Evolution Petroleum Corp: Form 10-K for the period ended Jun 30, 2026

Note: See Glossary of Selected Petroleum Industry Terms starting on page iv.

General

Evolution Petroleum Corporation (“Evolution,” and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”, “our”, “we, “us” or similar terms) is an independent energy company focused on acquiring and developing long-lived oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Our diversified portfolio consists primarily of non-operated working interests and mineral and royalty interests across several leading producing basins.

Our non-operated model allows us to invest alongside experienced operators, participate in a broad range of development opportunities and maintain flexibility in the timing and allocation of capital. Our mineral and royalty interests provide additional exposure to production and future development, generally without associated lifting expenses or drilling and completions costs.

The geographic, commodity, operator and ownership diversity of our asset base reduces our reliance on any single property, basin or development program. It also provides multiple avenues for allocating capital, including acquiring producing working and mineral interests, participating in and benefiting from attractive operator-led projects and pursuing development opportunities within our existing assets.

We seek to maximize total shareholder value through disciplined acquisitions, selective participation in attractive development projects, a conservative balance sheet and the return of capital to shareholders.

Recent Developments

Dividend Declaration

On September 10, 2026, Evolution’s Board of Directors approved and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per common share payable September 30, 2026.

Purchase of Permian Minerals

On August 20, 2026, we completed the acquisition of mineral and royalty interests in the core Midland Basin of the Permian Basin from a non-affiliated private seller for a total purchase price of $16.0 million (the “Permian Minerals Acquisition”), subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The Permian Minerals Acquisition has an effective date of August 1, 2026. We funded the purchase price for the Permian Minerals Acquisition with a combination of net proceeds from our concurrent public equity offering and $3.2 million in borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility. The acquired assets include approximately 3,420 net royalty acres across Reagan, Martin, Midland, Glasscock, and Upton Counties, Texas.

Common Stock Offering

On August 20, 2026, we completed a public offering of 4.3 million shares of our common stock, at an offering price of $3.25 per share (the “Offering”). We received net proceeds of approximately $12.8 million from the Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. Net proceeds from the Offering, together with borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and cash on hand, were used to fund the Permian Minerals Acquisition.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

On August 20, 2026, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the borrowing base on our Senior Secured Credit Facility was temporarily increased from $65.0 million to $73.0 million from August 20, 2026 until October 20, 2026, unless redetermined earlier in accordance with the credit agreement. We currently expect to begin our semi-annual Fall redetermination on or about October 1, 2026.

Previously on November 28, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the Margined Collateral Value, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, was modified to $65.0 million. In addition, it granted us additional time to enter into further commodity hedges to meet the hedging requirements under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

Purchase of Louisiana Minerals

From December 2025 through June 2026, we acquired mineral and royalty interests in multiple parishes across Louisiana from various private sellers for cash consideration totaling $6.2 million, including capitalized direct transaction costs (“Louisiana Minerals”). The mineral acreage in Louisiana consists of proved producing wells, drilled but not yet producing wells, and undeveloped acreage targeting the Bossier/Haynesville Shales and is currently being actively developed by operators in the area. The acquisitions were considered asset acquisitions and funded with cash on hand and proceeds of sales under our ATM Sales Agreements.

SCOOP/STACK Transactions

On August 4, 2025, we completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty interests in the SCOOP and STACK plays in Oklahoma from a non-affiliated private seller (the “SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition”) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $16.3 million, which includes $17.0 million paid at closing less transaction costs of $0.1 million and interim purchase price adjustments totaling approximately $0.8 million related to net cash flows earned on the properties from the effective date of May 1, 2025 to the closing date. We accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $12.5 million to proved oil and natural gas properties, subject to amortization, and $3.8 million to unproved properties. We funded the purchase price for the SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition with a combination of $15.0 million in borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and cash on hand. The acquired assets include an average royalty interest of 0.6% across approximately 5,500 net royalty acres located primarily in Grady and Canadian Counties, Oklahoma.

On June 30, 2026, we completed the divestiture of a portion of our non-core, non-producing net mineral acres in the SCOOP/STACK with a private buyer. The divestiture included 3,700 net royalty acres for a total sale price of approximately $3.1 million, before customary post-closing adjustments.

At-the-Market (“ATM”) Equity Sales Program

On October 21, 2024, we entered into an ATM equity Sales Agreement with Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the “Lead Agent”), Northland Securities Inc., and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners pursuant to which we may issue and sell, from time to time, up to $30.0 million of shares of common stock through or to the Lead Agent, acting as agent or principal to facilitate acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. On February 11, 2026, the Company executed a new ATM equity Sales Agreement, substantially consistent with the original October 2024 agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreements”) restoring the $30.0 million common stock sales capacity. For the year ended June 30, 2026, we sold a total of approximately 1.4 million shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $5.8 million, net of $0.2 million of offering costs incurred. Net proceeds from the sales of common stock were used to fund a portion of our Louisiana Minerals acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

Business Strategy

Our business strategy is to maximize total shareholder return through disciplined management and growth of our asset base, while being mindful of the current operating environment and marketplace. The key elements of our strategy to accomplish our goal of maximizing shareholder return are:

• Maintaining a strong balance sheet and conservative financial management;
• Growing the asset base through investment in our existing properties, direct acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties, including both working and mineral and royalty interests, selective development opportunities, or accretive acquisitions of similar companies; and
• Returning cash to shareholders by sustaining and growing our dividend payout over time or repurchases of our shares in the open market.

Properties

As of June 30, 2026, our oil and natural gas properties consist primarily of non-operated working interests and mineral and working interests in the following areas (as well as small overriding royalty and mineral interests in Texas):

SCOOP/STACK – Central Oklahoma

Our non-operated working and mineral interests in the SCOOP and STACK plays, consist of oil and natural gas producing properties in the Anadarko basin, where we hold an approximate 2.6% average net working interest with an associated 2.0% average net revenue interests located on approximately 101,100 gross (4,000 net) acres (all held by production) and a separate approximate 0.6% average net royalty interest located on approximately 8,600 gross (1,800 net) royalty acres across Blaine, Canadian, Carter, Custer, Dewey, Garvin, Grady, Kingfisher, McClain, Murray, and Stephens counties in Oklahoma. The oil and natural gas properties are primarily operated by Continental Resources, Inc., Ovintiv USA Inc., Validus Energy, and EOG Resources, Inc. with approximately 34% of wells operated by other operators.

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from the SCOOP/STACK properties was 1.4 MBOEPD consisting of 54% natural gas, 24% oil, and 22% NGLs. Hydrocarbons produced from our SCOOP/STACK properties are sold to various purchasers throughout the mid-continent.

Chaveroo Field – Chaves and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico

Our non-operated working interests in the Chaveroo Field consist of a 50% net working interest, with an average associated 41% average revenue interest, in approximately 4,500 gross (2,300 net) acres all held by production, associated with six development blocks with the right to acquire the same working interest in additional development locations and associated acreage at a fixed price. The field is operated by PEDEVCO Corp. (“PEDEVCO”).

For the year ended June 30, 2026 our average net daily production from the Chaveroo Field properties was 0.3 MBOEPD consisting of 100% oil. Oil produced from our Chaveroo Field properties is sold to Phillips 66 in New Mexico.

Jonah Field – Sublette County, Wyoming

Our non-operated working interests in the Jonah Field, a natural gas and NGL property in Sublette County, Wyoming, consist of approximately 20% average net working interest and approximately 15% average net revenue interest located on approximately 5,300 gross (950 net) acres all held by production. The properties are operated by Jonah Energy (“Jonah”).

For the year ended June 30, 2026 our average net daily production from the Jonah Field properties was 1.4 MBOEPD consisting of 89% natural gas, 6% NGLs, and 5% oil. Hydrocarbons produced from our Jonah Field properties are sold to West Coast markets.

Williston Basin – Williston, North Dakota

Our non-operated working interests in the Williston Basin, oil and natural gas producing properties, consist of approximately 39% average net working interest and approximately 33% average net revenue interest located on approximately 133,800 gross (40,100 net) acres (approximately 99% held by production) across Billings, Golden Valley, and McKenzie Counties in North Dakota. The properties are operated by Foundation Energy Management (“Foundation”).

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from the Willison Basin properties was 0.4 MBOEPD consisting of 73% oil, 16% NGLs, and 11% natural gas. The primary producing reservoirs are the Three Forks, Pronghorn, and Bakken formations. Hydrocarbons produced from the Williston Basin properties are sold to local refineries and purchasers.

Barnett Shale – North Texas

Our non-operated working and overriding royalty interests in the Barnett Shale, a natural gas and NGL producing shale reservoir, consist of approximately 17% average net working interest and approximately 14% average net revenue interest (inclusive of the overriding royalty interests) located on approximately 123,800 gross (21,000 net) acres held by production across nine North Texas counties (Bosque, Denton, Erath, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant), in the Barnett Shale. The oil and natural gas properties are primarily operated by Diversified Energy Company, until sold to Eagleridge Operating, LLC in June 2026, with approximately 19% of wells operated by five other operators.

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from the Barnett Shale properties was 2.2 MBOEPD consisting of 73% natural gas, 26% NGLs, and 1% oil. The producing reservoir is the Barnett Shale, which is also the source rock. Hydrocarbons produced from our Barnett Shale properties are sold to Gulf Coast markets.

Hamilton Dome – Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Our non-operated working interests in the Hamilton Dome Field, a secondary recovery field utilizing water injection wells to pressurize the reservoir, consist of approximately 24% average net working interest, with an associated 20% average net revenue interest (inclusive of a small overriding royalty interest). The approximately 5,900 gross acre unitized field, of which we hold approximately 1,400 net acres, is operated by Merit Energy Company (“Merit”), a private oil and natural gas company, who owns the majority of the remaining working interest in the Hamilton Dome Field. The Hamilton Dome Field is located in the southwest region of the Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming.

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from the Hamilton Dome Field properties was 0.4 MBOEPD consisting of 100% oil. The primary producing reservoirs in the field are the Tensleep and Phosphoria. Produced oil from the field is subject to Western Canadian Select pricing.

Delhi Field – Enhanced Oil Recovery CO2 Flood – Onshore Louisiana

Our non-operated working and overriding royalty interests in the Delhi Field, a CO2-EOR project, consist of approximately 24% average net working interest, with an associated 19% average net revenue interest and separate overriding royalty and mineral interests of approximately 7% yielding a total average net revenue interest of approximately 26%. The field is operated by Denbury Onshore LLC (“Denbury”), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (“ExxonMobil”). The Delhi Field is comprised of approximately 13,600 gross unitized acres, of which we hold approximately 3,200 net acres, and is located in northeast Louisiana in Franklin, Madison, and Richland Parishes.

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from the Delhi Field properties was 0.6 MBOEPD consisting of 81% oil and 19% NGLs. The primary producing reservoirs in the field are the Tuscaloosa and Paluxy formations. Produced oil from the field is priced off of Louisiana Light Sweet (“LLS”) crude, which often trades at a premium to West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”).

Other – Haynesville/Bossier Shale and TexMex – Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico

Our mineral and royalty interest in the Haynesville/Bossier Shale, consists of a mix of natural gas producing wells, drilled but not yet producing wells, and proved undeveloped acreage with an approximate average 0.3% net royalty interest. Our mineral and royalty interest span across an approximate 3,600 gross (465 net) acres located in Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Red River and Sabine parishes in Louisiana.

Our non-operated working interest in TexMex consists of oil and natural gas producing properties where we hold an approximate 42% net working interest and a 35% average net revenue interest located on approximately 27,800 gross (11,200 net) acres held by production located primarily in Lea, Eddy, and Chaves Counties, New Mexico and Stephens County, Texas. The oil and natural gas properties are operated by Texian Operating Company.

For the year ended June 30, 2026, our average net daily production from these other properties was 0.4 MBOEPD consisting of 50% oil, 48% natural gas, and 1% NGLs. Hydrocarbons produced from such other properties are sold to various purchasers throughout Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana.

Refer to “Production volumes, average sales price and average production costs” table below for further information regarding our properties and their fiscal year results.

Estimated Oil and Natural Gas Reserves and Estimated Future Net Revenues

The SEC sets rules related to reserve estimation and disclosure requirements for oil and natural gas companies. These rules require disclosure of oil and natural gas proved reserves by significant geographic area, using the trailing 12-month average price, calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within the 12-month period prior to the end of the reporting period, rather than year-end prices, and allows the use of new technologies in the determination of proved reserves if those technologies have been demonstrated empirically to lead to reliable conclusions about reserve volumes. Subject to limited exceptions, the rules also require that proved undeveloped reserves may only be classified as such if a development plan has been adopted indicating that they are scheduled to be drilled within five years.

There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of proved reserves and estimates of reserves quantities and values must be viewed as being subject to significant change as more data about the properties becomes available.

Summary of Oil & Gas Reserves for Fiscal Year Ended 2026

Our proved reserves as of June 30, 2026, denominated in thousands of barrels of oil equivalent (“MBOE”), were estimated by our independent reservoir engineers, Cawley, Gillespie and Associates, Inc. (“CG&A”) and DeGolyer and MacNaughton (“D&M”), both worldwide petroleum consultants.

CG&A evaluated the reserves for our SCOOP/STACK, Chaveroo Field, Jonah Field, Williston Basin, TexMex, and Louisiana Minerals properties. The scope and results of their procedures are summarized in a letter from the firm, which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

D&M evaluated the reserves for our Barnett Shale, Hamilton Dome, and Delhi Field properties. The scope and results of their procedures are summarized in a letter from the firm, which is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The following table sets forth our estimated proved reserves as of June 30, 2026. For additional reserves information, see our Supplemental Disclosure about Oil and Natural Gas Properties (unaudited) to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. The New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) previous 12-month unweighted arithmetic average first-day-of-the-month price used to calculate estimated revenues was $72.93 per barrel of oil and $3.62 per MMBtu of natural gas. The net price per barrel of NGLs was $27.50, which does not have any single comparable reference index price. The NGL price was based on historical differentials to WTI. For periods for which no historical price information was available, we used comparable pricing in the geographic area. Pricing differentials were applied for each individual property and product based on quality, processing, transportation, location and other pricing aspects.

Proved Reserves as of June 30, 2026

(1) Equivalent oil reserves are defined as six Mcf of natural gas and 42 gallons of NGLs to one barrel of oil conversion ratio which reflects energy equivalence and not price equivalence. Natural gas prices per Mcf and NGL prices per barrel often differ significantly from the equivalent amount of oil.

