Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 5, 2022, Southwestern Energy Company (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement (the "Resale Prospectus Supplement") to the prospectus dated August 16, 2021 included in the Company's automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-238633). The Resale Prospectus Supplement was filed for the purpose of registering the sale from time to time by certain selling stockholders (collectively, the "Selling Stockholders") of up to 99,337,748 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock").

The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders.

In connection with the filing of the Resale Prospectus Supplement, the Company is filing an opinion of its counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, regarding the legality of the securities being registered, which opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
  No.       Description

 5.1          Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP relating to the
            Resale Prospectus Supplement.

23.1          Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in
            Exhibit 5.1).

 104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document)

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