Form 8-K

0001193125-13-149394.txt : 20130410 0001193125-13-149394.hdr.sgml : 20130410 20130410165624 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-149394 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130404 ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing FILED AS OF DATE: 20130410 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130410 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000845289 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 770196707 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10762 FILM NUMBER: 13754188 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1177 ENCLAVE PARKWAY STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77077 BUSINESS PHONE: 281-899-5700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1177 ENCLAVE PARKWAY STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77077 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HARVEST NATURAL RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020805 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BENTON OIL & GAS CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 d519888d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): April 4, 2013

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 3.01.

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

As previously disclosed, Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) has not filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”) in a timely manner because of a restatement of financial statements for prior periods. The 2012 Form 10-K was due April 2, 2013 after giving effect to a fifteen-day extension under Rule 12b-25 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company currently expects to file the 2012 Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as reasonably practicable.

As a result, on April 4, 2013, the Company received from NYSE Regulation, Inc. (the “NYSE”) a notice of failure to satisfy a continued listing rule or standard and related monitoring. The notice informed the Company that, as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file its 2012 Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Section 802.01E (SEC Annual Report Timely Filing Criteria) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, the Company is subject to the procedures specified in that Section.

Under the Section 802.01E procedures, the NYSE will monitor the status of the filing of the 2012 Form 10-K and related public disclosures for up to a six-month period from its due date. If the Company has not filed the 2012 Form 10-K within six months from the filing due date, the NYSE may, in its sole discretion, allow the Company’s common stock to trade for up to an additional six months pending the filing of the 2012 Form 10-K prior to commencing suspension or delisting procedures, depending on the Company’s specific circumstances.

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: April 10, 2013

	By:	/s/ Keith L. Head
		Keith L. Head
		Vice President and General Counsel