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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~November~~December 3018, 2020

Sundance Energy Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-36302		61-1949225
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1050 17th Street, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80265	(303) 543-5700
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)	(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

1050 17th Street, Suite 700

Denver, CO

(Address of principal executive offices)

80265

(Zip Code)

~~N/A~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 543-5700

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		SNDE		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company		x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.		¨

Emerging growth company x

~~Item~~If ~~8.01~~an ~~Other~~emerging ~~Events~~growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

AsItem ~~previously indicated in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Sundance Energy Inc~~1.01 ~~(the~~Entry “Company”) was not in compliance as of such date with respect to (a) the Asset Coverage Ratio under its second lien term loan facility or (b) the Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio or minimum Current Ratio under its senior secured revolving credit facility. In addition, pursuant to the second lien term loan facility, the Company was required to enter into a ~~restructuring~~Material ~~support~~Definitive ~~agreement with its lenders by November 30, 2020 which did not occur~~Agreement. As a result of such non-compliance, the Company was unable to deliver applicable compliance certificates under such facilities and cross-defaults under each facility were triggered. While they have not yet done so, these events of default allow the lenders to demand immediate repayment of the amounts outstanding under our credit facilities.

~~The~~On December 18, 2020, Sundance Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) ~~has~~and ~~not~~its ~~yet~~subsidiary, ~~received~~Sundance ~~waivers or~~Energy, Inc. ~~amendments~~(the ~~from~~“Borrower”), entered into the ~~lenders~~Forbearance Agreement and Sixth Amendment to ~~waive~~Credit orAgreement ~~otherwise~~(the ~~address~~“Forbearance ~~these~~Agreement”) ~~events~~with ofToronto Dominion ~~default.~~(Texas) ~~The~~LLC, ~~Company~~as ~~continues~~administrative toagent ~~actively~~(the ~~work~~“Administrative ~~with~~Agent”), and the lenders party thereto. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under ~~each~~that ~~facility~~certain toCredit ~~provide~~Agreement ~~for~~dated ~~any~~as ~~waivers~~of April 23, 2018 ~~amendments~~(as amended, ormodified, ~~forbearances~~supplemented, ~~necessary~~restated, ~~although~~replaced ~~there~~or ~~can~~otherwise bemodified nofrom ~~assurances~~time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) ~~that~~with the Company ~~will~~and bethe ~~able~~Borrower, agreed to dorefrain ~~so.~~from Ifexercising their rights and remedies under the ~~Company~~Credit isAgreement ~~unsuccessful~~and inrelated loan ~~its~~documents ~~efforts,~~with itrespect ~~may~~to becertain ~~necessary~~defaults ~~for~~until the ~~Company~~earlier to ~~seek~~occur of (x) February 7, 2021 and (y) certain ~~protection~~events ~~from~~as ~~its~~described ~~creditors~~in ~~under~~the ~~Chapter~~Forbearance 11Agreement and (ii) the borrowing base may be redetermined at any time at the discretion of the UAdministrative Agent and the Required Lenders (as defined in the Forbearance Agreement).S. ~~Bankruptcy~~Pursuant ~~Code~~to the Forbearance Agreement, the orsublimit ~~such~~for ~~creditors~~letters ~~may~~of ~~seek~~credit ~~other~~under ~~remedies~~the Credit Agreement was reduced from $25.0 million to $20.0 million.

~~SIGNATURE~~The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Agreement other than those disclosed in the Forbearance Agreement, (ii) any material misrepresentation by Borrower or any other loan party under the Forbearance Agreement or other loan document, (iii) the failure of Borrower or any other loan party to perform, observe or comply with any covenant, agreement or term in the Forbearance Agreement, (iv) the Term Lenders accelerate the Term Debt (as defined in the Forbearance Agreement), (v) commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or similar proceeding or general assignment for the benefit of creditors with respect to any loan party, (vi) any creditor of the Borrower or any guarantor takes any enforcement action against the Borrower or any guarantor which, in the Administrative Agent’s judgment, would materially interfere with the Administrative Agent’s ability to collect under the loan documents and (vii) any loan party or any of their affiliates, or principals, initiates any judicial, administrative or arbitration proceeding against the lenders or their affiliates. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies.

~~Pursuant~~The toabove description of the ~~requirements~~ terms of the Forbearance ~~Securities~~Agreement ~~Exchange~~does ~~Act~~not ofpurport ~~1934,~~to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the ~~registrant~~full ~~has~~text ~~duly~~of ~~caused~~the ~~this~~Forbearance ~~report~~Agreement, which is attached to bethis ~~signed~~Current Report on ~~its~~Form 8-K ~~behalf~~as byExhibit 10.1 ~~the~~and ~~undersigned hereunto~~is ~~duly~~incorporated ~~authorized~~herein by reference.

~~Date:~~Item ~~December 1,~~9.01 ~~2020~~Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~SUNDANCE~~(d) ~~ENERGY INC. By: /s/ Cathy L. Anderson Name: Cathy L. Anderson Title: Chief Financial Officer~~Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Forbearance Agreement and Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2020, among Sundance Energy Inc., as parent, Sundance Energy, Inc., as borrower, Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as administrative agent, the loan parties thereto and the lenders party thereto.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

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.

	SUNDANCE ENERGY INC.


Date: December 23, 2020	By:	/s/ Cathy L. Anderson
	Name:	Cathy L. Anderson
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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