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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):
JUNE
30, 2025
_______________________________
EMPIRE
PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_______________________________
Delaware |
001-16653 |
73-1238709 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction |
(Commission |
(I.R.S. Employer |
of Incorporation) |
File Number) |
Identification No.) |
2200
S. Utica Place, Suite 150,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
74114
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code: (539) 444-8002
(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if
the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ |
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425) |
☐ |
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14a-12) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
☐ |
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
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
|
EP
|
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).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
On June 30, 2025, Empire Petroleum Corporation
(the “Company”) announced a record date of July 10, 2025 (the “Record Date”) for a
registered rights offering of up to $5.0 million. The estimated proceeds from the offering include up to $2.5 million of proceeds from
the exercise of warrants to be issued as part of the offering. Under the terms of the rights offering, the Company will distribute at
no charge to holders of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), as of the close of business
on the Record Date, one subscription right for each share of Common Stock owned by such holder. Each subscription right will entitle the
holder to purchase one unit, each unit consisting of 0.0139 shares of Common Stock and one rights warrant to purchase 0.0136 shares of
Common Stock, at $5.30 per unit. More details of the rights offering will be included in a prospectus
supplement to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when the offering is launched.
This Current Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | | Exhibits. |
| | |
The following exhibits
are filed or furnished herewith. |
Exhibit
Number
|
Description |
99.1 |
Press release dated June 30, 2025 |
|
|
104 |
Cover
Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
|
EMPIRE
PETROLEUM CORPORATION
|
|
Date: June
30, 2025 |
By: |
/s/ Michael
R. Morrisett |
|
|
|
Michael
R. Morrisett
President
and Chief Executive Officer |
|
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