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			SWN Form S-8: Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:8.5pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8.5pt;">May 21</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:8.5pt;">, 2013</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8.5pt;">Registration No. 333-</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">UNITED STATES</font>
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			<br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:11.5pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:13.5pt;">FORM S-8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11.5pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:14pt;">SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:14pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">71-0205415</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) </font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">2350 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 125</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Houston, Texas 77032 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7pt;">(Address of Registrant&#x2019;s Principal Executive Offices)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;"> &nbsp; &nbsp;</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;"></font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company 2013</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;"> Incentive Plan</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Mark K. Boling</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">2350 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 125</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Houston, Texas 77032</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(281)&nbsp;618-4700</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:7pt;">(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:8pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&nbsp;&nbsp;See the definitions of &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D; &#x201C;accelerated filer&#x201D; and &#x201C;smaller reporting company&#x201D; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Title of Securities to be Registered</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Amount to Be Registered</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">(1)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">Amount of Registration Fee</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company 2013</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Incentive Plan</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 3.6pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">20,500,000</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 3.6pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">$37.97</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">$778,385,000</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0.9pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">$106,171.71</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(1) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;) common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">) that </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">become issuable under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> 2013 Incentive Plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;) as a result of stock splits, stock dividends</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, recapitalization</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> or similar adjustments of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(2) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration f</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">) &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">under the Securities Act</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">May 16</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, 2013</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;Commission&#x201D;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">PART II</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Item 3. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commis</font><font style="display: inline;">sion</font><font style="display: inline;">, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:18pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Southwestern Energy Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> &nbsp;(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">File</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">. No. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">001</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">08246</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(ii)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">since the end of the fiscal year covered by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Annual Report</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(iii)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The description of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">set forth under the heading &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">contained in the Registrant&#x2019;s Form 8-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">K/</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">A filed with the Commission on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">August 3, 2006</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Item 4.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Description of Securities.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Item 5. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Item 6. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> is a Delaware corporation and its directors and officers are indemnified pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">As of the date of this filing, Section&nbsp;145 of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">DGCL</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows: </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#xA7;145.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents; insurance.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasona</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">ble cause to believe the person&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable c</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">ause to believe that the person&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">s conduct was unlawful. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">other court shall deem proper. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) </font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination: </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(1) b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">y a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> even though less than a quorum,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> or (2) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">y a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> even though less than a quorum,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(3) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">i</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">f there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent leg</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">al counsel in a written opinion,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> or</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> (4) b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">y the stockholders.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(e</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">) Expenses (including attorneys&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">oth as to action in such person&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(h) For purposes </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">of this section, references to &#x201C;the corporation&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(i) For purposes </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">of this section, references to &#x201C;other enterprises&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> shall include employee benefit plan</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">s; references to &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">fines</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">enefit plan; and references to &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">serving at the request of the corporation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person </font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt"><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be de</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">emed to have acted in a manner &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">not opposed to the best interests of the corporation</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> as referred to in this section. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> fees). </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The Registrant&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses (including attorneys&#x2019; fees</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">) to our directors and officers.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The Registrant carries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> directors&#x2019; and officers&#x2019; insurance providing indemnification for our directors </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">and officers for some liabilities. </font><font style="display: inline;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The risks covered by such policies include certain liabilities under the securities laws.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The Registrant has</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">, under which it agreed to provide indemnification and expense reimbursement</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The Plan provides that </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">no member of the Registrant&#x2019;s Compensati</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">on Committee (the &#x201C;Committee&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Registrant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Item 7. </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Item 8. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Exhibits.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;">Filed </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">Herewith</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Southwestern Energy Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2010).</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">x</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc.</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 72pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(1)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:18pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 108pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(i)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:18pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 108pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(ii)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#8209;effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(iii)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&#8209;effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 72pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(2) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:11pt;">bona fide</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> offering thereof.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 72pt;text-indent: -36pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:-36pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(3) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 36pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;width:36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Houston</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">, State of Texas, on the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">21</font><sup style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">st</sup><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">day of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">May, 2013</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Southwestern Energy Company</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ R. CRAIG OWEN</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:11pt;">R. Craig Owen </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:11pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Steven L. Mueller and R. Craig Owen</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">and each of them,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her&nbsp;&nbsp;name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">21</font><sup style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">st</sup><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">day of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">May, 2013</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Signature</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">Title</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ HAROLD L. KORELL </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director, Chairman of the Board</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Harold L. Korell</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ STEVEN L. MUELLER</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Steven L. Mueller</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ R. CRAIG OWEN</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Senior Vice President and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Chief Financial Officer </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">R. Craig Owen</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ JOSH C. ANDERS</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Vice President and Controller</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">(Principal </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Accounting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;"> Officer)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Josh C. Anders</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ JOHN D. GASS</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">John D. Gass</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ CATHERINE A. KEHR</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Catherine A. Kehr</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ GREG D. KERLEY</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Greg D. Kerley</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ VELLO A. KUUSKRAA</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Vello A. Kuuskraa</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ KENNETH R. MOURTON</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Kenneth R. Mourton</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ ELLIOTT PEW</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Elliott Pew</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">/s/ ALAN H. STEVENS</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Director</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:11pt;">Alan H. Stevens</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">Description</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;text-decoration:underline;">Method of Filing </font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">4.1</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2010. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:41.40pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">4.2</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:41.40pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">4.3</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Filed herewith. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">5.1</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Filed herewith. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">23.1</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Filed herewith. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:41.40pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">23.2</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:180.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc.</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:274.50pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Filed herewith. </font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:41.40pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">23.3</font></p>
				</td>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
				</td>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Filed herewith. </font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">24.1</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)</font></p>
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SWN Form S-8: Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 21
, 2013
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Incorporation or Organization)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
71-0205415
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2350 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 125
Houston, Texas 77032
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Southwestern Energy Company 2013
Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mark K. Boling
Southwestern Energy Company
2350 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 125
Houston, Texas 77032
(281) 618-4700
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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.
