UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2021
Evolution Petroleum Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
001-32942
(Commission File Number)
| Nevada | 41-1781991 | |||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
1155 Dairy Ashford Road, Suite 425, Houston, Texas 77079
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(713) 935-0122
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | EPM | NYSE American | ||||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). | |||||
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSE American: EPM) (“Evolution” or the “Company”) today announced the appointment of Marjorie Hargrave to the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective March 1, 2021. Ms. Hargrave will serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board.
Ms. Hargrave is an experienced executive with a background in financial management, strategic planning, M&A, risk management and investment banking. She currently serves as President and CFO of Enservco Corporation (New York Stock Exchange: ENSV), a diversified national provider of specialized well-site services to the domestic onshore oil and gas industry. Ms. Hargrave previously provided consulting services to various companies in the areas of finance, administration, accounting, risk mitigation, human resources, and investor relations from 2016 until joining the Company in 2019. Prior to her consulting work, Ms. Hargrave served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for CTAP, LLC, a privately held distributor of tubing and casing throughout the United States, from 2010 to 2016. Ms. Hargrave also served as Chief Financial Officer of High Sierra Energy, LP, a start-up energy company that focused on midstream acquisitions, from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Hargrave’s previous experience also includes management and associate roles with Black Hills Corporation, Xcel Energy, and Merrill Lynch & Co. Ms. Hargrave earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston University, and a master’s degree in economics from New York University.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| Exhibit 99.1 | ||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Evolution Petroleum Corporation (Registrant) | ||||||||
| Dated: March 2, 2021 | By: | /s/ RYAN STASH | ||||||
| Name: | Ryan Stash | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Treasurer, and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
Exhibit 99.1
Evolution Petroleum Announces Appointment of Marjorie Hargrave to its Board of Directors
HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / March 2, 2021 / / Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSE American: EPM) (“Evolution” or the “Company”) today announced the appointment of Marjorie Hargrave to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective March 1, 2021. Ms. Hargrave will serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board.
Ms. Hargrave is an experienced executive with a background in financial management, strategic planning, M&A, risk management and investment banking. She currently serves as President and CFO of Enservco, a diversified national provider of specialized well-site services to the domestic onshore oil and gas industry. She is the former CFO of CTAP, a provider of tubing and casing to the energy industry that more than doubled its revenue to $800 million during her tenure. Prior to CTAP, Hargrave was CFO of High Sierra Energy, a midstream company that she helped grow more than 12-fold to $2.5 billion prior to its acquisition. Previous assignments include VP Finance, Black Hills Corp., Finance Consultant, Xcel Energy and VP Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch. Ms. Hargrave holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston University and a Master’s degree in economics from New York University.
Robert Herlin, Chairman of the Board, commented “We are pleased and fortunate that Marjorie has agreed to join our Board with her wealth of experience in finance, accounting and public company executive management. Her addition brings our Board back up to five members and provides outstanding financial expertise to lead audit oversight and advise management during the expected company growth.”
About Evolution Petroleum
Evolution Petroleum Corporation is an oil and gas company focused on delivering a sustainable dividend yield to its shareholders through the ownership, management, and development of producing oil and gas properties onshore in the United States. The Company's long-term goal is to build a diversified portfolio of oil and gas assets primarily through acquisition, while seeking opportunities to maintain and increase production through selective development, production enhancement and other exploitation efforts on its properties. Our largest assets are our interest in a CO2 enhanced oil recovery project in Louisiana's Delhi field and our interest in a secondary recovery project in Wyoming’s Hamilton Dome field. Additional information, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, is available on its website at http://www.EvolutionPetroleum.com.
Company Contacts:
Jason Brown, President & CEO
Ryan Stash, SVP & CFO
(713) 935-0122
JBrown@evolutionpetroleum.com
RStash@evolutionpetroleum.com