to control the Warburg Pincus entities. Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Warburg Pincus entities. The address of the Warburg Pincus entities is 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

4. Peter R. Kagan is a director of the Issuer, a Partner of WP and a Member and Managing Director of WP LLC. All shares indicated as owned by Mr. Kagan are included because of his affiliation with the Warburg Pincus entities. Mr. Kagan disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Warburg Pincus entities.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24: Kagan POA

	/s/ Mark Denny, as attorney-in-fact for Peter R. Kagan	05/20/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                    POWER OF ATTORNEY



                                For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5



        The undersigned, Peter R. Kagan, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark D, Denny and

Amanda Thrash, each, individually or jointly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,

to have full power and authority to act in his name, place and stead and on the undersigned's

behalf to:



         1. execute and deliver for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5

                (including any amendments, corrections, supplements or other changes thereto)

                in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

                amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, but only to the extent

                each form relates to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of

                Laredo Petroleum, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries;



        2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may

                be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and

                timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange

                Commission and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any other

                authority; and



        3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing,

                which, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the

                best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being understood that

                the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

                pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such

                terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve, in his discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do

 and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done

 in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes

 as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution

 or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or

 substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the

 rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-

 in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is

 Laredo Petroleum, Inc. assuming, (i) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with

the requirements of the Exchange Act or any liability for the undersigned's failure to comply

 with such requirements or (ii) any obligation or liability that the undersigned incurs for profit

 disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.



         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no

 longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments, corrections, supplements

 or other changes thereto) with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

 securities issued by Laredo Petroleum, Inc. unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

 signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not

 revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 16th day of April, 2019.



                                                    By:

                                                           Peter R. Kagan



                     Signature Page to Power of Attorney for Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5