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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October&nbsp;4, 2013 (September 30, 2013) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRANS ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>NEVADA</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>0-23530</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>93-0997412</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>210 Second Street, P.O. Box 393, St. Marys, West Virginia 26170 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (304)&nbsp;684-7053 </B></P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Item&nbsp;1.01.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</I></B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;30, 2013,
Trans Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and its wholly owned subsidiaries American Shale Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;ASD&#148;), and Prima Oil Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(&#147;Prima&#148;), along with Republic Energy Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&#147;Republic&#148;), and Sancho Oil and Gas Corporation, a West Virginia corporation (&#147;Sancho&#148;, and collectively with ASD, Prima and
Republic, the &#147;Sellers&#148;) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the &#147;PSA&#148;), pursuant to which the Sellers have agreed to sell approximately 4,900 lease acres and leasehold working interests in certain partially completed
well sites located in Tyler County, West Virginia (collectively the &#147;Assets&#148;) to Antero Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (&#147;Antero&#148;). Under the PSA, the total purchase price for the Assets is $36.8 million (the
&#147;Purchase Price&#148;) of which the Company will receive approximately $11.2 million, of which $10.7 million is payable in cash, subject to customary adjustments as described in the PSA. The Company will receive the cash payment in exchange for
its interest in 1,163 net acres and as reimbursement for the costs it has incurred to partially develop one pad site and to partially complete one well on adjacent acreage. Additionally, the Company owed Antero either 114 net acres or $456,000 by
December&nbsp;31, 2013, and this obligation will be cancelled in the sale. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The PSA contains customary representations, warranties and
indemnities among the parties and the closing contemplated by the PSA is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions as described therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The sale of the Assets pursuant to the PSA is scheduled to close on or about December&nbsp;13, 2013 and is to be effective as of
September&nbsp;1, 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing descriptions of the PSA and the consideration payable hereunder do not purport to be complete and
are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the PSA, a copy of which will be attached as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the period ending September&nbsp;30, 2013. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Regulation FD Disclosure.</I></B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;2, 2013, the Company issued a
press release announcing the signing of the PSA. A copy of the press release is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item&nbsp;7.01 of this Current Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K,</FONT> including the attached Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as
otherwise expressly stated in such filing. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: October 4, 2013</TD>
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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): October 4, 2013 (September 30, 2013)
TRANS ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
0-23530
93-0997412
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
210 Second Street, P.O. Box 393, St. Marys, West Virginia 26170
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (304) 684-7053
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:
¨
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))
Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 30, 2013,
Trans Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and its wholly owned subsidiaries American Shale Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("ASD"), and Prima Oil Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Prima"), along with Republic Energy Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Republic"), and Sancho Oil and Gas Corporation, a West Virginia corporation ("Sancho", and collectively with ASD, Prima and
Republic, the "Sellers") entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "PSA"), pursuant to which the Sellers have agreed to sell approximately 4,900 lease acres and leasehold working interests in certain partially completed
well sites located in Tyler County, West Virginia (collectively the "Assets") to Antero Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Antero"). Under the PSA, the total purchase price for the Assets is $36.8 million (the
"Purchase Price") of which the Company will receive approximately $11.2 million, of which $10.7 million is payable in cash, subject to customary adjustments as described in the PSA. The Company will receive the cash payment in exchange for
its interest in 1,163 net acres and as reimbursement for the costs it has incurred to partially develop one pad site and to partially complete one well on adjacent acreage. Additionally, the Company owed Antero either 114 net acres or $456,000 by
December 31, 2013, and this obligation will be cancelled in the sale.
The PSA contains customary representations, warranties and
indemnities among the parties and the closing contemplated by the PSA is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions as described therein.
The sale of the Assets pursuant to the PSA is scheduled to close on or about December 13, 2013 and is to be effective as of
September 1, 2013.
The foregoing descriptions of the PSA and the consideration payable hereunder do not purport to be complete and
are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the PSA, a copy of which will be attached as an exhibit to the Company's Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2013.
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 2, 2013, the Company issued a
press release announcing the signing of the PSA. A copy of the press release is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on
Form 8-K,
including the attached Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as
otherwise expressly stated in such filing.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
99.1
Press Release of Trans Energy, Inc., dated October 2, 2013
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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.
TRANS ENERGY, INC.
Date: October 4, 2013
By
/s/ John G. Corp
John G. Corp
President
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