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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>May 30, 2012</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Armada Oil, Inc.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Nevada</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>333-52040</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>98-0195748</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>10777 Westheimer Rd.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Suite 1100</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Houston, Texas 77042</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>(800) 676-1006</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>SECTION 5. Corporate Governance and
Management</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensator Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Effective as of May
30, 2012, Armada Oil, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) appointed Mr. Eric Wold to serve on the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors
(the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) and to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company&rsquo;s Board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Eric Wold</B> previously served on the
Board of Directors of Lucas Energy (AMEX: LEI), a publicly held company within the oil and energy sector from 2005-2009. He is
currently a Senior Analyst with B. Riley &amp; Co., a leading full-service investment bank, where he has more than18 years of buy-side
and sell-side equity research experience, reporting on a dozen companies in the Internet and Media and Entertainment sectors with
market caps between $50 Million and $6 billion, including Tivo, Inc., Netflix, Inc. and Coinstar, Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Previously, Mr. Wold held the position of
Managing Director, Equity Research at the investment banking firm Merriman Capital, Inc., where he covered the Branded Global Consumer
and Media Groups. He was also Director of Corporate Finance with NightFire Software, a privately held telecommunications software
company based in Oakland, California. At First Security Van Kasper, he served as Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, where
he was responsible for the Restaurant and Branded Consumer sectors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr. Wold began his
career on the buy-side with research analyst positions with both Polynous Capital Management (a hedge fund that he co-founded in
1996) and GT Global Financial Services. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1997 and a bachelor&rsquo;s
degree in Finance from the University of California at Berkeley.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">As compensation for his service on the Board
Mr. Wold will, subject to his entry into a stock option agreement with the Company, receive a grant of 50,000 options from the
Company&rsquo;s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan; 10,000 of the options will vest immediately upon Mr. Wold&rsquo;s appointment, 40%
will vest upon the one-year anniversary of service, and the remaining 40% upon the two-year anniversary, subject to Mr. Wold remaining
as a member of the Board. Additionally, a cash payment of $3,000/day per physical Board meeting and $500 per telephonic quarterly
update meeting will be made. Reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with Mr. Wold&rsquo;s activities
as a Board member will be covered as well.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>SECTION 7. Regulation FD</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Except for the historical information presented
in this document, the matters discussed in this Form 8-K, or otherwise incorporated by reference into this document, contain &ldquo;forward-looking
statements&rdquo; (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements are identified
by the use of forward-looking terminology such as &ldquo;believes,&rdquo; &ldquo;plans,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo; &rdquo;scheduled,&rdquo;
&ldquo;potential,&rdquo; &ldquo;continue,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimates,&rdquo; &ldquo;hopes,&rdquo; &ldquo;goal,&rdquo; &ldquo;objective,&rdquo;
&ldquo;expects,&rdquo; &ldquo;may,&rdquo; &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;should&rdquo; or &ldquo;anticipates&rdquo; or the negative
thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties.
The safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, apply to forward-looking statements made by the Registrant. The reader is cautioned that no statements
contained in this Form 8-K should be construed as a guarantee or assurance of future performance or results. These forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those identified within this Form 8-K. The actual results that the Registrant
achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
are based on current expectations, and the Registrant assumes no obligation to update this information. Readers are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by the Registrant in this Form 8-K and in the Registrant&rsquo;s other reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect
the Registrant&rsquo;s business.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Note: Information in
this report furnished pursuant to Item 7 shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this current report
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
furnishing of the information in this current report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing
is required by Regulation FD or that the information this current report contains is material investor information that is not
otherwise publicly available.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>SECTION 9. Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following <FONT STYLE="color: black">exhibits</FONT>
are furnished as part of this report:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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
on May 31, 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>Armada Oil, Inc.</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-autospace: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold">/s/ James Cerna, Jr.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-autospace: none">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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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
May 30, 2012
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Armada Oil, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
333-52040
(Commission File Number)
98-0195748
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10777 Westheimer Rd.
Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77042
(Address of principal executive offices)
(800) 676-1006
(Registrant's telephone number, including
area code)
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):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
SECTION 5. Corporate Governance and
Management
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or
Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensator Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective as of May
30, 2012, Armada Oil, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Mr. Eric Wold to serve on the Company's Board of Directors
(the "Board") and to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Company's Board.
Eric Wold
previously served on the
Board of Directors of Lucas Energy (AMEX: LEI), a publicly held company within the oil and energy sector from 2005-2009. He is
currently a Senior Analyst with B. Riley & Co., a leading full-service investment bank, where he has more than18 years of buy-side
and sell-side equity research experience, reporting on a dozen companies in the Internet and Media and Entertainment sectors with
market caps between $50 Million and $6 billion, including Tivo, Inc., Netflix, Inc. and Coinstar, Inc.
Previously, Mr. Wold held the position of
Managing Director, Equity Research at the investment banking firm Merriman Capital, Inc., where he covered the Branded Global Consumer
and Media Groups. He was also Director of Corporate Finance with NightFire Software, a privately held telecommunications software
company based in Oakland, California. At First Security Van Kasper, he served as Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, where
he was responsible for the Restaurant and Branded Consumer sectors.
Mr. Wold began his
career on the buy-side with research analyst positions with both Polynous Capital Management (a hedge fund that he co-founded in
1996) and GT Global Financial Services. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1997 and a bachelor's
degree in Finance from the University of California at Berkeley.
As compensation for his service on the Board
Mr. Wold will, subject to his entry into a stock option agreement with the Company, receive a grant of 50,000 options from the
Company's 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan; 10,000 of the options will vest immediately upon Mr. Wold's appointment, 40%
will vest upon the one-year anniversary of service, and the remaining 40% upon the two-year anniversary, subject to Mr. Wold remaining
as a member of the Board. Additionally, a cash payment of $3,000/day per physical Board meeting and $500 per telephonic quarterly
update meeting will be made. Reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with Mr. Wold's activities
as a Board member will be covered as well.
SECTION 7. Regulation FD
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Except for the historical information presented
in this document, the matters discussed in this Form 8-K, or otherwise incorporated by reference into this document, contain "forward-looking
statements" (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements are identified
by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "plans," "intend," "scheduled,"
"potential," "continue," "estimates," "hopes," "goal," "objective,"
"expects," "may," "will," "should" or "anticipates" or the negative
thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy that involve risks and uncertainties.
The safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, apply to forward-looking statements made by the Registrant. The reader is cautioned that no statements
contained in this Form 8-K should be construed as a guarantee or assurance of future performance or results. These forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those identified within this Form 8-K. The actual results that the Registrant
achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
are based on current expectations, and the Registrant assumes no obligation to update this information. Readers are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by the Registrant in this Form 8-K and in the Registrant's other reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect
the Registrant's business.
2
Note: Information in
this report furnished pursuant to Item 7 shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this current report
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
furnishing of the information in this current report is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing
is required by Regulation FD or that the information this current report contains is material investor information that is not
otherwise publicly available.
SECTION 9. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
The following
exhibits
are furnished as part of this report:
Number
Description
3
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
on May 31, 2012.
Armada Oil, Inc.
By:
/s/ James Cerna, Jr.
James Cerna, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
4