---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-009391"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BATL"
cik: "0001282648"
company_name: "BATTALION OIL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T03:41:05.886774+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Battalion Oil director Allen Li resigns; Ajay Jegadeesen appointed to board

## Summary
- Allen Li resigned from board and Nominating & CG Committee effective May 8, 2023; cites professional reasons, no disagreement.
- Board appointed Ajay Jegadeesen as director effective May 9, 2023, filling vacancy; also named to N&CG and Reserves Committees.
- Jegadeesen is a Senior Advisor at Oaktree Capital’s Global Opportunities fund, focusing on energy investments.
- Board determined Jegadeesen qualifies as independent under SEC and NYSE American rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-009391
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BATL
- cik: 0001282648
- company_name: BATTALION OIL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023009391/0001558370-23-009391-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023009391/batl-20230508x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-009391
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-009391.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-009391.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ajay Jegadeesan was appointed as Director at BATTALION OIL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective May 9, 2023, the Board appointed Ajay Jegadeesan as a director of the Company, filling the vacancy created by Mr. Li’s departure, to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or until his earlier resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023009391/0001558370-23-009391-index.htm
- Executive change
  Allen Li resigned as Director at BATTALION OIL CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 8, 2023, Allen Li, a member of the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Battalion Oil Corporation (the “ Company ”) and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “ N&CG Committee ”), notified the Board that, effective as of the date thereof, he was resigning from the Board, including as a member N&CG Committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1282648/000155837023009391/0001558370-23-009391-index.htm

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