Internal Controls Over Reserves Estimation Process and Qualifications of Technical Persons with Oversight for the Company’s Overall Reserve Estimation Process

Our policies regarding internal controls over reserves estimates require such estimates to be prepared by an independent petroleum engineering firm under the supervision of our internal reserve engineering team, which includes our Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), J. Mark Bunch. Our internal reserve engineering team has a combined experience of over 80 years in Petroleum Engineering. Our COO, the person responsible for overseeing the preparation of our reserves estimates, has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (No. 86704), has over 40 years of oil and natural gas experience including large independents and financial firm services for projects and acquisitions. Our Board of Directors also has oversight of our reserve estimation process and contains a Reserves Committee with William Dozier, an independent director who is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (No. 47279) with experience in energy company reserve evaluations. Such reserve estimates comply with generally accepted petroleum engineering and evaluation principles, definitions, and guidelines as established by the SEC.

The reserves information in this filing is based on estimates prepared by CG&A and D&M. The person responsible for the preparation of the reserve report at CG&A is W. Todd Brooker, P.E., President. Mr. Brooker received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1989 from the University of Texas at Austin and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (No. 83462). Mr. Brooker joined CG&A in 1992 and has over 30 years of experience in engineering and geological services. The person responsible for the preparation of the reserve report at D&M is Dr. Dilhan Ilk, P.E., Executive Vice President. Dr. Ilk received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering in 2003 from Istanbul Technical University and a Master’s degree and Doctorate in Petroleum Engineering in 2005 and 2010, respectively, from Texas A&M University, and he has in excess of 16 years of experience in oil and natural gas reservoir studies and evaluations and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas (No. 139334).

We provide CG&A and D&M with our property interests, production, current operating costs, current production prices, estimated abandonment costs and other information in order for them to prepare the reserve estimates. This information is reviewed by our senior management team and designated operations personnel to ensure accuracy and completeness of the data prior to submission to the reserve engineers. The scope and results of CG&A’s and D&M’s procedures, as well as their professional qualifications, are summarized in the letters included as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Proved Undeveloped Reserves

During the year ended June 30, 2026 our proved undeveloped (“PUD”) reserves changed as follows:

(1) Equivalent oil reserves are defined as six Mcf of natural gas and 42 gallons of NGLs to one barrel of oil conversion ratio which reflects energy equivalence and not price equivalence. Natural gas prices per Mcf and NGL prices per barrel often differ significantly from the equivalent amount of oil.

Our PUD reserves were 4.8 MMBOE as of June 30, 2026, with related future development costs of approximately $74.8 million, primarily associated with the Chaveroo Field, Williston Basin, and SCOOP/STACK. We acquired 0.4 MMBOE primarily from our Louisiana Minerals acquisitions during fiscal 2026. Extensions of 0.2 MMBOE are primarily associated with new wells at SCOOP/STACK. Transfers of 0.1 MMBOE are associated with ten gross SCOOP/STACK wells drilled, completed and placed online during fiscal 2026. The net downward revisions were due primarily to adjustments made to the timing of the Williston Basin development plan resulting in the roll-off of PUDs expected to be developed beyond five years. Under SEC reporting requirements, our PUD reserves include only those reserves in which the Company has current plans to develop within five years. See “Drilling and Present Activities” below for a further discussion of our expected development of the PUDs associated with SCOOP/STACK, the Chaveroo Field, and Williston Basin.

Drilling and Present Activities

Currently, none of our oil and natural gas properties are operated by us. We therefore rely on information from our operators regarding near-term drilling programs. There are no plans to drill new wells in fiscal year 2027 in the Jonah Field, the Barnett Shale, Delhi Field, the Hamilton Dome Field or at TexMex. At this time, operators of all of our working interest properties are periodically running workover rigs focusing on projects to return wells to production that have experienced mechanical issues.

At SCOOP/STACK, we have received proposals for ten gross wells which we expect to be brought online during fiscal year 2027. Additionally, as our third-party operators continue to be active around our acreage, we would expect additional wells to be drilled and/or completed. At the Chaveroo Field, we have drilling permits in hand for the next round of six gross wells and are in discussions with our partner as to timing for spudding these wells.

At our Louisiana and Oklahoma minerals properties, there are currently 18 gross wells in progress. Additionally, as our third-party operators continue to be active around our acreage we expect additional wells to be drilled and/or completed throughout fiscal year 2027.

For further discussion, see “Capital Expenditures” within Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations.

Production volumes, average sales price and average production costs

The following table summarizes our crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production volumes, average sales price per unit and average daily production on an equivalent basis for the periods indicated:

(1) Equivalent oil reserves are defined as six Mcf of natural gas and 42 gallons of NGLs to one barrel of oil conversion ratio which reflects energy equivalence and not price equivalence. Natural gas prices per Mcf and NGL prices per barrel often differ significantly from the equivalent amount of oil. Average daily production presented in the table above represents our fiscal year production divided by 365 days in the year for fiscal years 2026 and 2025. Average daily production presented in the table above represents our fiscal year production divided by 366 days in the year for fiscal year 2024.

(2) At TexMex, our average daily production since TexMex’s acquisition date of April 14, 2025 through June 30, 2025, was 0.4 MBOEPD.

The following table summarizes our production costs, and production costs per unit for the periods indicated:

(1) Total lease operating costs include lifting costs; workover expenses; and gathering, transportation, processing and other expense.

(2) Barnett Shale lease operating costs for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 contains a $1.9 million credit from one of our operators due to a joint venture audit, see “Results of Operations” within Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations.

Productive Wells

The following table sets forth the number of productive oil and natural gas wells in which we own an interest as of June 30, 2026.

Acreage

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our developed and undeveloped acreage as of June 30, 2026. Developed acreage refers to acreage on which wells have been drilled or completed to a point that would allow production of oil and natural gas in commercial quantities. Undeveloped acreage refers to acreage on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit production of oil and natural gas in commercial quantities whether or not the acreage contains proved reserves.

(1) Except for our undeveloped acreage at the Williston Basin, North Dakota (see expiration table below), all acreage, including any undeveloped, nonproductive or undrilled acreage, is held by existing production as long as continuous production is maintained in the unit.

(2) Includes 8,595 gross (1,824 net) mineral acres.

(3) This table excludes acreage attributable to small overriding royalty interests retained in various formations in the Texas Giddings Field area. Except for de minimis production that began on two leases during late fiscal year 2019. It does not currently appear likely that we will obtain any significant value from these interests and no reserves have been assigned to any of the Giddings’ interests.

The table below reflects our net undeveloped acreage in Williston Basin, North Dakota as of June 30, 2026 that will expire each year if we do not establish production in paying quantities on the units in which such acreage is included to maintain the lease:

(1) Excludes 2,747 net acres held by existing production as long as continuous production is maintained in the unit.

Markets and Customers

Our production is marketed to third parties in a manner consistent with industry practices. In the United States market where our properties are operated, crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs are readily transportable and marketable. In the Jonah Field, we take our natural gas and NGL working interest production in-kind and market our natural gas separately to different purchasers on six-month contracts. We sell our NGLs to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. We do not currently market our share of oil, natural gas, or NGLs production from any other field separately from the operators’ shares of production. Although we have the right to take our working interest production in-kind, we are currently selling our production through the field operators pursuant to the delivery and pricing terms of their sales contracts. Under such arrangements, we typically do not know the identity of the buyers.

As a non-operator, we are highly dependent on the success of our third-party operators and the decisions made in connection with their operations. With the exception of the Jonah Field, our third-party operators sell our oil, natural gas, and NGLs to purchasers, collect the cash, and distribute the cash to us. In the year ended June 30, 2026, three individual operators, Diversified, Denbury (ExxonMobil), and Foundation, each accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues, collectively representing approximately 46% of our total revenues for the year. In the year ended June 30, 2025, three individual operators, Denbury (ExxonMobil), Diversified, and Foundation, each accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues, collectively representing approximately 51% of our total revenues for the year.

The loss of a purchaser at any of our major producing properties or disruption to pipeline transportation from these fields could adversely affect our net realized pricing and potentially our near-term production levels.

Market Conditions

Prices we receive for crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs are influenced by many factors that are beyond our control, the exact effect of which is difficult to predict. The oil and natural gas industry is a global market impacted by many factors, such as government regulations, particularly in the areas of tariffs, trade sanctions, taxation, energy, climate change and the environment, geopolitical instability, (including ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East and Venezuela), demand in Asian and European markets, and the extent to which members of OPEC and other oil exporting nations manage oil supply through export quotas. More recently, during the third fiscal quarter, WTI oil prices reached their highest levels since 2022 due to crude oil disruptions at key oil shipping routes in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz, and continue at elevated levels. Natural gas prices are generally determined by North American supply and demand and are also affected by imports and exports of liquefied natural gas. Weather also has a significant impact on demand for natural gas since it is a primary heating source.

Competition

The oil and natural gas industry is highly competitive for prospects, acreage, and capital. Our competitors include major integrated oil and natural gas companies, numerous independent oil and natural gas companies, individuals, and drilling and income programs. Many of our competitors are large, well-established companies with substantially larger operating staff and greater capital resources. Competitors are national, regional, or local in scope and compete on the basis of financial resources, technical prowess or local knowledge. The principal competitive factors in our industry are expertise in given geographical areas and geologic systems and the ability to efficiently conduct operations, achieve technological advantages, identify and acquire economically producible reserves, and obtain capital at rates that allow economic investments.

Risk Management

We are exposed to certain risks relating to our ongoing business operations, including commodity price risk. In accordance with our company strategy and the covenants under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, derivative instruments are utilized to hedge our exposure to price fluctuations and reduce the variability in our cash flows associated with anticipated sales of future oil and natural gas production. We do not enter into derivative contracts for speculative trading purposes.

While there are many different types of derivative instruments available, historically we have used costless collars, stand alone put options, fixed-price swaps and basis swaps to attempt to manage price risk. Costless collar agreements are put and call options used to establish floor and ceiling commodity prices for a fixed volume of production during a certain time period. All costless collar agreements provide for payments to counterparties if the settlement price under the agreement exceeds the ceiling and payments from the counterparties if the settlement price under the agreement is below the floor. Stand alone put options are floors that are purchased for a cost and provide that counterparties make payments to us if the settlement price is below the established floor. The fixed-price swap agreements call for payments to, or receipts from, counterparties depending on whether the index price of oil or natural gas for the period is greater or less than the fixed price established for the period contracted under the fixed-price swap agreement. The basis swaps agreements effectively lock in a price differential between regional prices (i.e., Inside FERC’s Northwest Pipeline Corp Rocky Mountains) where the product is sold and the relevant pricing index under which the natural gas production is hedged (i.e., NYMEX Henry Hub).

It is our policy to enter into derivative contracts only with counterparties that are creditworthy financial institutions deemed by management as competent and competitive market makers. For the derivative contracts settled during fiscal 2026 and 2025, we did not post collateral. In accordance with our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we have been and may be required in the future to enter into hedges if we meet certain utilization levels of the borrowing base under the credit facility. We intend to remain in compliance with these covenants and will enter into derivative contracts from time to time to meet the requirements. Additionally, depending on market conditions, financial and other considerations we may enter into additional hedges to meet our objectives of increasing value to shareholders. We may also, from time to time, restructure existing derivative contracts or enter into new transactions to effectively modify the terms of current contracts in order to improve the pricing parameters in existing contracts. See Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk and Note 7, “Derivatives” to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data for additional information.

Government Regulation

As an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, our interests are subject to numerous legal requirements.

Regulation of Oil and Natural Gas Production

Federal, state and local authorities have promulgated extensive rules covering oil and natural gas exploration, production and related operations. Those regulations require our third-party operator to obtain permits, post bonds and submit reports. They also may address conservation, including unitization or pooling of oil and natural gas properties, well locations, the method of drilling and casing wells, surface use and restoration of properties where wells are drilled, sourcing and disposal of water used in the process of drilling, completion and abandonment, the establishment of maximum rates of production from wells, and plugging and abandonment of wells. The effect of these regulations is to limit the amount of oil and natural gas that we can produce and to limit the number of wells or the locations at which we can produce. Moreover, many states impose a production or severance tax with respect to the production and sale of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids within their jurisdictions. Failure to comply with any applicable legal requirements may result in substantial penalties. Because such regulations are frequently amended or reinterpreted, we are unable to predict future compliance costs or impacts. Significant expenditures may be required to comply with governmental laws and regulations, however, and may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Regulation of Transportation of Oil and Natural Gas

The prices for crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids and natural gas are negotiated and not currently regulated. However, Congress, which has been active in oil and natural gas regulation, could impose price controls in the future.

Our sales of crude oil and natural gas are affected by the availability, terms and cost of transportation. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) primarily regulates interstate oil and natural gas transportation rates. In some circumstances, FERC regulations also may affect intrastate pipelines. In addition, states may impose on intrastate pipelines various obligations relating to such matters as safety, environmental protection, nondiscriminatory take and pay rates. The basis for intrastate oil and natural gas pipeline regulation, and the degree of regulatory oversight and scrutiny given to such matters, vary from state to state. To the extent effective interstate and intrastate rates are equally applicable to all comparable shippers, we believe that the regulation of oil and natural gas transportation rates will not affect our business in any way that is of material difference from those of our competitors who are similarly situated.

Environmental Matters

Our properties are subject to extensive and changing federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, worker safety and human health. Such requirements may address:

• the generation, storage, handling, emission, transportation and disposal of materials;
• reclamation or remediation of sites, including former operating areas;
• the acquisition of a permit or other authorization;
• air emissions;
• protection of water supplies;
• limits on construction, drilling and other activities in wilderness or other environmentally sensitive areas; and
• assessment of environmental impacts.

Failure to comply with such requirements may result in a variety of sanctions, including fines, administrative orders and injunctions. In addition, issuing authorities may revoke, adversely condition or deny permits necessary for the operations of our operators. In the opinion of management, our properties are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations, and we have no material commitments for capital expenditures to comply with existing environmental requirements. Nevertheless, changes in existing environmental laws and regulations or in interpretations thereof could have a significant impact on our company, as well as the oil and natural gas industry in general. Significant environmental requirements that may affect the operations of our operators are described below.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and comparable state statutes impose strict liability, and in some cases joint and several liability, on owners and operators of sites and on persons who arranged for the disposal of “hazardous substances” found at such sites. It is not uncommon for neighboring landowners or other third parties to also file claims for personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by any hazardous substances released into the environment. Although CERCLA currently excludes petroleum from its definition of “hazardous substance,” the operations performed by our operators do entail handling other chemicals that may be subject to the statute. In addition, state laws affecting our properties may impose cleanup liability relating to petroleum and petroleum related products. The Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and comparable state statutes govern the disposal of “solid waste” and “hazardous waste.” Violations may result in substantial fines. Although RCRA currently classifies certain oil field wastes as “non-hazardous,” such exploration and production wastes could be reclassified as hazardous, thereby subjecting the operations of our operators to more stringent handling and disposal requirements. In some circumstances, moreover, RCRA authorizes both the federal government and private persons to seek injunctions requiring the cleanup of wastes, whether hazardous or non-hazardous.

The Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) protects fish, wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered. Under the ESA, exploration and production operations may not significantly impair or jeopardize a protected species or its habitat. The ESA provides for criminal penalties for willful violations. The operations or our operators also may be subject to other statutes that protect animals and plants such as the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Although we believe that our properties are in compliance in all material respects with such statutes, any change in these statutes or any reclassification of a species as endangered could subject our company (directly or indirectly through our third-party operators) to significant expenses to modify operations, could force discontinuation of certain operations altogether and could limit the locations our third-party operators may utilize in the future.

The Clean Air Act (“CAA”) is the comprehensive federal law addressing sources of air emissions. Oil and natural gas production and natural gas processing operations are among the many source categories subject to the CAA. Regulated emissions from oil and natural gas operations include sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”) and hazardous air pollutants such as benzene, among others.

In particular, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced regulations in December 2023 that imposed more comprehensive restrictions on emissions of methane (a greenhouse gas) and VOCs from new, existing, and modified facilities in the oil and gas sector (such as wells and storage tank batteries). Among other things, the rule set new emissions standards for certain equipment; required routine monitoring for and repair of leaks at well sites, centralized production facilities, and compressor stations; limited flaring from existing oil wells; and prohibited flaring from new oil wells. EPA also established a “Super Emitter Program” to authorize third parties to detect “super emitter events” at operators’ sites and report them to EPA. The regulations did provide phase-in periods for certain requirements, while State plans for existing sources were due 24 months after the rule’s effective date. States were given the option of either adopting the rule’s presumptive standards or developing their own requirements that are at least as strict as EPA’s. In 2024, however, EPA agreed to reconsider certain technical aspects of the regulations, which resulted in narrow changes to requirements for temporary flaring and monitoring of vent gas. In the meantime, EPA announced in 2025 it was conducting a more comprehensive reconsideration and extended various compliance deadlines in the rule. The results of that review are uncertain. But if the regulations remain as announced in December 2023, or if future such requirements requiring the installation of more sophisticated pollution control equipment are adopted, they could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The Clean Water Act (the “CWA”) is the primary federal law controlling the discharge of produced waters and other pollutants into waters of the United States. Permits must be obtained for such discharges and to conduct construction activities in waters and wetlands. Some states also require permits for discharges or operations that may impact groundwater.

The CAA, CWA and comparable state statutes authorize civil, criminal and administrative penalties for violations. Further, the CWA and Oil Pollution Act may impose liability on owners or operators of onshore facilities that impact surface waters.

Pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA (or an authorized state) regulates the construction, operation, permitting, and closure of injection wells used to place oil and natural gas wastes and other fluids underground for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, storage or disposal. The primary objective of injection well operating requirements is to ensure the mechanical integrity of the injection apparatus and to prevent migration of fluids from the injection zone into underground sources of drinking water. Underground injection associated with oil and gas operations, particularly the disposal of produced water, has been linked in some cases to localized earthquakes. This in turn has led to new legislative and regulatory initiatives, which have the potential to restrict injection in certain wells or limit operations in certain areas.

Certain of the oil and natural gas production in which we have an interest is developed from unconventional sources that require hydraulic fracturing as part of the completion process. Hydraulic fracturing involves the injection into the formation of water, sand and chemicals under pressure to stimulate production. From time to time, legislation has been proposed in the United States Congress to repeal the Safe Drinking Water Act’s exemption for hydraulic fracturing from the definition of “underground injection” and to require federal permitting of hydraulic fracturing. If ever enacted, such legislation would add to costs for hydraulic fracturing.

Scrutiny of hydraulic fracturing activities continues in other ways. Several states where our properties are located have proposed or adopted legislative or regulatory restrictions on hydraulic fracturing. A number of municipalities likewise have enacted bans on hydraulic fracturing. We cannot predict whether any other legislation restricting hydraulic fracturing will be enacted and if so, what its provisions would be. If additional levels of regulation and permits were to be required through the adoption of new laws and regulations at the federal, state or local level, it could lead to delays, increased operating costs and process prohibitions that could materially adversely affect our revenue and results of operations.

The National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions prior to making decisions. Among the broad range of actions covered by NEPA are decisions on permit applications and federal land management. Many of the activities of our third-party operators involve federal decisions subject to NEPA. Such federal actions may trigger robust NEPA review, which could lead to delays and increased costs that could materially adversely affect our revenues and results of operations. In response to recent court decisions, and direction from the second Trump Administration to expedite permit approvals, federal agencies started updating their NEPA procedures in 2025, but the long-term effects of those revisions are uncertain. In the absence of precedents, application of the new procedures may be unclear, and nongovernmental organizations are expected to bring legal challenges, which could adversely affect the assessment of projects ranging from oil and gas leasing to development on public and Indian lands.

Climate Change

Climate change has become a major public concern and policy issue in the United States and around the world. Much of the debate has focused on greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions from oil and natural gas, particularly carbon dioxide and methane.

In the United States, there is no comprehensive federal regulatory statute addressing climate change, although Congress does periodically consider such measures. At the federal level, the United States therefore has primarily addressed climate change through executive actions and regulatory initiatives pursuant to existing statutes. These have included participation in international agreements on climate change, presidential commitments to reduce greenhouse gas, various executive orders limiting land available for oil and gas leasing, and Clean Air Act rules (such as the regulation announced in December 2023 to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector). In his second Administration, President Trump has reversed, or indicated that he intended to reverse, many of those initiatives. Even if those efforts are successful, several states have already implemented or are considering programs to reduce GHG emissions. These include cap and trade programs, promotion of alternative forms of energy, transportation standards and restrictions on particular GHGs. New Mexico, for example, is requiring oil and gas operators to capture 98% of their produced natural gas by December 31, 2026, and is limiting most venting and flaring. Such efforts are expected to continue in some states. To the extent that new climate change measures are adopted, our business may be adversely impacted.

In addition, recent court decisions have left open the question of whether tort claims alleging property damage may proceed under state common law against entities responsible for GHG emissions. Some states also have enacted statutes authorizing recovery of adaptation costs from certain fossil fuel producers or refiners. Thus, there is some litigation risk for state law claims.

Legislation or regulations that may be adopted to address climate change could also affect the markets for our products by making our products more or less desirable than competing sources of energy. To the extent that our products are competing with higher GHG emitting energy sources, for example, our products would become more desirable in the market with more stringent limitations on GHG emissions. To the extent that our products are competing with lower

GHG emitting energy sources such as solar and wind, our products may become less desirable in the market with such government intervention. In 2022, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act that, among other things, created a series of financial incentives intended to discourage use of oil and natural gas (including imposing a fee on methane emissions) and to promote alternative sources of energy. Pursuant to that Act, EPA announced a rule in 2024 that would have implemented the program for collecting the annual “Waste Emissions Charge” on certain excess methane emissions from oil and gas facilities. By statute, the charge would have been $900 per metric ton of methane for 2024, $1,200 per metric ton for 2025, and $1,500 per metric ton each year thereafter. But in 2025 Congress invalidated the EPA’s rule and postponed the methane reduction charge to 2034. We cannot predict with any certainty at this time how such market-based climate incentives may affect the operations of our oil and natural gas properties.

Various studies on climate change indicate that extreme weather conditions and other risks may occur in the future in the areas where we operate. Although we have not experienced any material impact from such extreme conditions to date, no assurance can be given that they will not have a material adverse effect on our business in the future.

See discussion captioned “Government regulation and liability for oil and natural gas operations and environmental matters may adversely affect our business and results of operations” in Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Insurance

We maintain insurance on our oil and natural gas properties and operations for risks and in amounts customary in the industry. Such insurance includes, but is not limited to, general liability, excess liability, control of well, operators extra expense, casualty, fraud, and directors and officer’s liability coverage. Additionally, we maintain industry-standard cybersecurity insurance to provide protection against cybersecurity risk. Not all losses are insured, and we retain certain risks of loss through deductibles, limits, and self-retentions. We do not carry business interruption or lost profits coverage.

Human Capital, Sustainability, and ESG

Employees

As of June 30, 2026, we had eleven full-time employees, not including contract personnel and outsourced service providers. Due to our current focus on non-operating properties, our staff is disproportionately weighted towards higher wage professionals. We believe that we have positive relations with our employees. Our team is broadly experienced in oil and natural gas operations, development, acquisitions, and financing. We follow a strategy of outsourcing most of our IT services, human resources, administrative, and other non-core functions. For our full-time employees, our benefits package, as determined by our Board of Directors, includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, short-term disability, 401(k) contributions based on a portion of the employee’s base salary, short and long-term performance-based and service-based incentive pay (i.e., annual bonuses and stock awards), and paid time off.

Our workforce is provided with regular training and is expected to sign an acknowledgement regarding our policies and disclosures which include, but are not limited to, the Corporate Sustainability Report (“CSR”), employee handbook, human rights, code of ethics, health and safety, emergency procedures, conflicts of interest, insider trading, bribery, kickbacks and discrimination.

Sustainability and ESG

In fiscal year 2021-2022, we laid the foundation for our sustainability efforts by creating an Environmental Social Governance (“ESG”) Task Force.

The Task Force formalized our existing ESG programs, proposed and implemented new ESG initiatives, monitored adherence to our internal and third-party sustainability standards, and provided public disclosures for our stakeholders, including the CSR. Further emphasizing our commitment to corporate responsibilities, our Board formed a dedicated Sustainability Committee in fiscal year 2023 which is now responsible for overseeing our ESG initiatives.

We are committed to high standards of conduct and ethics to contribute to the sustainability of our business. Our core values are the base to support our strategy and long-term success. We believe integrity is paramount and we are committed to developing and producing energy resources in environmentally, socially, and ethically respectful and responsible ways. Our people are critical to our success and as such we promote and maintain a safe and inclusive work environment. We strategically plan for the long-term and strive to maintain capital discipline, stakeholder transparency, and continuous focus on returning capital to shareholders.

We work with third-party operators that share our desire to operate and work responsibly, particularly for the natural environments in which they operate. As a non-operator of our current properties, we do not have direct control over environmental initiatives at a property-level. However, we believe it is important to partner with third-party operators that share our core values and are committed to being environmental stewards as they responsibly produce energy resources. We recognize that the expectations, requirements, and responsibilities of operators regarding safeguarding the environment and environmental stewardship continue to evolve. We are, and will continue to be, committed to supporting our third-party operators as they respond to these expectations, requirements, and responsibilities.

We maintain a hotline which operates 24/7/365 and allows anonymous and confidential reporting for employees, consultants, partners, and contractors, including the ability to report concerns or violations of our policies through the phone or internet (Phone: 877-628-7489 / Website: www.epm.alertline.com (http://www.epm.alertline.com)).

Additional Information

We file Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other reports with the SEC. Our reports filed with the SEC are available free of charge to the general public through our website at www.evolutionpetroleum.com (http://www.evolutionpetroleum.com). These reports are accessible on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after being filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. This Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings can also be obtained by contacting: Corporate Secretary, 1155 Dairy Ashford Road, Suite 425, Houston, Texas 77079, or calling (713) 935-0122. These reports are also available at the SEC Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website at www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

Our business involves a high degree of risk. Our ownership interest in oil and natural gas properties consists of non-operated working, revenue, and/or royalty interests. We do not operate any of our oil and natural gas properties nor do we do have any employees or contractors in the field. Our risks associated with oil and natural gas operations affect us indirectly through our ownership in non-operated working interests where we proportionately share in the costs and liabilities of operating such properties.

If any of the following risks, or any risk described elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, actually occurs, our business, financial condition, or results of operations could suffer. The risks described below are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks not presently known to us or which we currently consider to be immaterial also may adversely affect us.

Risks Related to Our Business:

A substantial or extended decline in oil, natural gas and NGL prices may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and our ability to meet our capital expenditure obligations and financial commitments.

The price we receive for our oil, natural gas and NGLs significantly influences our revenue, profitability, access to capital, capital spending, and future rate of growth. At June 30, 2025, approximately 39% of our proved reserves were oil reserves, 45% were natural gas and 16% were NGLs. Oil, natural gas and NGLs are commodities and their prices are subject to wide fluctuations in response to relatively minor changes in supply and demand. Historically, the markets for oil, natural gas, and NGLs have been volatile and these markets will likely continue to be volatile in the future. The prices we receive for our production depend on numerous factors beyond our control, including, but not limited to the following:

• changes in global supply and demand for oil and natural gas;
• worldwide and regional economic conditions impacting the global supply and demand for oil and natural gas;
• social unrest, political instability or armed conflict in major oil and natural gas producing regions outside the United States, such as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the conflict in the Middle East, and acts of terrorism or sabotage;
• the ability and willingness of the members of OPEC+ to agree and maintain oil price and production controls;
• the price and quantity of imports of foreign oil and natural gas;
• energy transition away from hydrocarbons in response to governmental, scientific, and public concern over the threat of climate change arising from greenhouse gas emissions;
• the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar compared to other currencies;
• the level of global oil and natural gas exploration and production;
• the level of global oil and natural gas inventories;
• localized supply and demand fundamentals of regional, domestic, and international transportation availability;
• weather conditions, natural disasters, and seasonal trends;
• domestic and foreign governmental regulations, including embargoes, sanctions, tariffs, and environmental regulations;
• speculation as to the future price of oil and the speculative trading of oil and natural gas futures contracts;
• price and availability of competitors’ supplies of oil and natural gas;
• technological advances affecting energy consumption; and
• the price, availability and use of alternative fuels.

Substantially all of our production is sold to purchasers under short-term (less than 12-month) contracts at market-based prices. A decline in oil, natural gas, and NGL prices will reduce our cash flows, borrowing ability, the present value of our reserves, and our ability to develop future reserves. We may be unable to obtain the needed capital or financing on satisfactory terms. Low oil, natural gas, and NGL prices may also reduce the amount of oil, natural gas, and NGL that we can produce economically, which could lead to a decline in our oil, natural gas and NGL reserves. Generally, we hedge substantially less than all of our anticipated oil and natural gas production and typically limited to what is required by our Senior Secured Credit Facility. To the extent that we have not hedged production, any significant and extended decline in oil, natural gas, and NGL prices may adversely affect our financial position.

