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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


August 24, 2016
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-35371
61-1630631
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File No.)
(I.R.S. employer identification number)


410 17th Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(720) 440-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 3.01
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On August 24, 2016, Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) received written notice (the “Notice”) from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that the Company is not in compliance with the NYSE continued listing standard set forth in Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual because the average closing price of its common stock had fallen below $1.00 per share over a period of 30 consecutive trading days, which is the minimum average share price required by the NYSE. As of August 22, 2016, the 30 trading day average closing price of the Company’s common stock was $0.98 per share.
 
In accordance with the applicable NYSE procedures, the Company plans to notify the NYSE by September 8, 2016 of its intention to cure this noncompliance. The Company has six months following receipt of the Notice to regain compliance with the minimum share price requirement. The Company can regain compliance at any time during the six-month cure period if its common stock has a closing share price of at least $1.00 on the last trading day of any calendar month during the period and also has an average closing share price of at least $1.00 over the 30 trading day period ending on the last trading day of that month or on the last day of the cure period.
 
The Notice has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company’s common stock, which will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE during this period, subject to the Company’s compliance with other listing standards. The Company’s common stock symbol “BCEI” will be assigned a “.BC” indicator by the NYSE to signify that the Company is not currently in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing requirements. If the Company fails to regain compliance with Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual during the cure period, the Company’s common stock will be subject to the NYSE’s suspension and delisting procedures.

Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 1, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing, among other things, that it had elected to defer the interest payment then due with respect to its $300 million 5.75% senior notes due in 2023 (the “2023 Notes”). On August 29, 2016, within the 30-day grace period provided for in the indenture governing the 2023 Notes, the Company made the approximate $8.6 million interest payment due on the 2023 Notes in full (the “Interest Payment”). As a result of the Interest Payment, the Company remains in compliance with the terms of the underlying bond indenture.
On August 29, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing receipt of the Notice and the Interest Payment. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)        Exhibits.
99.1        Press release issued August 29, 2016.
    







SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
 
 
 
Dated: August 29, 2016
 
By:
/s/ Cyrus D. Marter IV
 
 
Name:
Cyrus D. Marter IV
 
 
Title:
Secretary
 
 
 
 







INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
Description
99.1
Press release issued August 29, 2016.