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Issuer:     BATTALION OIL CORP (BATL)
CIK:        0001282648
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-01T12:30:28+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-112594
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Battalion Oil adds Brad Juneau to board, expanding it to five directors effective Sept 30, 2026
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- Battalion expanded its board from four to five directors, appointing John "Brad" Juneau as an independent director effective September 30, 2026; the board remains majority-independent.
- Juneau founded and manages Juneau Exploration L.P. and has 40+ years in oil and gas; he serves on Talos Energy's board and Contango Silver & Gold's board, previously as its chairman.
- At Zilkha Energy he rose to SVP Exploration before its $1.5B sale to Sonat in 1998; in 1999 he co-founded Contango Oil & Gas with Ken Peak, whose stock rose from $0.20 to over $75.
- Juneau Exploration led the 2009 eastern interior Alaska gold discovery that became the Manh Choh mine, spun out as Contango Ore and in production since 2024.
- CEO Matt Steele cited Juneau's "accretive, consolidation-minded" M&A experience; the appointment follows March 2026 director changes and the board's stated plan to add independent directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/0001104659-26-112594-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000110465926112594/batl-20260930x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-112594

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