Our existing developed oil, natural gas and NGL production will decline; we may be unable to acquire or develop the additional oil and natural gas reserves that are required in order to sustain our production and business operations.

The volume of production from developed oil, natural gas, and NGL properties declines as reserves are depleted, with the rate of decline depending on reservoir characteristics. Environmental issues, operating problems, or lack of extended future investment in any of our properties would cause our net production of oil, natural gas, and NGLs to decline significantly over time, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

The types of resources we focus on have substantial operational risks.

Besides our royalty and mineral interest, our business plan focuses on the acquisition and development of known resources in partially depleted, naturally fractured, or low permeability reservoirs. Our TexMex, Chaveroo Field, Hamilton Dome Field and Delhi Field properties produce from relatively shallow reservoirs, while our SCOOP/STACK, Jonah Field, Williston Basin and Barnett Shale properties produce from deeper reservoirs. Shallower reservoirs usually have lower pressure, which generally translates into lower reserves volumes in place. Deeper reservoirs have higher pressures and usually more reserves volumes in place, but capturing those reserves often comes at increased drilling and completion costs and risks and, generally, a higher rate of initial production decline. Low permeability reservoirs require substantial stimulation for development of commercial production. Naturally fractured reservoirs require penetration of sufficient un-depleted fractures to establish commercial production. Depleted reservoirs require successful application of newer, or more expensive, technologies to produce incremental reserves. Our approach on the development and application of technologies on these different types of reservoirs could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

The CO2-EOR project in the Delhi Field, operated by Denbury, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, requires significant amounts of CO2 reserves, development capital, and technical expertise, the sources of which to date have been committed by the operator. The operator’s failure to manage these and other technical, environmental, operational, strategic, financial, and logistical risks may ultimately cause enhanced recoveries from the planned CO2-EOR project to fall short of our expectations in volume and/or timing. Such occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We have limited control over the activities on our oil and natural gas properties which we do not operate.

All of our proved undeveloped oil and natural gas properties, consisting both of working interests and mineral and royalty interests, are operated by third-parties. The development and production of our proved undeveloped reserves depend on the decisions and actions of third-party operators, over which we have limited or no control, and their decisions may not be in our best interests. We have limited ability to influence or control the amount or timing of capital or other expenditures that we will be required to fund with respect to such properties. Developing these reserves requires significant capital expenditures and successful drilling operations, and our third-party operators may determine not to develop particular locations or may delay, modify or otherwise alter their development plans for reasons beyond our control. As a result, our proved undeveloped reserves may not be developed or produced as anticipated, or at all. Any delays or changes in development and production by our third-party operators could result in significant fluctuation in the timing and amount of revenues generated by our oil and natural gas properties. Moreover, we are dependent on the other working interest owners of such projects to fund their contractual share of the capital expenditures of such projects. These limitations and our dependence on the operator and other working interest owners for these projects could cause us to incur unexpected future costs, result in lower production, and materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We will be subject to risks in connection with acquisitions.

We periodically evaluate acquisitions of reserves, properties, prospects, leaseholds, and other strategic transactions that appear to fit within our overall business strategy. The successful acquisition of producing properties requires an assessment of several factors, including, but not limited to:

• recoverable reserves;
• future oil, natural gas, and NGL prices and their appropriate differentials;
• development and operating costs;
• potential for future drilling and production;
• validity of the seller’s title to properties, which may be less than expected at closing; and
• potential environmental issues, litigation, and other liabilities.

The accuracy of these assessments is inherently uncertain. In connection with these assessments, we perform a review of the subject properties that we believe to be generally consistent with industry practices. Our review will not reveal all existing or potential problems nor will it permit us to become sufficiently familiar with the properties to fully assess their deficiencies and potential recoverable reserves. Inspections may not always be performed on every well, and environmental problems are not necessarily observable at the ground surface or otherwise when an inspection is performed. Even when problems are identified, the seller may be unwilling or unable to provide effective contractual protection against all or part of the problems. Moreover, in the event of such an acquisition, there is a risk that we could ultimately be liable for unknown obligations related to acquisitions and, importantly, that our assumptions regarding future oil and natural gas prices, differentials, reserves, or production could prove materially inaccurate and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Our inability to complete acquisitions at our historical rate and at appropriate prices that support our long-term strategy could negatively impact our growth rate and stock price.

One of our key strategies is growth through acquisition of low decline, long-life oil and natural gas properties. Our ability to grow revenues, earnings and cash flow at or above our historic rates depends in part upon our ability to identify and successfully acquire and integrate oil and natural gas properties at appropriate prices, and to make appropriate investments that support our long-term strategy. We may not be able to consummate acquisitions at rates similar to the past, which could adversely impact our growth rate, our stock price, and our ability to maintain our dividends. Acquisitions are difficult to identify and complete for a number of reasons, including high valuations, competition among prospective buyers or investors, the availability of affordable funding in the capital markets and the need to satisfy applicable closing conditions.

We may encounter difficulties integrating newly acquired oil and natural gas properties or businesses.

Increasing our reserve base through acquisitions has been an important part of our business strategy. We may encounter difficulties integrating newly acquired oil and natural gas properties or businesses. In particular, we may face significant challenges in consolidating functions and integrating procedures, personnel, and business operations in an effective manner. The failure to successfully integrate such properties or businesses into our Company may adversely affect our business and results of operations. Any acquisition we make may involve numerous risks, including:

• a significant increase in our indebtedness and working capital requirements;
• the inability to timely and effectively integrate the operations of recently acquired businesses or assets;
• the incurrence of substantial costs to address unforeseen environmental and other liabilities arising out of the acquired businesses or assets;
• liabilities arising from the operation of the acquired businesses or assets before our acquisition;
• our lack of drilling or operational history in the areas in which the acquired business operates;
• customer or key employee loss from the acquired business;
• increased administration of new personnel;
• additional costs due to increased scope and complexity of our business;
• potential disruption of our ongoing business; and
• assumptions made on estimated development by the operator may not be accurate or may change.

Additionally, significant acquisitions can change the nature of our operations and business depending upon the character of the acquired properties, which may have substantially different operating and geological characteristics or be in different geographic locations than our existing properties. To the extent that we acquire properties substantially different from the properties we currently own or that require different technical expertise, we may not be able to realize the economic benefits of these acquisitions as effectively as with acquisitions within our current footprint and expertise. We may not be successful in addressing these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with any acquisition we may make.

Oil and natural gas development, re-completion of wells from one reservoir to another reservoir, restoring wells to production, and drilling and completing new wells are speculative activities which involve numerous risks and substantial uncertain costs.

Our growth will be partially dependent upon the success of future development programs on our properties. Drilling for oil and natural gas and extracting NGLs and re-working existing wells involve numerous risks. The cost of drilling, completing, and operating wells is substantial and uncertain; drilling operations may be curtailed, delayed, or canceled as a result of a variety of factors beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

• unexpected drilling conditions;
• pressure fluctuations or irregularities in reservoir formations;
• equipment failures or accidents;
• well blowouts and other releases of hazardous materials;
• inability to obtain or maintain leases on economic terms, where applicable;
• the cost and availability of goods and services, such as drilling rigs, fracture stimulation services, and tubulars;
• adverse weather conditions;
• compliance with governmental requirements; and
• shortages or delays in the availability of drilling rigs or crews and the delivery of equipment.

Drilling or re-working is a highly speculative activity. Even when fully and correctly utilized, modern well completion and production techniques, such as Horizontal Drilling or CO2 injection, do not guarantee that we will find and produce oil, natural gas and/or NGLs in economic quantities. Our future drilling, completion and production activities may not be successful and, if unsuccessful, such failure would have an adverse effect on our future results of operations and financial condition.

We may also identify and develop prospects through a number of methods, some of which may include Horizontal Drilling or tertiary injectants, and some of which may be unproven. The drilling and results for these prospects may be particularly uncertain. We cannot ensure that these projects can be successfully developed or that wells will, if drilled, encounter reservoirs of commercially productive oil or natural gas.

Our oil and natural gas reserves are only estimates and may prove to be inaccurate.

There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating oil and natural gas reserves and their estimated values. Our reserves are only estimates that may prove to be inaccurate because of these inherent uncertainties. Reservoir engineering is a subjective process of estimating underground accumulations of oil and natural gas that cannot always be measured in an exact manner. Estimates of economically recoverable oil and natural gas reserves depend upon a number of variable factors. These factors include historical production from the area compared with production from other comparable producing areas, assumptions concerning effects of regulations by governmental agencies, future oil, natural gas, and NGL product prices, future operating costs, severance and excise taxes, development costs, workover costs, and remedial costs. Some or all of these assumptions utilized in estimating reserve volumes may vary considerably from actual results. For these reasons, estimates of the economically recoverable quantities of reserves, classifications of such reserves based on risk of recovery, and estimates of the future net cash flows expected from reserves may vary substantially depending on the timing and different engineers preparing reserves estimates.

Accordingly, reserve estimates may be subject to downward or upward adjustments. Actual production, revenue, and expenditures with respect to our reserves will likely vary from estimates; such variances may be material. The information regarding discounted future net cash flows included in this report should not be considered as the current market value of the estimated oil and natural gas reserves attributable to our properties. The estimated discounted future net cash flows from proved reserves are based on the 12-month average price, calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within the 12-month period prior to the end of the reporting period, and costs as of the date of the estimate, while actual future prices and costs may be materially higher or lower. Actual future net cash flows also will be affected by factors such as the amount and timing of actual production, supply and demand for oil and natural gas, increases or decreases in consumption, and changes in governmental regulations or taxation. In addition, the 10% discount factor, which is required by the SEC to be used in calculating discounted future net cash flows for reporting purposes, is not necessarily the most appropriate discount factor. Interest rates in effect vary from time to time based on risks associated with us or the oil and natural gas industry in general. The Standardized Measure does not necessarily correspond to market value.

Regulatory and accounting requirements may require substantial reductions in reporting proven reserves.

On a periodic basis, we review the carrying value of our oil and natural gas properties under the applicable rules of various regulatory agencies, including the SEC. Under the full cost method of accounting that we use, the after-tax carrying value of our oil and natural gas properties may not exceed the present value of estimated future net after-tax cash flows from proved reserves, discounted at 10%. Application of this “ceiling” test requires pricing future revenues at the previous 12-month average beginning-of-month price and requires a write-down of the carrying value for accounting purposes if the ceiling is exceeded. We may in the future be required to write down the carrying value of our oil and natural gas properties when oil and natural gas prices are depressed or unusually volatile. Whether we will be required to take such a charge will depend in part on the prices of oil and natural gas during the previous period and the effect of reserve additions or revisions and capital expenditures during such period. If a write-down is required, it would result in a current charge to our earnings but would not impact our current cash flow from operating activities. A large write-down could adversely affect our compliance with the current financial covenants under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, could limit our access to future borrowings under that facility, or require repayment of any amounts that might be outstanding at the time.

Our derivative activities could result in financial losses or could reduce our income.

Under the terms of our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we are required to hedge a certain portion of our anticipated oil and natural gas production for future periods when we reach a defined utilization percentage. We may also elect to hedge additional production volumes from time to time based upon our view of the attractiveness of commodity futures and the risks that downward price fluctuations might pose to our business plans. When we engage in hedging transactions, we may utilize costless collars, fixed price swaps or purchased floors to cost-effectively provide us with some protection against price changes. We have not historically designated any of our derivative instruments as hedges for accounting purposes and record all derivative instruments on our balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of our derivative instruments are recognized in earnings. Accordingly, our earnings may fluctuate significantly as a result of changes in the fair value of our future derivative instruments. Derivative arrangements may also expose us to the risk of financial loss in some circumstances, including, but not limited to, if:

• actual production is less than the volume covered by the derivative instruments;
• the counterparty to the derivative instrument defaults on its contract obligations; or
• there is a change in the expected differential between the underlying price in the derivative instrument and actual price received.

In addition, in a rising commodity price environment, derivative arrangements may limit the extent to which we might benefit from increases in prices of oil and natural gas and may expose us to cash margin requirements.

Operations to develop and produce oil and natural gas reserves and our growth plans require significant amounts of capital and our ability to access additional capital at acceptable costs is important if we are to fund our development, grow our reserves and production and execute our growth plans.

Cash flow from our production varies based on commodity prices and may decline along with natural declines in our production. As a consequence, our cash flow may not be sufficient to fund our ongoing or planned activities at all times. From time to time, we may require additional financing in order to fund operations, acquisitions, exploitation, and development activities. We have, for instance, accessed our Senior Secured Credit Facility on a routine basis, including, recently, to fund acquisitions. Subsequent to our Permian Minerals Acquisition in August 2026, Louisiana Minerals acquisitions in December 2025 through June 2026, SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025, TexMex Acquisition in April 2025, and the SCOOP/STACK Acquisitions in 2024, the borrowings outstanding on our Senior Secured Credit Facility at September 16, 2026 was $60.0 million. Our syndicated Senior Secured Credit Facility had a commitment size of $65.0 million at June 30, 2026; but in accordance with our letter agreement with MidFirst on August 20, 2026 our syndicated Senior Secured Credit Facility currently has an increased commitment size of $73.0 million until October 20, 2026 when it reverts back to $65.0 million, unless redetermined in accordance with the terms of our credit agreement. We may not be able to further increase the total commitments by adding additional lenders in the future on terms that are favorable to us.

Further, the size of our Senior Secured Credit Facility is influenced by many factors, including our production, reserves and prevailing views on future commodity prices, and it may decrease based on developments negatively impacting those and other factors. While ordinarily positive developments in such factors might increase the amount that lenders are willing to lend to us, we are currently at the limit of our two lenders to increase the size of our Senior Secured Credit Facility due to limitations that the lenders have on the loans they may extend to a single borrower. Additionally, access to debt and equity capital markets or other alternatives may also prove unavailable or unattractive at such times or in such amounts as we may require. If we are unable to access adequate capital at acceptable costs, it could adversely affect our ability to expend the necessary capital to replace our reserves, maintain our production and execute our business plans.

