---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-010526"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPM"
cik: "0001006655"
company_name: "EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T18:48:15.771286+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evolution Petroleum closes $17M mineral/royalty acquisition in SCOOP/STACK, Oklahoma

## Summary
- Acquisition of ~5,500 net royalty acres in Grady and Canadian Counties, Oklahoma for ~$17M cash, funded from cash on hand and credit facility.
- Net production ~420 BOE/d (54% gas, 15% oil, 31% NGLs) with >650 undrilled locations, providing 10+ years drilling inventory.
- Immediately accretive to cash flow per share; expects to receive most cash flow from effective date (May 1) to closing within 90 days.
- High-quality operators include Camino Natural Resources, Canvas Energy, Coterra Energy, Mach Resources, Validus Energy.
- CEO Kelly Loyd says deal sets foundation for diversified growth and supports dividend strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-010526
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPM
- cik: 0001006655
- company_name: EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837025010526/0001558370-25-010526-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837025010526/epm-20250804x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-25-010526.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: bf33b2a87b5e2eec6c1c2b77daa97e16cbfe55f8
  claim: EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP completed an acquisition involving a non-affiliated private seller for approximately $17.0 million (closed 2025-08-04).
  evidence_excerpt: On August 4, 2025, Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the “Company” or “Evolution”), completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty interests in the SCOOP/STACK area of Oklahoma from a non-affiliated private seller (the “Transaction”) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $17.0 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006655/000155837025010526/0001558370-25-010526-index.htm

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