Sec Form 4 Filing - Sanchez Patricio D. @ Sanchez Production Partners LP - 2017-02-24

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 Sanchez Patricio D. 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sanchez Production Partners LP [ SPP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & COO (Last) (First) (Middle) 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 02/24/2017 (Street) HOUSTON, TX77002 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 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 (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 Common Units 02/24/2017 A( 1 )( 2 ) 170,750 A $ 11.66 170,750 I By SP Holdings, LLC ( 3 ) Common Units 02/24/2017 A( 1 )( 2 ) 154,737 A $ 13.45 325,487 I By SP Holdings, LLC ( 3 ) Common Units 02/24/2017 J( 1 )( 2 ) 325,487 D $ 0 0 I By SP Holdings, LLC ( 3 ) Common Units 04/17/2017 S( 4 ) 15,000 D $ 14.16 271,074 ( 5 ) D

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 (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Se curity (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

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Sanchez Patricio D. 1000 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3000 HOUSTON, TX77002 X President & COO Signatures /s/ Alfredo Gutierrez, Attorney-in-Fact 04/18/2017 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Represents a distribution to SP Holdings, LLC ("SP Holdings") of a total of 325,487 Issuer common units, comprised of 170,750 and 154,737 common units valued at $11.66 and $13.45 per common unit, respectively, on February 24, 2017 pursuant to the Amended and Restated Shared Services Agreement, by and between Issuer and SP Holdings, dated March 6, 2015 (the "Shared Services Agreement"), and a concurrent distribution by SP Holdings of all 325,487 common units to its sole member, SP Capital Holdings, LLC ("SP Capital"), for no consideration. ( 2 )Concurrently with such aforementioned distributions, SP Capital distributed (i) 301,076 common units to its members on a pro rata basis and for no consideration (including the 78,279 common units distributed to Patricio Sanchez) and (ii) the remaining 24,411 common units to one individual, cumulatively resulting in exempt distributions under Rule 16a-9 and/or Rule 16a-13 of 325,487 common units to SP Capital, 301,076 common units to the members of SP Capital (including Patricio Sanchez) and 24,411 common units to one individual. ( 3 )These common units were owned directly by SP Holdings. SP Holdings is owned and controlled by its sole member, SP Capital. SP Capital is managed by Patricio Sanchez and other members of the Sanchez family. Patricio Sanchez may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the securities controlled by SP Capital. Patricio Sanchez disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these securities in this report shall not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership by Patricio Sanchez of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose. ( 4 )The sale reported on this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established by Patricio Sanchez and was used to satisfy Patricio Sanchez's federal income tax obligations with respect to various distributions of common units pursuant to the Shared Services Agreement. ( 5 )This number represents the number of common units beneficially owned as of the date of this filing and takes into account, in addition to the transactions reported herein, other transactions reported on Form 4 and Form 5 filings since February 24, 2017, the date of the earliest transaction reported herein.

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