Vitesse Energy Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2026
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On April 8, 2026, Vitesse Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 1,935,698 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “common stock”), to a third party seller (“Seller”) in exchange for certain non-operated oil and gas assets (the “Acquisition”).
The issuance of the common stock was made in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On April 8, 2026, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the Seller, whereby the Company, among other things, agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a shelf registration statement registering for resale the shares of common stock issued to the Seller as consideration in connection with the closing of the Acquisition and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain an effective resale shelf registration statement and granted piggyback registration rights in certain circumstances. The Company agreed to pay all fees and expenses with respect to the filing of such shelf registration statement, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one special legal counsel to represent all selling stockholders in an underwritten offering not to exceed $100,000 per underwritten offering, excluding certain expenses.
The foregoing description of the registration rights agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 10, 2026 | VITESSE ENERGY, INC. | ||||
| /s/ James P. Henderson | |||||
| James P. Henderson | |||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||