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    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2023</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;">UNITED STATES</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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              <hr noshade="noshade" align="center" style="height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;"><font style="font-size: 18pt;">&#160;FORM S-8</font></div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">UNDER</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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              <hr noshade="noshade" align="center" style="height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;">Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">29 E. Reno Avenue, Suite 500</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Philip Riley</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President - Strategy</div>
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                  <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500</td>
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                  <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">New York, New York 10014</td>
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          <div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
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          <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</div>
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          <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 24.75pt; font-weight: normal;">On April 21, 2023, the stockholders of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) approved the Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term
            Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) that increased the total number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be utilized for awards pursuant to the Plan from 1,387,022 to 2,337,022. This Registration Statement is being filed in
            accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering the issuance of an additional 950,000 shares of the Common Stock under the Plan.</div>
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          <div style="text-align: left; text-indent: 24.75pt; font-weight: normal;">The contents of the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on
            March 1, 2021 (File No. 333-253750) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8.</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">INDEX OF EXHIBITS</div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000114036121006708/brhc10020945_ex4-1.htm">4.1</a></div>
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                  <div>First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
                    Commission on March 1, 2021, Registration No. 333-253750).</div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000100161422000022/thirdamendedandrestatedbyl.htm">4.2</a></div>
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                <td style="width: 89.5%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
                    Commission on September 23, 2022).</div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000114036123019834/brhc20051660_ex10-1.htm">4.3</a></div>
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                <td style="width: 89.5%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                    April 24, 2023).</div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000114036123019834/brhc20051660_ex10-2.htm">4.4</a></div>
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                <td style="width: 89.5%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Vesting - Named Executive Officers) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000114036121006708/brhc10020945_ex4-5.htm">4.5</a></div>
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                  <div><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Form of Substitute Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Vesting) </font>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001614/000114036123019834/brhc20051660_ex10-4.htm">4.7</a></div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Form of Common Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023).</div>
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                  <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Opinion of Holland &amp; Knight LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</div>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2023
Registration No. 333—
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
87-0267438
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
29 E. Reno Avenue, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
405-415-8699
(Address, including zip code of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Philip Riley
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President - Strategy
29 E. Reno Avenue, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
405-415-8699
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Amy R. Curtis
Beth di Santo, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP
di Santo Law PLLC
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
170 Christopher Street
Dallas, Texas 75201
New York, New York 10014
(214) 969-1763
(212) 365-8677
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
            company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☒
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  ☐
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
On April 21, 2023, the stockholders of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (the "Company") approved the Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term
            Incentive Plan (the "Plan") that increased the total number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be utilized for awards pursuant to the Plan from 1,387,022 to 2,337,022. This Registration Statement is being filed in
            accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering the issuance of an additional 950,000 shares of the Common Stock under the Plan.
The contents of the Company's registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
            March 1, 2021 (File No. 333-253750) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
                    Commission on March 1, 2021, Registration No. 333-253750).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
                    Commission on September 23, 2022).
4.3
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                    April 24, 2023).
4.4
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Vesting - Named Executive Officers) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
                    24, 2023).
4.5
Form of Substitute Restricted Stock Agreement (Time Vesting)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and
                    Exchange Commission on March 1, 2021, Registration No. 333-253750).
4.6
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Non-Employee Director) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on
                  Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023).
4.7
Form of Common Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023).
5.1*
Opinion of Holland & Knight LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent of BDO USA, LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.5*
Consent of Holland & Knight LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
107*
Filing fees
*
Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
            Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on the
24th
day of April, 2023.
RILEY EXPLORATION PERMIAN, INC.
By:
/s/ Bobby D. Riley
Name:
Bobby D. Riley
Title:
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office
Each person whose signature appears below appoints each of Kevin Riley and Philip Riley as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
            full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the
            same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
            thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
            substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on April
            24, 2023.
Signature
Title
/s/ Bobby D. Riley
Chairman of the Board, Director and
Chief Executive Office (
Principal Executive Officer
)
Bobby D. Riley
/s/ Philip Riley
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President - Strategy
(Principal Financial Officer
)
Philip Riley
/s/ Brent Arriaga
Director
Brent Arriaga
/s/ Rebecca Bayless
Director
Rebecca Bayless
/s/ Beth di Santo
Director
Beth di Santo
/s/ Bryan H. Lawrence
Director
Bryan H. Lawrence
/s/ E. Wayne Nordberg
Director
E. Wayne Nordberg