Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Hinson Mike
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Parsley Energy, Inc. [PE] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Vice President-Land
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
500 W. TEXAS AVE., TOWER I, SUITE 200		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/29/2014
(Street)

MIDLAND, TX 79701		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 05/29/2014   A(1)   1,602,592 A $ 0 1,602,592 D  
Class A Common Stock 05/29/2014   A(2)   82,842 A $ 0 1,685,434 D  
Class A Common Stock 05/29/2014   S(3)   303,030 D $ 17.4825 (4) 1,382,404 D  
Class A common stock (5) 05/29/2014   A   21,976 A $ 0 1,404,380 D  
Class B common stock (6) 05/29/2014   A(1)   1,537,610 A $ 0 1,537,610 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Parsley Energy, LLC Membership Unit $ 0 05/29/2014   A   1,537,610     (7)   (7) Class A Common Stock 1,537,610 $ 0 1,537,610 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Hinson Mike
500 W. TEXAS AVE., TOWER I, SUITE 200
MIDLAND, TX 79701		       Vice President-Land  

Signatures

 /s/ Mike Hinson, by Colin Roberts, as Attorney-in-Fact   06/02/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Upon closing of the Issuer's initial public offering, (i) the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parsley Energy, LLC ("Parsley LLC"), of which the Issuer is the managing member, was amended and restated to, among other things, convert all of the membership interests (including outstanding incentive units) in Parsley LLC held by its existing owners, into a single class of units in Parsley LLC referred to as Parsley Energy, LLC Membership Units (the "Recapitalization"), (ii) Mr. Hinson contributed 1,602,592 of his Parsley Energy, LLC Membership Units to the Issuer in exchange for an equal number of shares of Class A common stock and (iii) Parsley LLC distributed to Mr. Hinson one share of Class B common stock for each Parsley Energy, LLC Membership Unit held by Mr. Hinson.
(2) In connection with the Issuer's initial public offering, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 29, 2014, between the Issuer and Parsley Energy Employee Holdings, LLC ("PEEH"), PEEH merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger") and the members of PEEH received shares of Class A common stock in exchange for the membership interests in PEEH. Mr. Hinson received 82,842 shares of Class A common stock in the Merger.
(3) Mike Hinson sold 303,030 shares as a selling shareholder in the initial public offering, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, initially filed by the Issuer on April 11, 2014.
(4) This amount represents the $18.50 offering price per share of the Issuer's common stock less the underwriting discounts and commission of $1.0175 per share.
(5) Restricted Stock Award pursuant to the Parsley Energy, Inc. 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. The award vests in full on the fourth anniversary of the grant date.
(6) Each share of Class B common stock has no economic rights but entitles its holder to one vote on all matters to be voted on by stockholders generally.
(7) Subject to the terms of the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parley Energy, LLC among Parsley Energy, LLC and the members thereof, the Parsley Energy, LLC Membership Units (together with a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock) are exchangeable from time to time for shares of Class A common stock of Parsley Energy, Inc.

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