Large accelerated filer
R
Accelerated filer
£
Non-accelerated filer
£
Smaller reporting company
£
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to Be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Southwestern Energy Company Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued
under the
Southwestern Energy Company 2013
Incentive Plan
20,500,000
$37.97
$778,385,000
$106,171.71
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Southwestern Energy Company
(
the "Registrant") common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"
) that
become issuable under the
Southwestern Energy Company
2013 Incentive Plan
(the "Plan") as a result of stock splits, stock dividends
, recapitalization
or similar adjustments of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration f
ee in accordance with Rule 457(c
)
under the Securities Act
, based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
May 16
, 2013
.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commis
sion
, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(i)
Southwestern Energy Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012
(
File
. No.
001
-
08246
)
;
(ii)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the
Annual Report
; and
(iii)
The description of the
Registrant's Common Stock
set forth under the heading "Common Stock"
contained in the Registrant's Form 8-
K/
A filed with the Commission on
August 3, 2006
.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
1
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Registrant
is a Delaware corporation and its directors and officers are indemnified pursuant to Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL.
As of the date of this filing, Section 145 of the
DGCL
provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:
§145.  Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents; insurance.
(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasona
ble cause to believe the person'
s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable c
ause to believe that the person'
s conduct was unlawful.
(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys
'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys
'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a)
2
and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination:
(1) b
y a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding,
even though less than a quorum,
or (2)
b
y a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,
even though less than a quorum,
or
(3)
i
f there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent leg
al counsel in a written opinion,
or
(4) b
y the stockholders.
(e
) Expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys
'
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, b
oth as to action in such person'
s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to
the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws
after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.
(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
(h) For purposes
of this section, references to "the corporation"
shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i) For purposes
of this section, references to "other enterprises"
shall include employee benefit plan
s; references to "
fines
"
shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee b
enefit plan; and references to "
serving at the request of the corporation
"
shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person
3
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be de
emed to have acted in a manner "
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
"
as referred to in this section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys
'
fees).
The Registrant's
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we must indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law. We are also expressly authorized to advance certain expenses (including attorneys' fees
) to our directors and officers.
The Registrant carries
directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for our directors
and officers for some liabilities.
The risks covered by such policies include certain liabilities under the securities laws.
The Registrant has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers
, under which it agreed to provide indemnification and expense reimbursement
.
The Plan provides that
no member of the Registrant's Compensati
on Committee (the "Committee")
shall be liable for any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and the
Registrant
shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the
Registrant
to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the
Registrant
.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
Exhibit
Number
Description
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Southwestern Energy Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2010).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.)
4.3
Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan
x
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
x
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
x
23.2
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
x
23.3
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
x
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
x
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Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post
‑effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post
‑effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
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relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and 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 the
21
st
day of
May, 2013
.
Southwestern Energy Company
By:
/s/ R. CRAIG OWEN
R. Craig Owen
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints
Steven L. Mueller and R. Craig Owen
,
and each of them,
with full power to act as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the
21
st
day of
May, 2013
.
Signature
Title
/s/ HAROLD L. KORELL
Director, Chairman of the Board
Harold L. Korell
/s/ STEVEN L. MUELLER
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Steven L. Mueller
/s/ R. CRAIG OWEN
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
R. Craig Owen
/s/ JOSH C. ANDERS
Vice President and Controller
(Principal
Accounting
Officer)
Josh C. Anders
/s/ JOHN D. GASS
Director
John D. Gass
/s/ CATHERINE A. KEHR
Director
Catherine A. Kehr
/s/ GREG D. KERLEY
Director
Greg D. Kerley
/s/ VELLO A. KUUSKRAA
Director
Vello A. Kuuskraa
/s/ KENNETH R. MOURTON
Director
Kenneth R. Mourton
/s/ ELLIOTT PEW
Director
Elliott Pew
/s/ ALAN H. STEVENS
Director
Alan H. Stevens
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2010.
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
4.3
Southwestern Energy Company 2013 Incentive Plan
Filed herewith.
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
Filed herewith.
23.3
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Filed herewith.
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
Filed herewith.
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