Current Report Filing (8-k)
November 10 2015 - 4:45PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): November 4, 2015
SAMSON OIL & GAS LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
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Level 16, AMP Building,
140 St Georges Terrace
Perth, Western Australia 6000 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: +61 8 9220 9830
(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
ITEM 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On November 4, 2015, Samson Oil & Gas
Limited (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Neil Fearis to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)
effective immediately. Mr. Fearis filled the vacancy created by the departure of Mr. Keith Skipper, which was previously announced
in a Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2015. Mr. Fearis does not have a family relationship with any member of the Board nor any executive
officer of the Company, and has not been a participant or had any interest in any transaction with the Company that is reportable
under Item 404(d) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Fearis has served as the Australian legal counsel to the Company. To the Company’s
knowledge, there is no arrangement or understanding between any of its directors, officers and Mr. Fearis pursuant to which he
was selected to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Fearis has not been named to any of the Board committees at this time.
A press release announcing Mr. Fearis’s appointment
is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Press Release of Samson Oil & Gas Limited dated November 4, 2015. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 10, 2015 |
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SAMSON OIL & GAS LIMITED |
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/s/ Robyn Lamont |
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Robyn Lamont |
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Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 99.1
BOARD CHANGES
Denver 1600 hours November 4th, 2015, Perth 0700
hours November 5th, 2015
The Directors of Samson Oil & Gas Limited
(“the Company”) (ASX:SSN) wish to announce the appointment of Mr Neil Fearis as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Mr Fearis is a leading corporate and commercial
lawyer in Western Australia specalising in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and corporate reconstructions, with a particular
focus on the mining and resources sector. He has been in practice for more than 35 years and worked as a commercial lawyer in London,
Sydney and Perth. He provides corporate and commercial legal advice to public company clients and has advised on some of the largest
corporate transactions ever undertaken in Australia.
He has been a Director of a number of ASX
and TSX-listed companies, primarily though not exclusively in the resources sector. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Tiger
Resources Limited and serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Jacka Resources Limited and Golden Cross Resources Limited.
Mr Fearis’s appointment to the Board
follows the retirement of Mr Keith Skipper as a director at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 29 October 2015.
For and on behalf of the Board of
SAMSON OIL & GAS LIMITED
TERRY BARR
Managing Director
Cell Phone: 970 389 5047