UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2010

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

001-32942

(Commission File Number)

 

Nevada

 

41-1781991

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2500 City West Blvd., Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(713) 935-0122

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (  see   General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On May 12, 2010, Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting on financial and operational results for the third quarter of the Company’s fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.  A copy of the press release, dated May 12, 2010, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

This information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless specifically incorporated by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Item 2.02.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Press Release, dated May 12, 2010.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated: May 12, 2010

By:

/s/Sterling H. McDonald

 

Name:

Sterling H. McDonald

 

Title:

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Press Release, dated May 12, 2010.

 

 

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