Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: January 31, 2005
Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5

(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SailingStone Capital Partners LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/14/2019
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. [LPI]]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET, 30TH FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 91,005 (1) (2)
I
See Footnotes (1) (2)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-02)
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SailingStone Capital Partners LLC
ONE CALIFORNIA STREET
30TH FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    
SailingStone Holdings LLC
1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    
Davis MacKenzie B
1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941111
    X    
Settles Kenneth L Jr
1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
    X    

Signatures

/s/ SailingStone Capital Partners LLC; By its Chief Compliance Officer, Kathlyne Kiaie 02/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ SailingStone Holdings LLC; By its managing member, MacKenzie B. Davis 02/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ MacKenzie B. Davis 02/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Kenneth L. Settles Jr. 02/15/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Kenneth Settles holds approximately 1.03% of the limited partnership interests of SailingStone Global Natural Resources Fund, L.P. (the "Fund"), and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 40,403 shares. MacKenzie Davis holds approximately 1.29% of the limited partnership interests of the Fund and may be considered to have a pecuniary interest in the proportionate amount of the common stock of the Company held by the Fund, or 50,602 shares.
(2) Each of the Reporting Persons (other than Kenneth Settles and MacKenzie Davis to the extent set forth above), hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein for purposes of Section 16 and for any other purpose.
 
Remarks:
On February 14, 2019, the Reporting Persons took one or more actions which could be deemed to have the purpose or effect of influencing or changing the control of Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (the "Company"). Prior to this date, for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the Reporting Persons did not beneficially own more than 10% of any class of the Company's equity securities due to exemptions from beneficial ownership under Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(v) and Rule 16a-1(a)(1)(vii) under the 1934 Act, as applicable, for shares of the Company held in accounts for which SailingStone Capital Partners LLC serves as investment adviser.

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.