---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-019956"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPM"
cik: "0001006655"
company_name: "EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T08:40:02.189647+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evolution Petroleum appoints Kelly Beatty as Chief Accounting Officer effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Ms. Beatty becomes CAO effective Jan 1, 2024; previously served as Controller since Feb 2022.
- Annual base salary set at $230,000; eligible for STIP (target 35%) and LTIP (target 45%).
- Awarded 5,500 restricted shares supplementing her September 2023 LTIP award.
- Over 14 years financial reporting experience at public oil & gas firms and Ernst & Young.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-019956
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPM
- cik: 0001006655
- company_name: EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837023019956/0001558370-23-019956-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837023019956/epm-20231218x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-019956.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly M. Beatty was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On December 18, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Kelly M. Beatty as Chief Accounting Officer, effective January 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837023019956/0001558370-23-019956-index.htm

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