PC -- Form 144

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 144 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
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OMB Number:
3235-0101
Expires:
February 28, 2014
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hours per response
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SEC USE ONLY
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
 
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. 
CUSIP NUMBER
 
1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

WORK LOCATION
Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
45-3007926
001-35380
 
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER
STREET
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
 
15 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1800
Tulsa
Oklahoma
74119
AREA CODE
NUMBER
(918)
513-4570
2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
(c) ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP CODE
Patrick Curth
 
Sr. V.P. - Exploration and Land
15 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1800
Tulsa
OK
74119
INSTRUCTION:
 
The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
Broker-Dealer File Number
 Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c))
Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d))
 Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e))
Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)
 Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g))
Common
Jefferies & Company, Inc., 11100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90025
 
50,000

 
128,249,662

12/20/2012
NYSE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
3.
(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
1.
(a) Name of issuer
 
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
 
(b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
 
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
 
(c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
 
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to filing of this notice
 
(d) Issuer’s address, including zip code
 
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
 
(e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
 
by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
 
 
 
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
2.
(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
 
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
 
(b) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
 
 
 
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
 
 
 
(c) Such person’s address, including zip code
 
 
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 control number.
 
 
 
SEC 1147 (08-07)


TABLE I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
Title of the Class
Date you Acquired
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of Securities Acquired
Date of Payment
Nature of Payment
Common (converted from LLC units in IPO)
2006/2007
Original acquisition of B-1 & B-2 Units in Laredo Petroleum, LLC, converted at time of initial public offering
Original Issue
Orginal acquired 325,000 "units"
2006/2007
Cash
INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
TABLE II –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
Name and Address of Seller
Title of Securities Sold
Date of Sale
Amount of Securities Sold
Gross Proceeds
 
 
 
 
 
REMARKS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
ATTENTION:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
 
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.
12/19/2012
 
/s/ Patrick Curth
 DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE)
 
(SIGNATURE)
 
 
 
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,
 
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
 
 
SEC 1147 (02-08)