Government regulation and liability for oil and natural gas operations and environmental matters may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Oil and natural gas operations are subject to extensive federal, state, and local government regulations, which may change from time to time. Matters subject to regulation include discharge permits for drilling operations, drilling bonds, reports concerning operations, the spacing of wells, unitization and pooling of properties, and taxation. From time to time, regulatory agencies have imposed price controls and limitations on production by restricting the rate of flow of oil and natural gas from wells below actual production capacity in order to conserve supplies of oil and natural gas. There are federal, state, and local laws and regulations addressing protection of human health and the environment that apply to the development, production, handling, storage, and transportation of oil, natural gas, and their by-products; the disposal of related wastes; the emission of CO2, methane, and other greenhouse gases; the emission of volatile organic compounds; and the management of other substances and materials released, produced or used in connection with oil and natural gas operations. These laws and regulations may affect the costs, manner, and feasibility of operations by, among other things, requiring us to make significant expenditures in order to comply and restricting the areas available for oil and gas production. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may result in substantial liabilities to third-parties or governmental entities. In addition, we may be liable for significant environmental damages and cleanup costs, without regard to fault, for releases of hazardous materials on or from property we own or operate, even if we did not cause or contribute to the release. We are also subject to changing and extensive tax laws, the effects of which cannot be predicted. The implementation of new, or the modification of existing, laws or regulations, could have a material adverse effect on us, such as by imposing new emission controls, penalties, fines and/or fees, taxes and tariffs on carbon that could have the effect of raising prices to the end user and thereby reducing the demand for our products.

The risks arising out of the threat of climate change, including transition risks and physical risks, may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

The threat of climate change poses both transition risks and physical risks that could have a material adverse effect on us. Transition risks may arise from political and regulatory, legal, technological or financial changes as society tries to safeguard the climate, while physical risks may result from extreme weather events or other shifts in the natural world.

We have been facing increased political and regulatory risks as federal, state and local governments have adopted new measures to restrict sources of greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy alternatives, including the final EPA rule announced in December 2023 to reduce the emission of methane from oil and gas facilities. Many such measures have been proposed, and still more can be expected. From time to time, there are proposals to ban hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas wells and to remove more lands, both onshore and offshore, from new hydrocarbon production. Many other actions could be pursued such as more rigorous requirements for drilling and construction permits, stricter greenhouse gas emissions standards for both new and existing sources, further limits on construction of new pipelines, reinstatement of the ban on oil exports, enhanced reporting obligations, taxing carbon emissions and creating further incentives for use of alternative energy sources. These actions may cause operational delays or restrictions, increased operating costs and additional regulatory burdens.

Litigation risks are also increasing for oil and natural gas companies. A number of suits alleging, among other things, that oil and natural gas companies created public nuisances by producing fuels that contributed to climate change have been brought in state or federal court.

Technological changes may drive market demand for products other than oil and natural gas. Wider adoption of hybrid engines and electric cars, for example, would reduce demand for our products. At the same time, our capital and operating costs may increase if we need to add new emission reduction technologies.

There are also financial risks for the petroleum industry. It may become more difficult for us to access the capital markets if the threat of climate change discourages new investment. Institutional lenders who provide financing to fossil-fuel energy companies also have become more attentive to sustainable lending practices, and some of them may elect not to provide funding for fossil fuel energy companies. Limitation of investments in and financings for the energy industry could result in the restriction, delay or cancellation of drilling programs or development or production activities.

The threat of climate change also may subject oil and natural gas operations and our business to severe weather or other natural hazards, such as flooding, drought, wildfires, and extreme temperatures. Any such event could halt production or exploration activities, damage equipment, disrupt transportation, reduce consumer demand and significantly increase our costs.

Poor general economic, business, or industry conditions may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, liquidity, financial condition and access to capital.

During the last few years, concerns over inflation, energy costs, volatile oil, natural gas, and NGL prices, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of credit, the United States mortgage market, uncertainties with regard to European sovereign debt, the slowdown in economic growth in large emerging and developing markets, such as China, regional or worldwide increases in tariffs or other trade restrictions, and other issues have contributed to increased economic uncertainty and diminished expectations for the global economy. Concerns about global economic conditions have had a significant adverse impact on domestic and international financial markets and commodity prices. If uncertain or poor economic, business, or industry conditions in the United States or abroad remain prolonged, demand for petroleum products could diminish or stagnate, and production costs could increase. These situations have led to commodity price volatility and impact the price at which we can sell our oil, natural gas, and NGLs. Any sustained declines in crude oil, natural gas and NGL prices could affect our revenues, our operators ability to continue operations, and ultimately adversely impact our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition.

Events outside of our control, including a pandemic or broad outbreak of an infectious disease, such as the global outbreak of a novel strain of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”), may materially adversely affect our business.

We face risks related to pandemics, outbreaks, or other public health events that are outside of our control and could significantly disrupt our operators’ operations and adversely affect our financial condition. In December 2019, COVID-19 was identified in Wuhan, China and rapidly spread around the world. This virus and its variants, and governmental actions to contain it, had material adverse economic impacts globally. These and other actions, among other things, impacted the ability of our employees and contractors to perform their duties, caused increased technology and security risk due to extended and company-wide telecommuting, and led to disruptions in our permitting activities and critical business relationships, and could do so in the future should another similar public health event occur. Additionally, governmental restrictions intended to contain COVID-19 or future pandemics have in the past, and may in the future, significantly impact economic activity and markets and dramatically reduce actual or anticipated demand for oil and natural gas, adversely impacting the prices we receive for our production. The severity and duration of any such events are uncertain and difficult to predict, as is the extent that such events may have on our business.

Our business could be negatively affected by security threats. A cyber-attack or similar incident could occur and result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption, damage to our reputation, and/or financial loss.

The oil and natural gas industry has become increasingly dependent on digital technologies to conduct certain exploration, development, production, processing, and financial activities. We depend on digital technology to estimate quantities of oil and natural gas reserves, manage operations, process and record financial and operating data, analyze seismic and drilling information, and communicate with our employees and third-party operators. Our technologies, systems, networks, seismic data, reserves information, or other proprietary information, and those of our operators, vendors, suppliers, customers, and other business partners may become the target of cyber-attacks or information security breaches. Cyber-attacks or information security breaches could result in the unauthorized release, gathering, monitoring, misuse, loss or destruction of proprietary and other information, or could otherwise lead to the disruption of our business operations or other operational disruptions in our exploration or production operations. Cyber-attacks, particularly amidst the increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies, are becoming more sophisticated and include, but are not limited to, ransomware, credential stuffing, spear phishing, social engineering, use of deepfakes (i.e., highly realistic synthetic media generated by artificial intelligence) and other attempts to gain unauthorized access to data for purposes of extortion or other malfeasance. In addition, certain cyber incidents, such as surveillance, may remain undetected for an extended period. Any such attacks could lead to disruptions in critical systems or the unauthorized release of confidential or otherwise protected information. These events could lead to financial losses from remedial actions, loss of business, disruption of operations, damage to our reputation, or potential liability. Also, computers control nearly all of the oil and natural gas distribution systems in the United States and abroad. Computers are necessary to transport our oil and natural gas production to market. A cyber-attack directed at oil and natural gas distribution systems could damage critical distribution and storage assets or the environment, delay or prevent delivery of production to markets and make it difficult or impossible to accurately account for production and settle transactions. Cyber incidents have increased, and the United States government has issued warnings indicating that energy assets may be specific targets of cybersecurity threats. Our systems and insurance coverage for protecting against cybersecurity risks may not be sufficient. Further, as cyber-attacks continue to evolve, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to cyber-attacks.

Our insurance may not protect us against all of the operating risks to which our business is exposed.

The oil and natural gas business involves numerous operating hazards such as well blowouts, mechanical failures, explosions, uncontrollable flows of oil, natural gas, or well fluids, fires, formations with abnormal pressures, hurricanes and storms, flooding, pollution, releases of toxic gas, and other environmental hazards and risks, which can result in (1) damage to or destruction of wells and/or production facilities, (2) damage to or destruction of formations, (3) injury to persons, (4) loss of life, or (5) damage to property, the environment or natural resources. While we carry general liability, control of well, and operator’s extra expense coverage typical in our industry, we are not fully insured against all risks incidental to our business. Should we experience any losses, the costs of our premiums may rise, which could in turn reduce the amount of insurance we are able to carry.

The loss of key personnel could adversely affect us.

We depend to a large extent on the services of certain key management personnel, including our executive officers. The loss of one or more key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our operations. In particular, our future success is dependent upon the abilities of our executive officers to source, evaluate, and close deals, raise capital, and oversee our development activities and operations. Presently, we are not a beneficiary of any key man life insurance.

Oilfield service and materials prices may increase, and the availability of such services and materials may be inadequate to meet our needs.

Our business plan to develop or redevelop oil and natural gas resources requires third-party oilfield service vendors and various material providers, which we do not control. We also rely on third-party carriers for the transportation and distribution of our oil and natural gas production. As our production increases, so does our need for such services and materials. Generally, we do not have long-term agreements with our service and materials providers. Accordingly, there is a risk that any of our service providers could discontinue providing services for any reason or we may not be able to source the services or materials we need. Any delay in locating, establishing relationships, and training our sources could result in production shortages and maintenance problems, resulting in loss of revenue to us. In addition, if costs for such services and materials increase, it may render certain or all of our projects uneconomic, as compared to the earlier prices we may have assumed when deciding to redevelop newly purchased or existing properties. Further adverse economic outcomes may result from the long lead times often necessary to execute and complete our redevelopment plans.

We may assume risks and financial responsibility for drilling and completing wells at our Chaveroo Field and Williston Basin properties if our third-party operator declines to drill wells and it or other joint interest owners elect not to participate.

As discussed elsewhere in this report, pursuant to agreements related to our interests in the Chaveroo Field and Williston Basin properties, we have the ability to propose to the operator a drilling plan for certain wells, which the operator may accept or reject. In the event the operator rejects our proposed drilling plan, we have the right to undertake all necessary activities to drill and complete the wells and related facilities in accordance with our proposed drilling plan. In the event we undertake to do so, and the operator and other joint interest owners elect not to participate, we will bear the entire liability and expense associated with drilling and completing the wells and related facilities, subject only to our right to recoup costs incurred on behalf of non-participating joint interest owners to the extent a well generates sufficient revenues to do so. We thus may be required to bear a share of such expenses to an extent that is disproportionate to our economic interest in the property. If we elect to proceed to drill and complete wells we have proposed and the operator has rejected, we also will bear many of the other risks highlighted elsewhere herein, including, without limitation, failing to find economic quantities of oil and natural gas, drilling accidents, potential environmental liabilities, unavailability of insurance at a reasonable cost to cover associated liabilities, and price increases and delivery delays for required drilling and completion equipment, products and services. Ongoing operations of any wells we elect to drill will be turned over to the operator of the property upon completion.

We cannot market the oil and natural gas that we produce without the assistance of third parties.

The marketability of the oil and natural gas that we produce depends upon the proximity of our reserves and production to, and the capacity of, facilities and third-party services, including oil and natural gas gathering systems, pipelines, trucking or terminal facilities, and processing facilities necessary to make the products marketable for end use. The unavailability or lack of capacity of such services and facilities could result in the shut-in of producing wells or the delay or discontinuance of development plans for properties. A shut-in, delay, or discontinuance could adversely affect our financial condition.

We face strong competition from larger oil and natural gas companies.

Our competitors include major integrated oil and natural gas companies, numerous larger independent oil and natural gas companies, individuals, and drilling and income programs. Many of our competitors are large, well-established companies with substantially larger operating staffs and greater capital resources. We may not be able to successfully conduct our operations, evaluate and select suitable properties, or consummate transactions in this highly competitive environment. Specifically, these larger competitors may be able to pay more for development projects and productive oil and natural gas properties and may be able to define, evaluate, bid for, and purchase a greater number of properties and prospects than our financial or human resources permit. In addition, such companies may be able to expend greater resources on hiring contract service providers, obtaining oilfield equipment, and acquiring the existing and changing technologies that we believe are, and will be, increasingly important to attaining success in our industry.

We have been, and in the future may become, involved in legal proceedings related to our properties or operations and, as a result, may incur substantial costs in connection with those proceedings.

From time to time we may be a defendant or plaintiff in various lawsuits. The nature of our oil and natural gas properties and related operations exposes us to further possible litigation claims in the future. There is risk that any matter in litigation could be decided unfavorably against us regardless of our belief, opinion, and position, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flow. Litigation can be very costly, and the costs associated with defending litigation could also have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Adverse litigation decisions or rulings may damage our business reputation.

Ownership of our oil and natural gas production and mineral rights depends on good title to our property.

Good and clear title to our oil and natural gas properties and mineral rights is important to our business. Although title reviews will generally be conducted prior to the purchase of most oil, natural gas, and mineral producing properties or the commencement of drilling wells, such reviews do not assure that an unforeseen defect in the chain of title will not arise to defeat our claim. This could result in a reduction or elimination of the revenue received by us from such properties.

Unanticipated changes in effective tax rates or laws or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to tax by U.S. federal, state, and local tax authorities. Our future effective tax rates could be subject to volatility or adversely affected by a number of factors, including:

• changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities;
• expected timing and amount of the release of any tax valuation allowances;
• tax effects of stock-based compensation;
• costs related to intercompany restructurings; or
• changes in tax laws, regulations, or interpretations thereof.

For example, in previous years under previous Administrations, legislation has been proposed to eliminate or defer certain key U.S. federal income tax deductions historically available to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies. Such proposed changes have included: (1) a repeal of the percentage depletion allowance for oil and natural gas properties; (2) the elimination of deductions for intangible drilling and exploration and development costs; (3) the elimination of the deduction for certain production activities; and (4) an extension of the amortization period for certain geological and geophysical expenditures. Under the previous Administration there was an increased risk of the enactment of legislation that alters, eliminates, or defers these or other tax deductions utilized within the industry, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

On July 4, 2025, legislation commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) was enacted, significantly changing existing U.S. tax law. The OBBBA includes numerous provisions, such as permanent full expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures, 100% bonus depreciation, modification of business interest limitations, and various international tax provisions such as Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax, Foreign-Derived Deduction Eligible Income and Net Controlled Foreign Corporations Tested Income. Changes in tax laws between Administrations could affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows when compared to previous years.

In addition, we may be subject to audits of our income, sales, and other transaction taxes by U.S. federal, state, and local taxing authorities. Outcomes from these audits could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Associated with our Common Stock

Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile.

Our common stock has a relatively low trading volume and the market price has been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile. The variance in our stock price makes it difficult to forecast the stock price at which an investor may be able to buy or sell shares of our common stock. The market price for our common stock could be subject to fluctuations as a result of factors that are out of our control, such as:

• actual or anticipated variations in our results of operations;
• changes or fluctuations in the commodity prices of oil and natural gas;
• general conditions and trends in the oil and natural gas industry;
• redemption demands on institutional funds that hold our stock; and
• general economic, political, and market conditions.

Significant ownership of our common stock is concentrated in a small number of shareholders who may be able to affect the outcome of the election of our directors and all other matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.

