UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2017
HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 1-10762 | 77-0196707 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1177 Enclave Parkway, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77077
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(281) 899-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
As previously disclosed, on December 21, 2016, Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, HNR Energia B.V., a Curacao company (“HNR Energia”), entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Sale and Purchase Agreement”) with BW Energy Gabon Pte. Ltd, a private Singapore company (“BW Energy”). Under the Sale and Purchase Agreement, HNR Energia agreed to sell to BW Energy all of HNR Energia’s 100% ownership interest in Harvest Dussafu B.V., a Netherlands private limited liability company (“Harvest Dussafu”). Harvest Dussafu owns a 66.67% interest in the Dussafu production sharing contract covering a 210,000 acre area located offshore of Gabon. All the parties to the Sale and Purchase Agreement previously agreed to extend the Longstop Date under the Sale and Purchase Agreement from March 21, 2017 to March 31, 2017.
On March 31, 2017, all parties agreed to further extend the current Longstop Date under the Sale and Purchase Agreement from March 31, 2017 to April 7, 2017.
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.
| HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: March 31, 2017 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Keith L. Head | |||||
| Keith L. Head | ||||||
| Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||