As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2014

Registration No. 333-            

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MEMORIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77010

713-588-8300

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Kyle N. Roane

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Memorial Resource Development Corp.

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2100

Houston, Texas 77010

713-588-8300

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  ¨

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x File No. 333-195062

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

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

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

Memorial Resource Development Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing this registration statement with respect to the registration of an additional 7,820,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 6,800,000 of which will be offered by the selling stockholder and 1,020,000 of which may be sold by the selling stockholder in the event the underwriters exercise their overallotment option, pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This registration statement relates to the initial public offering of the Company’s common stock contemplated by a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-195062), as amended (the “Prior Registration Statement”) which was originally filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 4, 2014 and declared effective by the Commission on June 12, 2014. The contents of the Prior Registration Statement and all exhibits to the Prior Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

The required opinions and consents are listed on the Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.

The Company hereby certifies to the Commission that (i) it has instructed its bank to pay to the Commission the filing fee set forth on the cover page of this Registration Statement by a wire transfer of such amount to the Commission’s account at U.S. Bank as soon as practicable (but no later than the close of business on June 13, 2014), (ii) it will not revoke such instructions, (iii) it has sufficient funds in the relevant account to cover the amount of such filing fee, and (iv) it will confirm receipt of such instructions by its bank during the bank’s regular business hours no later than June 13, 2014.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

(a) All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-195062), are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed to be part of, this Registration Statement, except for the following, which are filed herewith:

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

Not applicable.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on June 12, 2014.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

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