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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): SEPTEMBER 3, 2004
THE MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
TEXAS 1-10671 76-0319553
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Identification No.)
1401 ENCLAVE PARKWAY, SUITE 300
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77077
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
281-597-7000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.
On September 3, 2004, the board of directors of The Meridian Resource
Corporation (the "Company") appointed James R. Montague to serve as an
additional member of the board. In August 2004, Mr. James T. Bond notified the
Company of his retirement from the board, and the board also appointed John B.
Simmons and Fenner R. Weller, Jr. to serve as additional board members. The
addition of Messrs. Simmons, Weller and Montague and the retirement of Mr. Bond
bring the total number of persons serving on the board to nine. As of the date
of this report, the board has not yet determined on which board committees the
new board members will serve.
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.
THE MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/ Lloyd V. DeLano
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Lloyd V. DeLano
Senior Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
Date: September 10, 2004