Dan O. Dinges - Oct 1, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Coterra Energy Inc. (CTRA)

Role: Executive Chairman of Board, Director
Signature: Deidre L. Shearer, Attorney-in-Fact for Dan O. Dinges
Stock symbol: CTRA
Transactions as of: Oct 1, 2021
Transactions value $: -$11,295,546
Form type: 4
Date filed: 10/5/2021, 04:09 PM
Next filing: Mar 2, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Award		+61.7K	+1.97%		3.2M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$540K	-24.3K	-0.76%	$22.25	3.17M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Options Exercise		+229K	+7.22%		3.4M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$2.01M	-90.2K	-2.65%	$22.25	3.31M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Award		+148K	+4.47%		3.46M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$1.3M	-58.3K	-1.68%	$22.25	3.4M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Options Exercise		+367K	+10.78%		3.77M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$3.21M	-144K	-3.83%	$22.25	3.62M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Award		+170K	+4.68%		3.79M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$1.48M	-66.7K	-1.76%	$22.25	3.73M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Options Exercise		+315K	+8.45%		4.04M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$2.76M	-124K	-3.06%	$22.25	3.92M	Oct 1, 2021	Direct
holding	CTRA	Common Stock						1.26M	Oct 1, 2021	Held by trust.

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CTRA	Performance Shares	Options Exercise	$0	-229K	-100%	$0.00^*	Oct 1, 2021	Common	229K	$0.00	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Performance Shares	Options Exercise	$0	-367K	-100%	$0.00^*	Oct 1, 2021	Common	367K	$0.00	Direct	F1
transaction	CTRA	Performance Shares	Options Exercise	$0	-315K	-100%	$0.00^*	Oct 1, 2021	Common	315K	$0.00	Direct	F1

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Each performance share represented the right to receive up to one share of common stock, based on certain performance criteria in a three year performance period ending 12/31/2019, 12/31/2020 or 12/31/2021, respectively. In connection with the merger of Cimarex Energy Co. ("Cimarex") with Double C Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation ("Merger sub") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coterra Energy Inc. ("Coterra," formerly known as Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation ) (such merger, the "Merger"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 2021 by and among Coterra, Merger Sub and Cimarex (as amended on June 29, 2021, the "Merger Agreement"), the performance shares vested on the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) at the greater of target or actual performance. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors certified the results on 09/28/2021, which resulted in 100% of the stock being paid out for each of the performance shares on the Effective Time.

Content

Each performance share represented the right to receive up to one share of common stock, based on certain performance criteria in a three year performance period ending 12/31/2019, 12/31/2020 or 12/31/2021, respectively. In connection with the merger of Cimarex Energy Co. ("Cimarex") with Double C Merger Sub, a Delaware corporation ("Merger sub") and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coterra Energy Inc. ("Coterra," formerly known as Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation ) (such merger, the "Merger"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 2021 by and among Coterra, Merger Sub and Cimarex (as amended on June 29, 2021, the "Merger Agreement"), the performance shares vested on the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) at the greater of target or actual performance. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors certified the results on 09/28/2021, which resulted in 100% of the stock being paid out for each of the performance shares on the Effective Time.