EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP appointed new CEO

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") announced that the Board of Directors has selected Kelly W. Loyd as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Loyd had been serving as Interim CEO since June 2022 and has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2008. 



Mr. Loyd, 48, has been a director of the Company since 2008 and has served as the chair of the Investment Committee of the Board. Since 2004, Mr. Loyd has been associated with Petralis Energy Partners, LLC and JVL Advisors, LLC, both being private energy investment vehicles, where he was involved in and oversaw numerous upstream investments in private and public energy companies. From 2001 to 2004, he was an associate in the energy corporate finance investment banking group at RBC Capital Markets and Howard Frazier Barker Elliot. Prior to 2001, Mr. Loyd was a founder and controller of L.A.B. Sports and Entertainment, Managing Partner of Tigre Leasing, L.L.P. and an analyst in Jefferies and Company, Inc.'s energy corporate finance investment banking group. Mr. Loyd earned a B.S. in Economics with Finance Applications from Southern Methodist University and his MBA from Rice University.



The Company has entered into an offer letter with Mr. Loyd setting forth his compensation terms as Chief Executive Officer, including a base annual salary of $375,000. In connection with commencing employment, Mr. Loyd will no longer receive compensation for his services as a member of the Board. Additionally, the offer letter provides that on or about November 1, 2022 (the "Effective Date"), Mr. Loyd will be awarded a sign-on bonus consisting of 100,000 restricted shares of the Company's common stock, vesting on a pro rata basis annually over a period of four years on the anniversary of Mr. Loyd's Effective Date. The offer letter further provides that Mr. Loyd will be eligible to participate in the Company's annual short-term incentive plan ("STIP") and long-term incentive plan ("LTIP"). Mr. Loyd's annual STIP award for 2023 will have a target of 100% of his base salary and will be subject to achievement of certain individual and audited performance goals. Mr. Loyd's annual LTIP award for 2023 will be 150% of his base salary, approximately one-third of which will be time vested shares with the remaining shares subject to performance goals. 



Mr. Loyd does not have any family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. In addition, there are no transactions in which Mr. Loyd had or will have a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.