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: April 7, 2020

(Date of earliest event reported)

YUMA  ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1177 West Loop South, Suite 1825

Houston, Texas 77027

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(713) 968-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 1.02   Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

On April 7, 2020, Yuma Energy, Inc. (the “Company” or “Yuma”) issued a press release announcing that the Company had been notified by its lender, YE Investment LLC, (“YE” or the “Lender”), an affiliate of Red Mountain Capital LLC.(“Red Mountain”), that all outstanding payments under its existing Credit Agreement are currently due and that its Restructuring Agreement with Red Mountain has been terminated.

As disclosed in September 2019, YE Investment, LLC, an affiliate of Red Mountain, purchased all of the Company's outstanding senior secured bank indebtedness and related liabilities under the Company's senior credit facility (the "Credit Facility”).  The Credit Facility was then modified to reduce the outstanding principal balance from approximately $32.8 million, plus accrued and unpaid interest and expenses, to approximately $1.4 million (the "Modified Note").  Yuma also entered into a Restructuring and Exchange Agreement (the “Restructuring Agreement”) with Red Mountain and affiliates, which was to result in the i) exchange of the Modified Note for a new convertible note that would be convertible into Yuma common stock, and ii) conversion of the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock into Yuma Common stock. Finally, in December 2019, the parties entered into an amendment to the Restructuring Agreement and Credit Facility under which Red Mountain provided an additional two-year senior secured delayed-draw term loan for up to $2 million, maturing on September 30, 2022, from which the Company has drawn $850,000 to date.  The transactions contemplated by the Restructuring Agreement were subject to stockholder approval pursuant to NYSE American rules and requirements, and the Restructuring Agreement included a termination right in the event such stockholder approval was not received by December 31, 2019.

A copy of the press release is included herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and the information in the press release is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURE

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.

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