Form 8-K - Current report

 

 

 

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): September 9, 2024

 

Trio Petroleum Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-41643		87-1968201
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

5401 Business Park South, Suite 115

Bakersfield, CA 93309

[phone]

(Address and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

 

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).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 9, 2024, Trio Petroleum Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a certain Media Advertising Agreement (the “Agreement”) with an advertising service provider (the “Consultant”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Consultant has agreed to perform certain marketing and business development services on behalf of the Company, and the Company has agreed to compensate the Consultant by (i) making a payment of $50,000, in cash, upon the execution of Agreement, (ii) making an additional payment of $50,000, in cash, within thirty days after the execution of the Agreement, and (iii) issuing to the Consultant 250,000 shares of unregistered common stock of the Company upon the execution of the Agreement.

 

The above description of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Media Advertising Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The information contained above under Item 1.01, to the extent applicable, is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The issuance of the 250,000 shares of common stock to the Consultant is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to an exemption from registration provided under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and corresponding provisions of state securities or “blue sky” laws.

 

None of the securities have been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor any exhibit attached hereto is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock or other securities of the Company.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Media Advertising Agreement, dated September 9, 2024.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

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.

 

Dated: September 12, 2024

 

TRIO PETROLEUM CORP.
By:	/s/ Robin Ross
Name:	Robin Ross
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Document Period End Date	Sep. 09, 2024
Entity File Number	001-41643
Entity Registrant Name	Trio Petroleum Corp.
Entity Central Index Key	0001898766
Entity Tax Identification Number	87-1968201
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Address, Address Line One	5401 Business Park South
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 115
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Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	93309
City Area Code	(661)
Local Phone Number	324-3911
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