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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Knott Kenneth J.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SM Energy Co [SM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP-Bus Dv & Land & Asst Sec (Last) (First) (Middle) 1775 SHERMAN STREET, SUITE 1200 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/01/2015 (Street) DENVER, CO 80203 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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: $.01 Par Value 12/31/2014   J(1) V 60 A $ 32.793 36,545 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 06/30/2015   J(2) V 572 A $ 32.793 37,117 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   M   544 A (3) 37,661 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   F   149 D $ 46.12 37,512 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   M   445 A (4) 37,957 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   F   122 D $ 46.12 37,835 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   M   340 A (5) 38,175 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   F   93 D $ 46.12 38,082 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   M   4,617 A (6) 42,699 D   Common Stock: $.01 Par Value 07/01/2015   F   1,263 D $ 46.12 41,436 D

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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
Restricted Stock Units	(3)	07/01/2015		M			544	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	544	(3)	0	D
Restricted Stock Units	(4)	07/01/2015		M			445	(4)	(4)	Common Stock	445	(4)	445	D
Restricted Stock Units	(5)	07/01/2015		M			340	(5)	(5)	Common Stock	340	(5)	681	D
Performance Share Units	(6)	07/01/2015		A		4,617		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	4,617	(6)	4,617	D
Performance Share Units	(6)	07/01/2015		M			4,617	(6)	(6)	Common Stock	4,617	(6)	0	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Knott Kenneth J. 1775 SHERMAN STREET SUITE 1200 DENVER, CO 80203			SVP-Bus Dv & Land & Asst Sec

Signatures

Karin M. Writer (Attorney-In-Fact)		07/06/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person purchased 60 shares of the issuer's common stock on December 31, 2014, through the issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)	The reporting person purchased 572 shares of the issuer's common stock on June 30, 2015, through the issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vested in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2013. The vested shares were issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares lapsed.
(4)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2014. The vested shares will be issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares will lapse.
(5)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of stock. The restricted stock unit grant vests in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2015. The vested shares will be issued to the reporting person on the vesting dates, at which time all restrictions on the vested shares will lapse.
(6)	On July 1, 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the issuer determined that 4,617 shares of the issuer's common stock had been earned by the reporting person under the terms of a grant of performance share units (the "PSUs"), based on the achievement of specific performance criteria that were not tied solely to the market price of the issuer's common stock. The PSUs were granted to the reporting person on July 1, 2012, and represent the right to receive, upon the settlement of the PSUs, the determined number of earned shares of the issuer's common stock based on the achievement of the performance criteria over a three-year performance period (with the determined number of earned shares being within a range of zero to two times the number of PSUs granted on the award date), to the extent that the PSUs have vested under separate employment service vesting provisions. The PSUs vested in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2013.

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