---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001072613-24-000281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EP"
cik: "0000887396"
company_name: "EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T09:59:20.679472+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Empire Petroleum sets March 7 record date for $25M rights offering at $6.05/share

## Summary
- Record date of March 7, 2024 for a rights offering to raise up to $25 million.
- Aggregate of 4,132,232 shares offered at $6.05 per share (corrected from earlier per-right error).
- Rights are non-transferable; expiration date is March 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
- Holders who fully exercise may over-subscribe for additional shares, subject to proration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001072613-24-000281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EP
- cik: 0000887396
- company_name: EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261324000281/0001072613-24-000281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261324000281/emp_8k-18803.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-24-000281.txt

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