UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

x      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2013

o         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-35432

ZAZA ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

ZaZa Energy Corporation
1301 McKinney St Suite 2850
Houston, Texas 77010

(Address of principal executive office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 713-595-1900

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (i) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (ii) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes x  No o

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o  No x

As of June 21, 2013, there were 105,548,553 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013 (the “Form 10-Q”), originally filed by ZaZa Energy Corporation on May 15, 2013, is being filed solely for the purpose of amending the Exhibit Index in Item 6 of Part II of the Form 10-Q and refiling Exhibit 10.4 to the Form 10-Q.  Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 6 of Part II and Exhibit 10.4

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q.  This Amendment does not amend, update or change the financial statements or disclosures in the Form 10-Q and does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Form 10-Q.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6 - EXHIBITS

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Form 10-Q report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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