Current Report Filing (8-k)

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: September 16, 2019

(Date of earliest event reported)

Yuma Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	001-37932	94-0787340
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1177 West Loop South, Suite 1825

Houston, Texas 77027

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 968-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	YUMA	NYSE American LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 16, 2019, Yuma Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered in a forbearance agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with YE Investment LLC (“YE”), an affiliate of Red Mountain Capital Partners LLC (“Red Mountain”), with respect to the Credit Agreement dated October 26, 2016 and as amended on May 19, 2017, May 8, 2018 and July 31, 2018 (the “Credit Agreement”) between the Borrowers, YE and the guarantors party thereto. Under the Forbearance Agreement, YE agreed that until October 26, 2019 or the earlier termination of the Forbearance Agreement, to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under or in connection with the Credit Agreement against the Borrowers arising from the Specified Defaults (as such term is defined in the Forbearance Agreement).

The preceding is a summary of the material provisions of the Forbearance Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Forbearance Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 17, 2019, the Company issued a press release regarding the Forbearance Agreement, which press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. By filing this Current Report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information pursuant to Item 7.01, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibits are included with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Forbearance Agreement dated September 16, 2019 by and among Yuma Energy, Inc., Yuma Exploration and Production Company, Inc., Pyramid Oil LLC, Davis Petroleum Corp., The Yuma Companies, Inc., Davis Petroleum Acquisition Corp., and YE Investment LLC.

99.1		Press Release dated September 17, 2019.

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.


	YUMA ENERGY, INC.

	By:	/s/ Anthony C. Schnur
	Name:	Anthony C. Schnur
Date: September 18, 2019	Title:	Interim Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer