---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-024683"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GTE"
cik: "0001273441"
company_name: "GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T18:34:14.385967+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gran Tierra exchanges 90.5% of existing 9.5% notes for 9.75% notes due 2031

## Summary
- Total $648.5M of $716.3M existing notes tendered (90.52%), resulting in $503.6M new notes issued.
- New notes bear 9.75% interest, mature April 2031, up from 9.5% due 2029 – 25 bps increase.
- After exchange, $87.6M existing notes remain outstanding (12.23% of original).
- Company will not receive cash proceeds; tendered existing notes are cancelled.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-024683
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GTE
- cik: 0001273441
- company_name: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273441/000110465926024683/0001104659-26-024683-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273441/000110465926024683/tm268158d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-024683.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 84971d0f9153f65df9a819060ed7ba4356e67171
  claim: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC. incurred senior notes of US$11,717,000 aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 9.750% per year maturing April 15, 2031.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 2, 2026, Gran Tierra Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued US$11,717,000 aggregate principal amount of additional 9.750% Senior Secured Amortizing Notes due 2031 (the “Additional Notes”), in exchange for US$11,717,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 9.500% Senior Secured Amortizing Notes due 2029 (the “Existing Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1273441/000110465926024683/0001104659-26-024683-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.