As of June 30, 2026, our executive officers and directors, in the aggregate, beneficially owned approximately 3.6 million shares, or approximately 10.0% of our outstanding common stock and, based on recent filings with the SEC, we believe two large non-affiliated investment advisors owned in excess of 12.8% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. As a result, a significant percentage of our common stock is concentrated in the hands of relatively few shareholders. These shareholders could potentially exercise significant influence over matters submitted to our stockholders for approval (including the election and removal of directors and any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets). This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, deferring, or preventing any matter that requires shareholder approval, including a change in control of our company, impede a merger, consolidation, takeover, or other business combination involving our company or discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of our company, which in turn could have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.

The market for our common stock is limited and may not provide adequate liquidity.

Our common stock trades on the NYSE American. Trading volume in our common stock is relatively low compared to larger companies. Our holders may find it more difficult to sell their shares, should they desire to do so, based on the trading volume and price of our stock at that time relative to the quantity of shares to be sold.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research reports about our business, or if they downgrade our stock, the price of our common stock could decline.

Small, relatively unknown companies can achieve visibility in the trading market through research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish. To our knowledge, only two research analysts actively cover our company. The limited number of published reports by securities analysts could limit the interest in our common stock and negatively affect our stock price. We do not have any control over the research and reports these analysts publish or whether they will be published at all. If any analyst who does cover us downgrades our stock, our stock price could decline. If any analyst ceases coverage of our company or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price to decline.

Our stated objective of returning cash to shareholders is subject to our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to pay dividends on our common stock and to repurchase shares of our common stock, as applicable, and we have, in the past, and may in the future, reduce or eliminate dividend payments and stock repurchases.

Our Board of Directors declared cash dividends on our common stock for the first time in December 2013 and we have declared and paid quarterly cash dividends since that time. Additionally, our Board of Directors has in the past approved stock repurchase programs pursuant to which we have expended $8.6 million to repurchase shares over such period. Although one of our primary objectives is to return cash to shareholders, we are not required to repurchase shares of common stock or to pay dividends thereon and may be contractually or legally prohibited from doing so at certain times. Further, even if we are legally and contractually permitted to do so and have available cash to do so, we may elect to reduce or suspend the payment of dividends or the repurchase of shares of common stock to preserve cash based on the current and future capital requirements of our business, our financial condition, the amount of funds legally available therefor, any contractual restrictions to which we are subject at such time, our expectations about future cash inflows and such other factors as our Board of Directors may consider relevant. Accordingly, there is no certainty that dividends will be declared by our Board of Directors or shares of common stock will be repurchased by us in the future.

There may be future sales or issuances of our common stock, which will dilute the ownership interests of stockholders and may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We may in the future issue additional shares of common stock, including securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, common stock or substantially similar securities, which may result in dilution to our stockholders. In addition, our stockholders may be further diluted by future issuances under our equity incentive plans and/or our At-the-Market equity Sales Agreement. The market price of our common stock could decline as a result of future sales or issuances of a large number of shares of our common stock or similar securities in the market or the perception that such sales or issuances could occur.

Non-U.S. holders may be subject to U.S. income tax and withholding tax with respect to gain on disposition of the Company’s common stock.

We believe we are a U.S. real property holding corporation. As a result, Non-U.S. holders that own (or are treated as owning under constructive ownership rules) more than a specified amount of our common stock during a specified time period may be subject to U.S. federal income tax and withholding on a sale, exchange or other disposition of such common stock, and may be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return.

Investor sentiment towards climate change, fossil fuels, sustainability, and other ESG matters could adversely affect our business and our stock price.

There have been efforts in recent years aimed at the investment community, including investment advisors, sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds, universities, and other groups, to promote the divestment of shares of fossil fuel companies, as well as to pressure lenders and other financial services companies to limit or curtail activities with fossil fuel companies. As a result, some financial intermediaries, investors, and other capital markets participants reduced or ceased lending to, or investing in, companies that operate in industries with higher perceived environmental exposure, such as the oil and natural gas industry. If such divestment efforts are continued, the price of our common stock or debt securities, and our ability to access capital markets or to otherwise obtain new investment or financing, may be negatively impacted.

Members of the investment community also have expressed increased interest as to ESG practices and disclosures, including practices and disclosures related to greenhouse gases and climate change in the energy industry in particular, and diversity and inclusion initiatives and governance standards among companies more generally. The SEC, for example, promulgated new rules in 2024 that required disclosure of various specific risks related to climate but promptly issued an order staying their applicability pending resolution of legal challenges and later decided not to defend them in court. Such requirements may take effect in the future. A heightened emphasis on ESG may lead some members of the investment community to screen our ESG performance before investing in our common stock or debt securities or lending to us.

If we are unable to meet the ESG standards or investment or lending criteria set by these investors and funds, we may lose investors, investors may allocate a portion of their capital away from us, our cost of capital may increase, the price of our common stock may be negatively impacted, and our reputation may be negatively affected.

Cybersecurity risk management is part of the Company’s overall enterprise risk management program. Our cybersecurity risk management program is designed to provide a framework for handling cybersecurity threats and incidents, including those associated with the use of third-party services and service providers. This framework includes steps for assessing a cybersecurity threat’s severity and source, including whether the cybersecurity threat is associated with a third-party service provider, implementing cybersecurity countermeasures and threat mitigation strategies, and informing management and our Board of material cybersecurity threats and incidents. To prevent and detect material cybersecurity incidents, our framework further includes, among other things, ongoing security awareness training for employees, regular cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessments, and mechanisms to detect and monitor unusual network activity. We recognize the complex and evolving nature of cybersecurity threats and engage with various third-party service providers, including cybersecurity assessors and consultants, to evaluate and test our cybersecurity risk management systems. This enables us to leverage knowledge and insights to align our cybersecurity strategies and processes with best practices for our industry and size. Additionally, we maintain industry-standard cybersecurity insurance to provide further protection against cybersecurity risk.

Our Board is ultimately responsible for overseeing our risk management, including cybersecurity risk management. Management is responsible for identifying, considering, and assessing material cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis, establishing processes to ensure that such potential cybersecurity risk exposures are monitored, implementing appropriate mitigation measures, and maintaining cybersecurity programs. Our cybersecurity programs are under the direction of our Principal Financial Officer, who receives reports from our cybersecurity consultants and monitors the prevention, detection, mitigation, and remediation of cybersecurity incidents. Any significant cybersecurity incidents are reported to our independent Audit Committee and ultimately to our Board. There were no such cybersecurity incidents or threats that have materially impacted our business or operations. Management presents an assessment of our cybersecurity processes, procedures, and testing results to the Audit Committee at least annually.

Despite our efforts, we cannot eliminate all risks from cybersecurity threats nor provide assurances that we have not experienced an undetected cybersecurity incident. For more information about these risks, please see discussion captioned “Our business could be negatively affected by security threats. A cyber-attack or similar incident could occur and result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption, damage to our reputation, and/or financial loss.” in Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Information regarding our properties is included in Item 1. Business above and in Note 4, “Property and Equipment” to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

See Note 10, “Commitments and Contingencies” to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data for a description of any legal proceedings, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Overview

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Results of Operations

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Executive Overview

General

We are an independent energy company focused on acquiring and developing long-lived oil and natural gas properties in the United States. Our diversified portfolio consists primarily of non-operated working interests and mineral and royalty interests across several leading producing basins.

Our non-operated model allows us to invest alongside experienced operators, participate in a broad range of development opportunities and maintain flexibility in the timing and allocation of capital. Our mineral and royalty interests provide additional exposure to production and future development, generally without associated lifting expenses or drilling and completions costs.

The geographic, commodity, operator and ownership diversity of our asset base reduces our reliance on any single property, basin or development program. It also provides multiple avenues for allocating capital, including acquiring producing working and mineral interests, participating in and benefiting from attractive operator-led projects and pursuing development opportunities within our existing assets.

We seek to maximize total shareholder value through disciplined acquisitions, selective participation in attractive development projects, a conservative balance sheet and the return of capital to shareholders.

Our oil and natural gas properties consist primarily of non-operated working and mineral interests in the following areas (as well as small overriding royalty and mineral interests in Texas):

• Our non-operated working and mineral interests in the SCOOP and STACK plays, consist of oil and natural gas producing properties in the Anadarko basin, where we hold an approximate 2.6% average net working interest with an associated 2.0% average net revenue interest located on approximately 101,100 gross (4,000 net) acres (all held by production) and a separate approximate 0.6% average net royalty interests located on approximately 8,600 gross (1,800 net) royalty acres across Blaine, Canadian, Carter, Custer, Dewey, Garvin, Grady, Kingfisher, McClain, Murray, and Stephens counties in Oklahoma. The oil and natural gas properties are primarily operated by Continental Resources, Inc., Ovintiv USA Inc., Validus Energy, and EOG Resources, Inc. with approximately 34% of wells operated by other operators.
• Our non-operated working interests in the Chaveroo Field consist of a 50% net working interest, with an average associated 41% average net revenue interest, in approximately 4,500 gross (2,300 net) acres all held by production, associated with six development blocks, with the right to acquire the same working interest in additional development locations and associated acreage at a fixed price. The field is operated by PEDEVCO Corp. (“PEDEVCO”).
• Our non-operated working interests in the Jonah Field, a natural gas and NGL property in Sublette County, Wyoming, consist of approximately 20% average net working interest and approximately 15% average net revenue interest located on approximately 5,300 gross (950 net) acres all held by production. The properties are operated by Jonah Energy.
• Our non-operated working interests in the Williston Basin, an oil and natural gas producing property, consist of approximately 39% average net working interest and approximately 33% average net revenue interest located on approximately 133,800 gross (40,100 net) acres (approximately 99% held by production) across Billings, Golden Valley, and McKenzie Counties in North Dakota. The properties are operated by Foundation Energy Management.
• Our non-operated working and overriding royalty interests in the Barnett Shale, a natural gas and NGL producing shale reservoir, consist of approximately 17% average net working interest and approximately 14% average net revenue interest (inclusive of the overriding royalty interests). The approximately 123,800 gross (21,000 net) acres are held by production across nine North Texas counties. The oil and natural gas properties are primarily operated by Diversified Energy Company, until sold to Eagleridge Operating, LLC in June 2026, with approximately 19% of wells operated by five other operators.
• Our non-operated working interests in the Hamilton Dome Field, a secondary recovery field utilizing water injection wells to pressurize the reservoir, consist of approximately 24% average net working interest, with an associated 20% average net revenue interest (inclusive of a small overriding royalty interest). The 5,900 gross acre unitized field, of which we hold approximately 1,400 net acres, is operated by Merit Energy Company, who owns the majority of the remaining working interest in the Hamilton Dome Field. The Hamilton Dome Field is located in the southwest region of the Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming.
• Our non-operated working and overriding royalty interests in the Delhi Field, a CO2-EOR project, consist of approximately 24% average net working interest, with an associated 19% average net revenue interest and separate overriding royalty and mineral interests of approximately 7% yielding a total average net revenue interest of approximately 26%. The field is operated by Denbury Onshore LLC, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation. The Delhi Field is comprised of 13,600 gross unitized acres, of which we hold approximately 3,200 net acres, and is located in northeast Louisiana in Franklin, Madison, and Richland Parishes.
• Our mineral and royalty interest in the Haynesville/Bossier Shale, consists of a mix of natural gas producing wells, drilled but not yet producing wells, and proved undeveloped acreage with an approximate average 0.3% net royalty interest. Our mineral and royalty interest span across an approximate 3,600 gross (465 net) acres located in Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, Red River and Sabine parishes in Louisiana.
• Our non-operated working interest in TexMex consists of oil and natural gas producing properties where we hold an approximate 42% net working interest and 35% average net revenue interest located on approximately 27,800 gross (11,200 net) acres (all held by production) primarily in Lea, Eddy, and Chaves Counties, New Mexico and Stephens County, Texas. The oil and natural gas properties are operated by Texian Operating Company.

Recent Developments

Dividend Declaration

On September 10, 2026, Evolution’s Board of Directors approved and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.12 per common share payable September 30, 2026.

Purchase of Permian Minerals

On August 20, 2026, we completed the acquisition of mineral and royalty interests in the core Midland Basin of the Permian Basin from a non-affiliated private seller for a total purchase price of $16.0 million (the “Permian Minerals Acquisition”), subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The Permian Minerals Acquisition has an effective date of August 1, 2026. We funded the purchase price for the Permian Minerals Acquisition with a combination of net proceeds from our concurrent public equity offering and $3.2 million in borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility. The acquired assets include approximately 3,420 net royalty acres across Reagan, Martin, Midland, Glasscock, and Upton Counties, Texas.

Common Stock Offering

On August 20, 2026, we completed a public offering of 4.3 million shares of our common stock, at an offering price of $3.25 per share (the “Offering”). We received net proceeds of approximately $12.8 million from the Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. Net proceeds from the Offering, together with borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and cash on hand, were used to fund the Permian Minerals Acquisition.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

On August 20, 2026, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the borrowing base on our Senior Secured Credit Facility was temporarily increased from $65.0 million to $73.0 million from August 20, 2026 until October 20, 2026, unless redetermined earlier in accordance with the credit agreement. We currently expect to begin our semi-annual Fall redetermination on or about October 1, 2026.

Previously on November 28, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the Margined Collateral Value, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, was modified to $65.0 million. In addition, it granted us additional time to enter into further commodity hedges to meet the hedging requirements under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

Purchase of Louisiana Minerals

From December 2025 through June 2026, we acquired mineral and royalty interests in multiple parishes across Louisiana from various private sellers for cash consideration totaling $6.2 million, including capitalized direct transaction costs (“Louisiana Minerals”). The mineral acreage in Louisiana consists of proved producing wells, drilled but not yet producing wells, and undeveloped acreage targeting the Bossier/Haynesville Shales and is currently being actively developed by operators in the area. The acquisitions were considered asset acquisitions and funded with cash on hand and sales from our ATM Sales Agreements.

SCOOP/STACK Minerals Transactions

On August 4, 2025, we completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty interests in the SCOOP and STACK plays in Oklahoma from a non-affiliated private seller (the “SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition”) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $16.3 million, which includes $17.0 million paid at closing less transaction costs of $0.1 million and interim purchase price adjustments totaling approximately $0.8 million related to net cash flows earned on the properties from the effective date of May 1, 2025 to the closing date. We accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $12.5 million to proved oil and natural gas properties, subject to amortization, and $3.8 million to unproved properties. We funded the purchase price for the SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition with a combination of $15.0 million in borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and cash on hand. The acquired assets include an average royalty interest of 0.6% across approximately 5,500 net royalty acres located primarily in Grady and Canadian Counties, Oklahoma.

