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): December 12, 2016 (December 9, 2016)

 

 

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

001-34945

98-0430762

(State or other jurisdiction of

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

file number)

Identification No.)

 

 

1200 17th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, CO 80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

            

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 260-7125

 

 

 

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

                                                


 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2016, Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Tax Benefits Preservation Plan on June 28, 2016 (the “Plan”), which was designed to protect the Company’s ability to use certain tax assets, such as net operating loss carryforwards and built-in losses, to offset future income.

 

On December 9, 2016, the Board of Directors committed the Company to submit the Plan to a binding vote of its stockholders at the Company’s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders.  If the Plan is not approved by the Company’s stockholders at that meeting, the Company will discontinue the Plan.

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 12, 2016

 

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ryan McGee

 

 

 

Ryan McGee

 

 

 

General Counsel