SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Riley Exploration Group, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 29 EAST RENO AVE., SUITE 500 (Street) OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73104 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. [ REPX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/14/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	07/14/2023		J(1)		1,075,254	D	(1)	2,255,201	D(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share								390,860	D(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Riley Exploration Group, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 29 EAST RENO AVE., SUITE 500 (Street) OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73104 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yorktown IX Associates LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Yorktown X Associates LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 410 PARK AVENUE 20TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On July 14, 2023, Riley Exploration Group, LLC ("REG") made an Offer to Exchange (the "Offer to Exchange") to each of its members whereby REG exchanged its membership units held by each participating member in exchange for an aggregate amount of 1,075,254 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (the "Common Stock"). Through the Offer to Exchange, each participating member received approximately 0.58121840 shares of Common Stock for each REG membership unit that was exchanged for such member.

2. Shares owned directly by REG. Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P. ("Yorktown IX") and Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P. ("Yorktown") are members who together control REG. Yorktown IX Associates LLC is the sole general partner of Yorktown IX Company LP, the sole general partner of Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P. ("Yorktown IX"). Yorktown X Associates LLC is the sole general partner of Yorktown X Company LP, the sole general partner of Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P. ("Yorktown X").

3. Shares owned directly by Yorktown X. Yorktown X Associates LLC is the sole general partner of Yorktown X Company LP, the sole general partner of Yorktown X.

	Riley Exploration Group, LLC /s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Manager Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P., By: Yorktown IX Company LP, its general partner., By: Yorktown IX Associates LLC, its general partner	07/18/2023
	/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Managing Member Yorktown Energy Partners IX, L.P., By: Yorktown IX Company LP, its general partner, By: Yorktown IX Associates LLC, its general partner	07/18/2023
	/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Managing Member Yorktown IX Associates LLC	07/18/2023
	/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Managing Member Yorktown Energy Partners X, L.P., By: Yorktown X Company LP, its general partner, By: Yorktown X Associates LLC, its general partner	07/18/2023
	/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Managing Member Yorktown X Associates LLC	07/18/2023
	/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence, Managing Member	07/18/2023
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