{"url_path":"/sec/sm/8-k/2026-06-01/item-1-02","section_key":"item-1-02","section_title":"Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/0000893538-26-000071-index.html","accession_number":"0000893538-26-000071","cik":"0000893538","ticker":"SM","issuer_name":"SM Energy Co","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/893538/0000893538-26-000071-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000893538","primary_entity_name":"SM Energy Co"},"word_count":262,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.02    Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.\n\nOn June 1, 2026, SM Energy Company (“Company”) paid $419,235,000 to redeem all of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 6.75% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Senior Notes”), plus accrued and unpaid interest, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of May 21, 2015 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, (including its successor in interest, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 12, 2016, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), and as further amended and supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2026, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture” and, collectively with the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture Documents”), all of which governed the 2026 Senior Notes. In connection with the redemption of the 2026 Senior Notes, on June 1, 2026, the Company satisfied all of its remaining obligations under the Indenture Documents as they relate to the 2026 Senior Notes. The redeemed 2026 Senior Notes and related guarantees were cancelled upon settlement.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nSM ENERGY COMPANY\n\nDate:June 1, 2026By:/s/ ALAN D. BENNETT\n\nAlan D. Bennett\n\nVice President - Controller\n\n(Principal Accounting Officer)"}