secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EMPIRE PETROLEUM CORP (EP)
CIK:        0000887396
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001072613-26-000070
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Empire Petroleum launches $6.0M rights offering at $2.99/share; largest holder to participate
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- Rights offering of up to 2,006,689 shares at $2.99/share; one non-transferable right per share held entitles purchase of 0.057 shares.
- Rights expire February 27, 2026; oversubscription privilege available for fully exercising stockholders.
- Largest stockholder Energy Evolution Master Fund (31.2% ownership) intends to fully subscribe and exercise oversubscription rights.
- Chairman Phil E. Mulacek also indicated intent to participate.
- Record date is February 2, 2026; subscription price set by board on January 20, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261326000070/0001072613-26-000070-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887396/000107261326000070/emp_8k-19025.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001072613-26-000070

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