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): December 16, 2021

HighPeak Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-235313	84-3533602
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
421 W. 3rd St., Suite 1000 Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(817) 850-9200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock	HPK	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrant	HPKEW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Introductory Note

On August 21, 2020, HighPeak Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) consummated a business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to that certain business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”). On August 27, 2020, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K that included, among other things, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial information of the Company as of June 30, 2020 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019.

Item 8.01 Other Information.

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes the unaudited pro forma combined statements of operations of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, prepared to give effect to the Business Combination as if it had been consummated on January 1, 2019, and the notes related thereto. Such financial information is included in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	The unaudited pro forma statements of operations for HighPeak Energy, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the notes related thereto.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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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.

	HIGHPEAK ENERGY, INC.
Date:         December 16, 2021
	By:	/s/ Steven W. Tholen
	Name:	Steven W. Tholen
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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