UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2016

WPX Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

One Williams Center

Tulsa, Oklahoma

(Address of principal executive offices)

74172-0172

(Zip code)

(855) 979-2012

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On November 9, 2016, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of WPX Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted an amendment and restatement of the Company’s existing change in control agreements with each of the named executive officers (the “NEOs”) of the Company (as amended and restated, the “Agreements”), which provide for severance payments and other benefits to the NEOs if they are terminated upon or within a certain period after a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Agreements). The Committee also approved and adopted on the same date an amendment and restatement of the Company’s existing executive severance pay plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”), which sets forth the terms and conditions of severance payable to certain executives under various termination of employment scenarios, including reductions in force, job eliminations and terminations not for cause.

The term “Annual Bonus” has been revised in the Agreements and in the Plan to conform with market trends. The Agreements’ COBRA provisions also have been revised to provide for a lump sum cash payment instead of providing subsidized coverage, which is consistent with the existing provisions of the Plan. In addition to these changes, there are a number of other minor revisions to the Agreements and the Plan, including clarifying certain ambiguous terms and other administrative changes.

The foregoing descriptions of the Agreements and the Plan are not complete and are in all respects subject to the actual provisions of the Agreements and the Plan, copies of which have been filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which are incorporated by reference herein.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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