| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/05/2022 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol US ENERGY CORP [ USEG ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 5,668,121(1) | D(2) | |
| Common Stock | 434,130(1) | D(3) | |
| Common Stock | 688,273(1) | D(4) | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Excludes shares of common stock relating to the voting group described below under "Remarks", except as described in footnotes (2), (3) and (4). |
| 2. Represents shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share of the Issuer, held by Banner Oil & Gas, LLC ("Banner"). The shares held by Banner may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Sage Road Capital, LLC ("Sage Road"), which indirectly controls Banner and manages certain funds which own a majority interest of Banner, and by Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets, due to their status as co-Managing Partners of Sage Road. Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of each of their pecuniary interest therein. |
| 3. Represents shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share of the Issuer, held by Woodford Petroleum, LLC ("Woodford"). The shares held by Woodford may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Sage Road, which indirectly controls Woodford and manages certain funds which own a majority interest of Woodford, and by Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets, due to their status as co-Managing Partners of Sage Road. Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of each of their pecuniary interest therein. |
| 4. Represents shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share of the Issuer, held by Llano Energy LLC ("Llano"). The shares held by Llano may be deemed to be beneficially owned by Sage Road, which indirectly controls Llano and manages certain funds which own a majority interest of Llano, and by Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets, due to their status as co-Managing Partners of Sage Road. Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of each of their pecuniary interest therein. |
| Remarks: |
| By virtue of being party to a Nominating and Voting Agreement, dated as of January 5, 2022 (the "Voting Agreement"), Banner, Woodford and Llano, and Sage Road and Mr. Batchelor and Mr. Stamets, due to their control of such entities, may be deemed to be a member of a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), with respect to the securities reported herein with the other parties who are bound by the Voting Agreement and their control persons, which such "group" beneficially owns, in the aggregate, more than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Issuer. In addition to Banner, Woodford and Llano, the parties to the Voting Agreement are the Issuer, Lubbock Energy Partners LLC; and Synergy Offshore LLC. Separately, the control persons of the other parties to the Voting Agreement may also be part of the Section 13(d) "group". The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of any securities owned by any of the other signatories to the Voting Agreement (and/or their control persons) and the filing of this Form 3 shall not be deemed an admission, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, that any of the reporting persons and any other person or persons constitute a "group" for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or Rule 13d-5 thereunder. In addition, none of the reporting persons have any pecuniary interest in any of the securities beneficially owned by any of the other signatories to the Voting Agreement (and/or their control persons). For a description of the Voting Agreement, see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2022. |
| /s/ Joshua L. Batchelor | 01/18/2022 | |
| /s/ Benjamin A. Stamets | 01/18/2022 | |
| /s/ Joshua L. Batchelor, Managing Partner of Sage Road Capital, LLC | 01/18/2022 | |
| /s/ Joshua L. Batchelor, Manager of Banner Oil & Gas, LLC | 01/18/2022 | |
| /s/ Joshua L. Batchelor, Manager of Woodford Petroleum, LLC | 01/18/2022 | |
| /s/ Joshua L. Batchelor, Manager of Llano Energy LLC | 01/18/2022 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