On June 30 2026, we completed the divestiture of a portion of our non-core, non-producing net mineral acres in the SCOOP/STACK with a private buyer. The acreage sold was 3,700 net acres for a total sale price of approximately $3.1 million, before customary post-closing adjustments.

At-the-Market (“ATM”) Equity Sales Program

On October 21, 2024, we entered into an ATM equity Sales Agreement with Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the “Lead Agent”), Northland Securities Inc., and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners pursuant to which we may issue and sell, from time to time, up to $30.0 million of shares of common stock through or to the Lead Agent, acting as agent or principal to facilitate acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. On February 11, 2026, the Company executed a new ATM equity Sales Agreement, substantially consistent with the original October 2024 agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreements”) restoring the $30.0 million common stock sales capacity. For the year ended June 30, 2026, we sold a total of approximately 1.4 million shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $5.8 million, net of $0.2 million of offering costs incurred. Net proceeds from the sales of common stock were used to fund a portion of our Louisiana Minerals acquisitions and for general corporate purposes, including to repay outstanding indebtedness.

Proved Reserves

The following table is a summary of our proved reserves as of June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Proved oil equivalent reserves as of June 30, 2026 were 27.2 MMBOE, a 0.1 MMBOE, or 0.4%, increase from the previous year of 27.1 MMBOE. The net increase in total proved reserves was primarily due to 1.6 MMBOE of proved reserves purchased from our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition and Louisiana Minerals acquisitions as well as extensions of 0.4 MMBOE primarily at SCOOP/STACK and net positive revisions of 0.7 MMBOE partially offset by production roll off of 2.6 MMBOE. Approximately 2.2 MMBOE of upward revisions were in our natural gas reserves were partially offset by approximately 1.4 MMBOE of downward revisions in our oil and NGL reserves. Natural gas reserves increased primarily due to an increase in the SEC trailing 12-month natural gas price of 26.1% from the prior fiscal year. Oil and natural gas liquids downward revisions were a result of a reduction in the economic life of certain oil fields due to increased costs.

The Standardized Measure for proved reserves increased 0.8% to $156.4 million, primarily due to our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition and Louisiana Mineral acquisitions. Partially offsetting the increase are volumes produced and sold. Our proved reserves consist of 39% oil, 45% natural gas, and 16% NGLs; 82.2% are classified as proved developed and 16.3% are proved undeveloped.

Additional property and project information is included under Item 1. Business and in Note 4, “Property and Equipment” and our Supplemental Disclosure about Oil and Natural Gas Properties (unaudited) to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, and in Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 of this Form 10-K.

Risks and uncertainties

The oil and natural gas industry is a global market impacted by many factors, such as government regulations, particularly in the areas of tariffs, trade sanctions, taxation, energy, climate change and the environment, geopolitical instability, (including ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, in the Middle East and Venezuela), demand in Asian and European markets, and the extent to which members of OPEC and other oil exporting nations manage oil supply through export quotas. More recently, during the third fiscal quarter, WTI oil prices reached their highest levels since 2022 due to crude oil disruptions at key oil shipping routes in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz. Natural gas prices are generally determined by North American supply and demand and are also affected by imports and exports of liquefied natural gas. Weather also has a significant impact on demand for natural gas since it is a primary heating source.

Oil, natural gas, and NGL prices have been, and we expect may continue to be, volatile. During the current fiscal year, crude oil spot prices for WTI dropped below $56 per barrel in December 2025 then rose to more than $100 per barrel in March 2026. Lower oil and natural gas prices not only decrease our revenues, partially offset by applicable hedges, but an extended decline in oil or natural gas prices may affect planned capital expenditures and the oil and natural gas reserves that we can economically produce. Lower oil and natural gas prices may also reduce the amount of our borrowing base under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, which is determined at the discretion of the lenders based on various factors including the collateral value of our proved reserves. Increases in crude oil and natural gas prices are partially offset to the extent that prices exceed applicable derivative contract swap and collar prices.

Given the dynamic nature of these factors and events, we cannot reasonably estimate the period of time that certain market conditions will persist. Continuing volatility in political, trade, regulatory and economic conditions could impact supply and demand fundamentals as well as commodity pricing. Any related significant declines in crude oil, natural gas, and NGL prices could lead to proved property impairments in the future. Any significant increases in commodity prices could lead to further losses on our derivative contacts that partially offset price increases. Impairments of proved properties and gains and losses on derivative contracts are difficult to predict, especially in a volatile price environment.

At times, we do maintain cash balances in excess of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”); however, we believe our bank counterparty to be financially sound. We also utilize insured cash sweep deposits to maximize the amount of our cash that is protected by FDIC insurance. We also rely heavily on our third-party operators who manage their own liquidity with various financial institutions. In 2022, the Federal Reserve took actions to raise interest rates in an attempt to constrain inflation and slow the economy. In 2024 and 2025, the Federal Reserve has taken action to slowly drop interest rates as inflationary pressures in the United States economy have begun to subside, but it is uncertain how recent trade policies and tariffs by the United States and foreign governments or other geopolitical events including ongoing conflicts, will impact inflation and the economy.

Currently, our oil and natural gas properties are operated by third-party operators and involve other third-party working interest owners. As a result, we have limited ability to influence the operation or future development of such properties. Despite these uncertainties, we remain focused on our long-term objectives and continue to be proactive with our third-party operators to review the management of capital expenditures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2026, we had $6.1 million in cash and cash equivalents and $56.5 million outstanding borrowings on our Senior Secured Credit Facility compared to $2.5 million in cash and cash equivalents and $37.5 million outstanding borrowings on our Senior Secured Credit Facility at June 30, 2025. Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources during the year ended June 30, 2026 were cash provided by operations, net borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, and net proceeds from the ATM Sales Agreements. Our primary uses of liquidity and capital resources for the year ended June 30, 2026 were cash used to fund our SCOOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition and Louisiana Minerals, cash dividend payments to our common stockholders, and development capital expenditures. As of June 30, 2026, working capital was a deficit of $1.8 million, primarily due to our current derivative contracts, which vary quarter-to-quarter based on forecasted commodity prices at the end of each quarter. As of June 30, 2025, working capital was a deficit of $4.0 million.

The syndicated Senior Secured Credit Facility has a maximum capacity of $200.0 million subject to a borrowing base determined by the lenders based on a percentage of the value of our oil and natural gas properties. As of June 30, 2026, the Senior Secured Credit Facility had a borrowing base of $65.0 million. As of June 30, 2026, we had $56.5 million of indebtedness, $0.8 million of letters of credit outstanding and available capacity of $7.7 million. The Senior Secured Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of our oil and natural gas properties and matures on June 30, 2028.

Borrowings bear interest, at our option, at either (i) the SOFR, subject to a minimum SOFR of 3.25%, plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.05%, or (ii) the Prime Rate, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, plus 1.0%, plus, in either case of (i) or (ii), an applicable margin of 2.75%. For the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the weighted average interest on our borrowings were 6.69% and 7.48%, respectively. The Senior Secured Credit Facility contains covenants requiring the maintenance of (i) a total leverage ratio of not more than 3.00 to 1.00, (ii) a current ratio of not less than 1.00 to 1.00, and (iii) a consolidated tangible net worth of not less than $40.0 million, each as defined in the Senior Secured Credit Facility. In addition, the Senior Secured Credit Facility contains hedging requirements that apply when utilization is greater than 25% of (x) the Margined Collateral Value, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, at any time when the leverage ratio is less than 2.25 to 1.00, or (y) the borrowing base, at any time when the leverage ratio is greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00. It also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including a hedging covenant discussed below, and events of default. As of June 30, 2026, we were in compliance with all covenants under the Senior Secured Credit Facility.

The Senior Secured Credit Facility requires redeterminations of the borrowing base to occur semi-annually. At each redetermination, the Margined Collateral Value is updated based on the estimated value of our oil and natural gas properties, which includes our proved developed reserves, proved undeveloped reserves, and other relevant factors consistent with customary oil and natural gas lending criteria. On November 28, 2025, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the Margined Collateral Value, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, was modified to $65.0 million. In addition, it granted us additional time to enter into further commodity hedges to meet the hedging requirements under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. On August 29, 2025, we entered into the first amendment to our Senior Secured Credit Facility with MidFirst Bank, whereas it was determined for purposes of the hedge covenant that total crude oil and natural gas production volumes from proved developed producing reserves will be combined on a barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”) basis to determine compliance with the hedging covenant.

On October 21, 2024, we entered into an ATM equity Sales Agreement with Roth Capital Partners, LLC as our Lead Agent, Northland Securities Inc., and A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners pursuant to which we may issue and sell, from time to time, up to $30.0 million of shares of common stock through or to the Lead Agent, acting as agent or principal to facilitate acquisitions and other general corporate purposes. On February 11, 2026, we executed a new ATM equity Sales Agreement, substantially consistent with the original October agreement restoring the $30.0 million common stock sales capacity. For the year ended June 30, 2026, we sold a total of approximately 1.4 million shares of our common stock under the ATM Sales Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $5.8 million, net of $0.2 million of offering costs incurred.

We have historically funded operations through cash from operations and working capital. Our primary source of cash is the sale of produced crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs. A portion of these cash flows is used to fund capital expenditures and pay cash dividends to shareholders. We expect to fund near-future capital development activities for our properties with cash flows from operating activities, and, as needed, borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and proceeds from the ATM Sales Agreements.

Consistent with our business strategy, we are constantly pursuing new growth opportunities and other transactions to maximize shareholder value and will do so using a targeted mix of capital sourcing. We will continue to pursue acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties, including long-life producing properties with substantial upside potential as well as acquisitions of minerals and royalty interests. As described in “Recent Developments” above, subsequent to our fiscal year end, we completed our Permian Minerals Acquisition on August 20, 2026, for a total purchase price of $16.0 million which was funded with proceeds from the Offering and $3.2 million in borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility. In addition, on August 20, 2026, we entered into a letter agreement with MidFirst Bank pursuant to which the borrowing base on our Senior Secured Credit Facility was temporarily increased from $65.0 million to $73.0 million from August 20, 2026 until October 20, 2026, unless redetermined earlier in accordance with the credit agreement. We currently expect to begin or semi-annual Fall redetermination on or about October 1, 2026. While this increased capacity affords us additional flexibility, we have not drawn on it to date. After taking into account the Offering, additional borrowings of $3.5 million under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, and the temporary increase in our revolving borrowing base, we have 40.2 million shares of common stock outstanding and $12.2 million of available capacity under our Senior Secured Credit Facility as of September 1, 2026. We also have an effective shelf registration statement with the SEC under which we are allowed to issue in aggregate up to $500.0 million of debt or equity securities.

Our Board of Directors instituted a cash dividend on common stock in December 2013. We have since paid 51 consecutive quarterly dividends. Distribution of a substantial portion of free cash flow in excess of operating and capital requirements through cash dividends remains a priority of our financial strategy, and it is our long-term goal to maintain or increase dividends over time, subject to adjustments as appropriate in the Board of Directors’ discretion depending on factors such as commodity prices, other opportunities for uses of capital, and any other factors the Board of Directors deems relevant. On September 10, 2026, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share of common stock to shareholders of record on September 21, 2026 and payable on September 30, 2026.

Capital Expenditures

For the year ended June 30, 2026, we incurred $5.5 million on development capital expenditures. A majority of our spending occurred at SCOOP/STACK, Chaveroo Field and Hamilton Dome Field. At SCOOP/STACK ten gross wells were brought online during the year ended June 30, 2026. At Chaveroo Field, capital spending was related to converting the wells to rod pumps. As of June 30, 2026, all seven producing wells have been converted to rod pump. At Hamilton Dome, capital spending projects were for facility upgrades and consolidations. Remaining capital spending related to capital workover projects across our portfolio of assets.

Based on discussions with our operators, we expect capital workover projects to continue in most of our fields as well as further drilling at SCOOP/STACK. Overall, for fiscal year 2027, we expect budgeted capital expenditures to be in the range of $4.0 million to $6.0 million, which excludes the recent purchase of Permian Minerals, any other potential acquisitions, and drilling at Chaveroo Field. Our expected capital expenditures for the next 12 months include bringing approximately ten gross wells online at SCOOP/STACK. Additionally, as our third-party operators continue to be active around our acreage, we would expect additional wells to be drilled and/or completed.

As of June 30, 2026, our PUD reserves included 4.8 MMBOE of reserves and approximately $74.8 million of future development costs primarily associated with the Chaveroo Field, Williston Basin, and SCOOP/STACK properties.

Funding for our anticipated capital expenditures over the near-term is expected to be met from cash flows from operations, net proceeds from our ATM Sales Agreements, and as needed from borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility.

Full Cost Pool Ceiling Test

Under the full cost method of accounting, capitalized costs of oil and natural gas properties, net of accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization and related deferred taxes, are limited to the estimated future net cash flows from proved oil and natural gas reserves, discounted at 10%, plus the lower of cost or fair value of unproved properties, as adjusted for related income tax effects (the valuation “ceiling”). If capitalized costs exceed the full cost ceiling, the excess would be charged to expense as a write-down of oil and natural gas properties in the quarter in which the excess occurred. The quarterly ceiling test calculation requires that we use the average first day of the month price for our petroleum products during the 12-month period ending with the balance sheet date. The prices used in calculating our ceiling test as of June 30, 2026 were $72.93 per barrel of oil, $3.62 per MMBtu of natural gas and $27.50 per barrel of NGLs. As of June 30, 2026, our capitalized costs of oil and natural gas properties, subject to amortization, were below the full cost valuation ceiling. If commodity price levels were to substantially decline from the 12-month average first day of the month pricing levels as of June 30, 2026 and remain down for a prolonged period of time, our valuation ceiling over our capitalized costs may be reduced and adversely impact our ceiling tests in future quarters and the effect could be material to our net earnings. In addition to commodity prices, our production rates, levels of proved reserves, future development costs, transfers of unevaluated properties to our full cost pool, capital spending and other factors will determine our actual ceiling test calculation and impairment analyses in future periods. We cannot give assurance that a write-down of capitalized oil and natural gas properties will not be required at some point in the future as commodity prices are volatile and unpredictable. Using first day of the month prices for July, August and September 2026, which are more reflective of recent prices trends, to calculate a trailing 12-month average price of $76.56 per barrel of oil and $3.60 per MMBtu of natural gas, and keeping all other factors constant, the ceiling test calculation as of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 would not have generated a ceiling test impairment.

