---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-018525"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPM"
cik: "0001006655"
company_name: "EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T05:54:31.011021+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evolution Petroleum Appoints Kelly M. Beatty as Principal Accounting Officer and Reports 2022 Annual Meeting Results

## Summary
- Appointed Kelly M. Beatty, CPA, as Principal Accounting Officer effective December 8, 2022.
- Stockholders elected six directors with vote percentages ranging from 86.8% (DiPaolo) to 97.1% (Bierria).
- Ratified Moss Adams LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 99.4% of votes cast.
- Approved non-binding advisory compensation of named executive officers with 95.4% of votes.
- Approximately 83% of outstanding shares (27.7 million) were present at the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-018525
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPM
- cik: 0001006655
- company_name: EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/0001558370-22-018525-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/epm-20221208x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly M. Beatty was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 8, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Kelly M. Beatty, age 39, as Principal Accounting Officer of the Company, effective December 8, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/0001558370-22-018525-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Moss Adams LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2022-12-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-08
  source text: The stockholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP, as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/0001558370-22-018525-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2022-12-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-08
  source text: The stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/0001558370-22-018525-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP shareholders approved Election of six directors at the 2022-12-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-08
  source text: The Company's stockholders elected six directors, each to serve a one-year term until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837022018525/0001558370-22-018525-index.htm

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