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10000 Energy Drive

Spring, Texas 77389

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(832) 796-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 $0.01

SWN

New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐   No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒   No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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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. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐   No ☒ 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $1,703,566,444 based on the New York Stock Exchange – Composite Transactions closing price on June 30, 2019 of $3.16. For purposes of this calculation, the registrant has assumed that its directors and executive officers are affiliates.

As of February 25, 2020, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.01, was 541,057,922.

Document Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed with respect to the annual meeting of stockholders to be held on or about May 19, 2020 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

For Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

						Page
PART I
Item 1.			Business			4
			Glossary of Certain Industry Terms			25
Item 1A.			Risk Factors			29
Item 1B.			Unresolved Staff Comments			40
Item 2.			Properties			40
Item 3.			Legal Proceedings			45
Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures			45

PART II
Item 5.			Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			46
			Stock Performance Graph			47
Item 6.			Selected Financial Data			48
Item 7.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			50
			Overview			50
			Results of Operations			51
			Liquidity and Capital Resources			59
			Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates			65
			Cautionary Statement about Forward-Looking Statements			68
Item 7A.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk			70
Item 8.			Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			70
			Index to Consolidated Financial Statements			71
Item 9.			Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			133
Item 9A.			Controls and Procedures			133
Item 9B.			Other Information			133

PART III
Item 10.			Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			134
Item 11.			Executive Compensation			134
Item 12.			Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			135
Item 13.			Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			135
Item 14.			Principal Accounting Fees and Services			135

PART IV
Item 15.			Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules			135
Item 16.			Form 10-K Summary			135

EXHIBIT INDEX

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”) includes certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act.  We refer you to “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I and to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Cautionary Statement about Forward-Looking Statements” in Item 7 of Part II of this Annual Report for a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such forward-looking statements.  The electronic version of this Annual Report, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those forms filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on our website at www.swn.com.  Our corporate governance guidelines and the charters of the Audit, the Compensation, the Health, Safety, Environment and Corporate Responsibility and the Nominating and Governance Committees of our Board of Directors are available on our website and, upon request, in print free of charge to any stockholder.  Information on our website is not incorporated into this report.

We file periodic reports, current reports and proxy statements with the SEC electronically.  The SEC maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s website is www.sec.gov.  The public may also read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549.  The public may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.