---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-005417"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BATL"
cik: "0001282648"
company_name: "BATTALION OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T06:49:07.199690+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Battalion Oil appoints Matt Steele as CEO, replaces Richard Little

## Summary
- Richard Little resigned as CEO and director effective April 2, 2023; no disagreement with the company.
- Matthew B. Steele appointed CEO and director effective April 3, 2023; annual base salary of $250,000.
- Steele previously founded and led Bruin E&P Partners and Ursa Resources; also serves on multiple boards.
- Little's departure treated as termination without cause, entitling him to severance per his employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-005417
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BATL
- cik: 0001282648
- company_name: BATTALION OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023005417/0001558370-23-005417-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023005417/batl-20230402x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-005417
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-005417.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-005417.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew B. Steele was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at BATTALION OIL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: effective immediately, Matthew B. Steele was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a Director of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023005417/0001558370-23-005417-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard H. Little resigned as Chief Executive Officer at BATTALION OIL CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 2, 2023, Richard H. Little, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), resigned his positions as an officer and director of Battalion Oil Corporation (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023005417/0001558370-23-005417-index.htm

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