Paul L. Kessler Form 4 Creek Road Miners / PAUL L. KESSLER ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KESSLER PAUL L.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

555 MARIN STREET, SUITE 140

(Street)

THOUSAND OAKS CA 91360

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Creek Road Miners, Inc. [ CRKR ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	X	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
Chairman of Board

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/30/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share								2,657,725(2)	I	See footnote(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant	$0.175							12/02/2016	12/02/2024	Common Stock	10,000,000		10,000,000	I	See footnote(3)
Convertible debenture	$0.175							12/02/2016	12/31/2022	Common Stock	14,267,714		14,267,714	I	See footnote(3)
Options	$0.25							(4)	(4)	Common Stock	15,000		15,000	I	See footnote(4)
Series A Convertible preferred stock	$0.175(5)	06/30/2022		A		4,941		06/30/2022	(5)	Common Stock	6,424,571	$0(5)	6,424,571(5)	D
Options	$2.65(6)	07/07/2022		J			2,625,000(6)	(6)	(6)	Common Stock	2,625,000	(6)	0(6)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares held by Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("BIF") (managed by Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC, a Delaware LLC), Bristol Capital, LLC, a Delaware LLC ("BC"), Paul Kessler IRA Rollover ("PK IRA"), and Bristol Capital Advisors Profit Sharing Plan ("BCA PSP"). Mr. Kessler has voting and dispositive power over the shares beneficially owned by these holders.

2. The total includes: (i) 2,589,990 shares owned by BIF, (ii) 24,450 shares owned by BC, (iii) 3,935 shares owned by PK IRA, and (iv) 39,350 shares owned by BCA PSP. Numbers reflect the 1-for-20 reverse stock split effectuated by the Issuer on February 27, 2020. (the "Split").

3. In December 2016, BIF purchased from Issuer a $2,500,000 convertible debenture ("Debenture") and warrant to purchase 16,666,667 shares of common stock ("Warrant"). In December 2019, Debenture's maturity date was extended to December 2021, Warrant's expiration date was extended to December 2024, conversion price and exercise price were adjusted to $0.125, and number of Warrant shares became 20,000,000. BIF transferred 6,000,000 Warrant shares to another investor in December 2019 and retained 14,000,000 Warrant shares. Following the Split in February 2020 and subsequent repricing of Debenture and Warrant, conversion price and exercise price became $0.175, number of shares underlying Debenture became 14,285,714 and number of shares underlying Warrant became 10,000,000. In May 2020, Debenture's maturity date was extended to December 2022. In March 2022, BIF converted $3,150 of principal into 18,000 shares which were sold on 3/31/22.

4. Stock options for 300,000 shares issued to Paul Kessler pursuant to stock award plans, with an exercise price of $0.25, expiring on January 22, 2024 as disclosed in the Issuer's 10K report. Following the 1-for-20 reverse stock split, the stock options are for 15,000 shares.

5. 101,875 shares of Series A Preferred Shares held by BC and 10,555 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by Paul Kessler (most recent issuance of 4,941 to Paul Kessler in June 2022 at no cost, for satisfaction of fee). These Series A shares have a stated value of $10 per share and are convertible into common stock at a price per share of $0.175.

6. The Issuer previously granted options for 2,625,000 shares to Paul Kessler pursuant to its Stock Incentive and Award Plans, as amended with an exercise price of $2.65. Issuer and Paul Kessler agreed to cancel these options effective July 7, 2022.

	/s/ Paul L. Kessler	07/11/2022
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