UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,  D.C. 20549 

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 1, 2015 (April 13, 2015)

TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1200 17th Street, Suite 2600, Denver, CO 80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 260-7125

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On April 16, 2015,  Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Form 8-K”) reporting that Brian Minnehan was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of April 13, 2015. As disclosed in the Initial Form 8-K, the Board had not made a determination as to which committees Mr. Minnehan would be named at the time of the appointment.  The purpose of this report is to amend and supplement the Initial Form 8-K to provide information on the committees of the Board to which Mr. Minnehan was appointed. 

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

On April 27, 2015, the Board appointed Mr. Minnehan to the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.    

SIGNATURES

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.