0001144204-12-067399.txt : 20121211 0001144204-12-067399.hdr.sgml : 20121211 20121211160253 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-12-067399 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121206 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20121211 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001273441 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34018 FILM NUMBER: 121256555 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300, 625 - 11TH AVENUE S.W. CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R 0E1 BUSINESS PHONE: (403) 265-3221 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 300, 625 - 11TH AVENUE S.W. CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2R 0E1 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRAN TIERRA ENERGY, INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20051130 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GOLDSTRIKE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040113 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GOLKSTRIKE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031216 8-K 1 v330073_8k.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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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 6, 2012

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Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Nevada	001-34018	98-0479924
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

300, 625 - 11th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2R 0E1

(Address of principal executive offices)

(403) 265-3221

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 6, 2012, Gran Tierra Energy Colombia Ltd. (“Gran Tierra Colombia”) and Petrolifera Petroleum (Colombia) Limited (“Petrolifera Colombia”), both wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Gran Tierra Energy Inc., each entered into a Crude Oil Sales / Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2012, with Gunvor Colombia SAS (each, a “Purchase Agreement”) for the sale of crude oil to Gunvor. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreements, each of Gran Tierra Colombia and Petrolifera Colombia may sell on average up to approximately 4,000 barrels of crude oil per day during the term of the respective Purchase Agreement, which is one year (unless terminated by one of the parties to the Purchase Agreement with 90 days notice, or earlier upon other specified events). Gran Tierra Colombia and Petrolifera Colombia are under no obligation to sell any crude oil until such time as they specify for a particular day the amount of crude oil they wish to sell to Gunvor.

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.

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.


By:	/s/ David Hardy
	Name:	David Hardy
	Title:	General Counsel, Vice President, Legal and Secretary

Dated: December 11, 2012