---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-001444"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TPET"
cik: "0001898766"
company_name: "Trio Petroleum Corp"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T07:12:40.316190+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trio Petroleum transitions CFO Greg Overholtzer to independent contractor with $12,500 monthly fee

## Summary
- Prior employment agreement with CFO Greg Overholtzer terminated Dec 31, 2024.
- New Independent Contractor Agreement effective Jan 1, 2025; Overholtzer continues as CFO.
- Monthly fee of $12,500; initial term through Dec 31, 2025, with automatic annual renewals.
- Either party may terminate on 60 days' notice; company must pay fee for 60-day period if it terminates early.
- Agreement includes non-solicitation (2 years post-term) and confidentiality provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-001444
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TPET
- cik: 0001898766
- company_name: Trio Petroleum Corp
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898766/000149315225001444/0001493152-25-001444-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898766/000149315225001444/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-001444.txt

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