Overview of Cash Flow Activities

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $9.5 million during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 compared to fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to $3.8 million of realized losses on our derivative contracts compared to realized gains of $1.0 million in the prior year, and changes in the timing of our working capital. Refer to “Results of Operations” below for further information.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased $5.5 million from the prior year primarily due to the closing of the SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025 and Louisiana Minerals acquisitions throughout the fiscal year, totaling $23.0 million in net cash spent on acquisitions. In addition, cash expenditures for development and capital expenditures were $7.3 million which included drilling and completing ten gross wells at SCOOP / STACK and rod pump conversions, facility upgrades and consolidations at Chaveroo and Hamilton Dome. In fiscal 2026, we also collected $3.1 million in proceeds from the sale of unproved acreage at SCOOP / STACK. In the prior year, net cash spent on the TexMex Acquisition was $9.0 million and development capital expenditures were $12.6 million. In the prior fiscal year capital expenditures included drilling and completing four gross (2.0 net) Chaveroo wells and thirteen gross (0.14 net) SCOOP/STACK wells.

Net cash flows provided by financing activities for the year ended June 30, 2026 were $7.3 million compared to net cash flows used in financing activities of $15.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2025. In the current year period, we received net borrowings of $19.0 million under our Senior Secured Credit Facility primarily to finance our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition, received net proceeds from the sale of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreements of approximately $5.8 million, after deducting $0.2 million of issuance fees paid, and paid $16.9 million in cash dividends to our common stockholders. In the prior year period, we paid $16.3 million in cash dividends to our common stockholders, repaid $2.0 million of net borrowings under our Senior Secured Credit Facility, and received net proceeds from the sale of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement of approximately $3.5 million, after deducting $0.3 million in offering costs.

Results of Operations

Years Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025

We reported a net loss of $2.4 million and net income of $1.5 million for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The following table summarizes the comparison of financial information for the periods presented:

(in thousands, except per unit and per BOE amounts)

(1) Equivalent oil reserves are defined as six MCF of natural gas and 42 gallons of NGLs to one barrel of oil conversion ratio which reflects energy equivalence and not price equivalence. Natural gas prices per MCF and NGL prices per barrel often differ significantly from the equivalent amount of oil.

(2) Amounts exclude the impact of cash paid or received on the settlement of derivative contracts since we did not elect to apply hedge accounting.

Revenues

Crude oil, natural gas and NGL revenues were $86.3 million and $85.8 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase in revenues is primarily due to the increase in our average realized price per BOE. Our average realized commodity price (excluding the impact of derivative contracts) increased approximately $0.18 per BOE, or 0.5%, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 compared to June 30, 2025. The amount we realize for our production depends predominantly upon commodity prices, which are affected by changes in market demand and supply, as impacted by overall economic activity, weather, inventory storage levels, basis differentials and other factors, such as geopolitics. While our average realized natural gas prices increased 6.1% from the prior fiscal year, our average realized crude oil and NGL prices decreased 0.1% and 5.4% from the prior fiscal year respectively. The current year oil revenue at Delhi Field was also impacted by $1.2 million of prior period adjustments for transportation charges due to a new marketing contract entered into by the operator dating back to December 2024. Average daily equivalent production increased slightly from 7,074 BOEPD to 7,077 BOEPD in the current fiscal year as a result of additional production from our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025 and TexMex Acquisition in April 2025 and newly drilled wells at SCOOP/STACK since the prior year end.

Lease Operating Costs

Ad valorem and production taxes were $4.8 million and $5.7 million for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease is primarily related to an $0.8 million reduction of calendar years 2024 and 2025 ad valorem taxes which were passed along from the operator of our Barnett Shale natural gas properties in fiscal year 2026. The decrease in ad valorem and production taxes was partially offset by our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025 and our TexMex Acquisition in April 2025. On a per unit basis, ad valorem and production taxes were $1.84 per BOE and $2.21 per BOE for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Gathering, transportation and other costs were $11.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2026 compared to $11.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2025. These costs are gathering, transportation and processing fees we incur primarily for our natural gas producing properties. The decrease is primarily due to the decrease in natural gas sales at Jonah Field. On a per unit basis, gathering, transportation and other costs were $4.31 per BOE and $4.40 per BOE for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Other lease operating costs were $34.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2026 compared to $32.3 million in the prior year. Other lease operating costs increased primarily due to the TexMex Acquisition in April 2025, which increased other lease operating costs by $4.1 million over the prior year period. In addition, the prior year period contained a $1.9 million credit from the operator of one of our Barnett Shale properties due to a joint venture audit. Partially offsetting the overall increase in other lease operating costs is the cessation of CO2 purchases at Delhi late in the third fiscal quarter of 2025. We did not purchase CO2 in the current year but purchased $2.6 million of net CO2 in the prior year. On a per unit basis, other lease operating costs increased to $13.33 per BOE in the current year from $12.50 per BOE in the prior year, primarily due to the TexMex Acquisition. Other lease operating costs were elevated during the fiscal year due to the delay in transfer of operatorship from the previous seller to the current operator as well as an extensive workover program in Texas and New Mexico.

Depletion of Full Cost Proved Oil and Natural Gas Properties

Depletion expense increased $0.8 million or 4.0% from $20.4 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 to $21.2 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 primarily due to an increase in the depletion rate. On a per unit basis, depletion expense was $8.21 per BOE and $7.89 per BOE for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The depletion rate of our unit of production calculation increased primarily due to an overall increase in our depreciable base due to acquisitions since the prior year period.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 decreased $0.5 million, or 5.7%, to $7.4 million compared to $7.9 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The decrease primarily relates reduced compensation expense in the current year. On a per unit basis, general and administrative expenses were $2.87 per BOE and $3.04 per BOE for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Stock-based Compensation Expenses

Stock-based compensation decreased to $2.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2026 from $2.5 million the prior period. The decrease is due to a reduction in the awards granted in the current fiscal year compared to the prior fiscal year.

Net Gain (Loss) on Derivative Contracts

We utilize commodity derivative financial instruments to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in oil and natural gas prices. Financial hedges are a requirement under our Senior Secured Credit Facility and help establish commodity price floors, contributing to stable cash flows when derivative contracts are settled. We have elected not to designate our open derivative contracts for hedge accounting, and accordingly, we recorded the net change in the mark-to-market valuation of the derivative contracts in the consolidated statements of operations. The amounts recorded on the consolidated statements of operations related to derivative contracts represent the (i) gains (losses) related to fair value adjustments on our open, or unrealized, derivative contracts, and (ii) gains (losses) on settlements of derivative contracts for positions that have settled or been realized. The table below summarizes our net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative contracts as well as the impact of net realized (gains) losses on our average realized prices for the periods presented. As a result of our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025, and the corresponding borrowings on our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we were required by terms in our Senior Secured Credit Facility to hedge 75% of our crude oil and natural gas production (excluding NGLs). Subsequently, in March 2026,WTI oil prices reached their highest levels since 2022 due to crude oil disruptions at key oil shipping routes in the Middle East, contributing to considerable commodity price fluctuations and realized losses on our crude oil derivative contracts. Whereas, the decrease in forward commodity prices for natural gas, as of June 30, 2026, resulted in an unrealized gain on the mark-to-market of our hedges. As of June 30, 2026, we had a $2.6 million derivative asset, $2.1 million of which was classified as current, and a $3.1 million derivative liability, $2.9 million of which was classified as current. We expect to see continued volatility in the fair value of our derivative contracts as commodity prices fluctuate.

(in thousands, except per unit and per BOE amounts)

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $0.9 million during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 compared to fiscal year 2025 primarily due to borrowings drawn on our Senior Secured Credit Facility to finance our SCOOP/STACK Minerals Acquisition in August 2025. Partially offsetting the increase in interest expense is the decrease in our weighted average interest rate on our borrowings to 6.69% for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 compared to 7.48% for fiscal year 2025.

Income tax (expense) provision

For the year ended June 30, 2026, we recognized an income tax benefit of $0.7 million on losses before income taxes of $3.1 million compared to an income tax expense of $0.4 million on income before income taxes of $1.9 million for the year ended June 30, 2025. The effective tax rates were 22.8% and 21.2% for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires that we select certain accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of the assets, liabilities, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These policies, together with our estimates, have a significant effect on our consolidated financial statements. Our significant accounting policies are included in Note 1, “Summary of Significant Events and Accounting Policies” to our consolidated statements in Item 8. Following is a discussion of our most critical accounting estimates, judgments, and uncertainties that are inherent in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Oil and Natural Gas Properties. Companies engaged in the production of oil and natural gas are required to follow accounting rules that are unique to the oil and natural gas industry. We apply the full cost accounting method for our oil and natural gas properties as prescribed by SEC Regulation S-X Rule 4-10. Under this method of accounting, the costs of unsuccessful and successful, exploration and development activities are capitalized as properties and equipment. This includes any internal costs that are directly related to property acquisition, exploration, and development activities but does not include any costs related to production, general corporate overhead, or similar activities. Gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of oil and natural gas properties is not recognized unless the gain or loss would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves. Oil and natural gas properties include costs that are excluded from costs being depleted or amortized. Oil and natural gas property costs excluded represent investments in unevaluated properties. We exclude these costs until the property has been evaluated. Costs are transferred to the full cost pool as the properties are evaluated. As of June 30, 2026 and 2025, we had no unevaluated property costs. Oil and natural gas properties include costs that are excluded from depletion and amortization, which represent investments in unproved and unevaluated properties and include non-producing leasehold, geologic and geophysical costs associated with leasehold or drilling interests, and exploration drilling costs.

Estimates of Proved Reserves. The estimated quantities of proved oil and natural gas reserves have a significant impact on the underlying financial statements. The estimated quantities of proved reserves are used to calculate depletion expense and the estimated future net cash flows associated with those proved reserves is the basis for determining impairment under the quarterly ceiling test calculation. The process of estimating oil and natural gas reserves is very complex and requires significant decisions in the evaluation of all available geologic, geophysical, engineering, and economic data. Estimated reserves are often subject to future revisions, which could be substantial, based on the availability of additional information; this includes reservoir performance, additional development activity, new geologic and geophysical data, additional drilling, technological advancements, price changes, and other economic factors. As a result, material revisions to existing reserve estimates may occur from time to time. Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the reported reserve estimates prepared by our third-party independent engineers represent the most accurate assessments possible, the subjective decisions and variances in available data for the properties make these estimates generally less precise than other estimates included in our financial statements. Material revisions to reserve estimates and/or significant changes in commodity prices could substantially affect our estimated future net cash flows of our proved reserves. These changes could affect our quarterly ceiling test calculation and could significantly affect our depletion rate. Additionally, a 10% decrease in commodity prices used to determine our proved reserves as of June 30, 2026, while all other factors remained constant, would not have resulted in an impairment of our oil and natural gas properties. Holding all other factors constant, a reduction in our proved reserve estimates at June 30, 2026 of 10% would affect depletion, depreciation, and amortization expense by approximately $0.2 million.

On December 31, 2008, the SEC issued its final rule on the modernization of reporting oil and natural gas reserves. The rule allows consideration of new technologies in evaluating reserves, generally limits the designation of proved reserves to those projects forecasted to be drilled five years from the initial recognition date of such reserves, allows companies to disclose their probable and possible reserves to investors, requires reporting of oil and natural gas reserves using an average price based on the previous 12-month unweighted arithmetic average first-day-of-the-month price rather than year-end prices, revises the disclosure requirements for oil and natural gas operations, and revises accounting for the limitation on capitalized costs for full cost companies.

Stock-based Compensation. The fair value, and for certain awards the expected vesting period, of our performance-based awards were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation. This technique uses a geometric Brownian motion model with defined variables and randomly generates values for each variable through multiple trials. Variables include stock price volatility, expected term of the award, the expected risk-free interest rate, and the expected dividend yield of our stock. The risk-free interest rate used is the U.S. Treasury yield for bonds matching the expected term of the award on the date of grant. Vesting of performance-based awards is based on our total common stock return compared to a peer group of other companies in our industry with comparable market capitalizations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. Refer to Note 1, “Summary of Significant Events and Accounting Policies” to our consolidated financial statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data for discussion of the recent accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activity

We are exposed to various risks, including energy commodity price risk, such as price differentials between the NYMEX commodity price and the index price at the location where our production is sold. When oil, natural gas, and NGL prices decline significantly, our ability to finance our capital budget and operations may be adversely impacted. We expect energy prices to remain volatile and unpredictable, therefore we monitor commodity prices to identify the potential need for the use of derivative financial instruments to provide partial protection against declines in oil and natural gas prices. We do not enter into derivative contracts for speculative trading purposes. In accordance with our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we have been and may be required in the future to enter into hedges if we meet certain utilization levels of the borrowing base under the credit facility. We intend to remain in compliance with these covenants and will enter into derivative contracts from time to time to meet the requirements. As a result of our recent acquisitions and the corresponding borrowings on our Senior Secured Credit Facility, we were required by terms in our Senior Secured Credit Facility to hedge a portion of our production Additionally, depending on market conditions, financial and other considerations we may enter into additional hedges to meet our objectives of increasing value to shareholders. We may also, from time to time, restructure existing derivative contracts or enter into new transactions to effectively modify the terms of current contracts in order to improve the pricing parameters in existing contracts.

We are exposed to market risk on our open derivative contracts related to potential non-performance by our counterparties. It is our policy to enter into derivative contracts only with counterparties that are creditworthy institutions deemed by management as competitive market makers. For the derivative contracts settled during fiscal 2026 and 2025, we did not post collateral. We account for our derivative activities under the provisions of ASC 815, *Derivatives and Hedging, (“*ASC 815”). ASC 815 establishes accounting and reporting that every derivative instrument be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at fair value. See Note 7, “Derivatives” to our consolidated financial statements for more details.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to changes in interest rates. Changes in interest rates affect the interest earned on our cash and cash equivalents. Additionally, any borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility will bear interest, at our option, at either (i) SOFR, subject to a minimum SOFR of 3.25%, plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.05%, or (ii) the Prime Rate, as defined under the Senior Secured Credit Facility, plus 1.00%, plus, in either case of (i) or (ii), an applicable margin of 2.75%. SOFR rates are sensitive to the period of contract and market volatility, as well as changes in forward interest rate yields. Under our current practices, we do not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms; this information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 13a-15(b), we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that the information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Generally accepted accounting principles include those policies and procedures that:

• pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
• provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
• provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, an evaluation was conducted on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. Management concluded that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2026.

Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules, we are required, among other things, to establish and maintain internal control over financial reporting and have management assess the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting, but are not be required to have management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting attested to and reported on by an independent auditor. As a result, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2026 has not been audited by Baker Tilly US, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that also audited our financial statements.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2026 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.