CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD - 30 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CIVITAS RESOURCES, INC. (CIVI)

Role: 10%+ Owner
Signature: CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, By: /s/ Pierre Abinakle, Managing Director, Head of Compliance
Issuer symbol: CIVI
Transactions as of: 30 Jan 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 03 Feb 2026, 16:30:05 UTC
Previous filing: 19 Nov 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD	10%+ Owner	ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, STE 2500, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA	CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD, By: /s/ Pierre Abinakle, Managing Director, Head of Compliance	03 Feb 2026	0001283718

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CIVI	Common Stock	Other		-9,524,201	-100%		0	30 Jan 2026	See Footnote	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	On January 30, 2026, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement") dated as of November 2, 2025, by and among the Issuer, SM Energy Company ("SM Energy"), and Cars Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy ("Merger Sub"), (i) Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy (the "First Merger"), and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, the Issuer merged with and into SM Energy, with SM Energy continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Second Merger" and, together with the First Merger, the "Mergers"). Immediately following the First Merger, each eligible share of Issuer Common Stock (the "Common Stock") was converted automatically into the right to receive 1.45 shares of SM Energy common stock, with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of SM Energy common stock.
F2	The Common Stock reported herein was held directly by CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc. ("CP Canada") and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is an indirect beneficial owner of such shares of Common Stock owned by CP Canada.

Content

On January 30, 2026, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement") dated as of November 2, 2025, by and among the Issuer, SM Energy Company ("SM Energy"), and Cars Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy ("Merger Sub"), (i) Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of SM Energy (the "First Merger"), and (ii) immediately following the First Merger, the Issuer merged with and into SM Energy, with SM Energy continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Second Merger" and, together with the First Merger, the "Mergers"). Immediately following the First Merger, each eligible share of Issuer Common Stock (the "Common Stock") was converted automatically into the right to receive 1.45 shares of SM Energy common stock, with cash paid in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of SM Energy common stock.

The Common Stock reported herein was held directly by CPPIB Crestone Peak Resources Canada Inc. ("CP Canada") and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is an indirect beneficial owner of such shares of Common Stock owned by CP Canada.