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): June 27, 2018

Jones Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 328-2953

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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company x

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. x

Item 1.01              Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 27, 2018, Jones Energy Holdings, LLC (“JEH”), a subsidiary of Jones Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 13 (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2009 among JEH, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders signatory thereto (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”). Among other things, the Amendment:

·                  Reduces the Company’s borrowing base from $50 million to $25;

·                  Reduces lender commitments to $25;

·                  Aligns certain of the covenants contained therein with those contained in the indenture governing the Company’s 9.25% senior secured first lien notes; and

·                  Eliminates all financial maintenance covenants.

In connection with entering into the Amendment, the Company has repaid all outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01              Regulation FD.

On July 2, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the Amendment. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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