SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Nze-Bekale Fabrice
(Last) (First) (Middle)
9800 RICHMOND AVENUE,
SUITE 700
(Street)
HOUSTON TX 77042
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/ [ EGY ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/06/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/06/2024 A 14,262(1) A $0 44,777 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of restricted stock of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer") granted to the reporting person on June 6, 2024 (the "Grant Date"). All of the shares vest on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the Grant Date or (ii) the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Issuer following the Grant Date (but, in either case, not less than fifty (50) weeks following the Grant Date); provided, that the reporting person is then, and continuously from the Grant Date has been, an outside director of the Issuer and has not been terminated from service from the Issuer's board of directors on such vesting date.
/s/ Fabrice Nze-Bekale by Matthew Powers as attorney-in-fact 06/10/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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EX – 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTING

FORM ID, FORMS 3, FORMS 4, FORMS 5, AND FORM 144

 

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Matthew Powers of VAALCO Energy, Inc., with full power of substitution, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

 

(1)

Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause (2) below;

 

 

(2)

Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (a) any Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (b) Form 144, but only to the extent each form or schedule relates to the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of securities of VAALCO Energy, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries;

 

 

(3)

Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and timely file the forms or schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or quotation system, self-regulatory association or any other authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and

 

 

(4)

Take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in the form and shall contain the terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein. The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is VAALCO Energy, Inc. assuming) any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees that the attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless VAALCO Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the direction of the undersigned, to the attorney-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing a Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 and Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse VAALCO Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 and Form 144 (including amendments thereto) with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by VAALCO Energy, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed for the purposes set forth hereinabove.

 

 

Name: Fabrice Nze-Bekale

 

 

Signature: /s/ Fabrice Nze-Bekale

 

 

EX – 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTING

FORM ID, FORMS 3, FORMS 4, FORMS 5, AND FORM 144

 

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Matthew Powers of VAALCO Energy, Inc., with full power of substitution, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

 

(1)

Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause (2) below;

 

 

(2)

Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (a) any Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (b) Form 144, but only to the extent each form or schedule relates to the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of securities of VAALCO Energy, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries;

 

 

(3)

Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and timely file the forms or schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or quotation system, self-regulatory association or any other authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and

 

 

(4)

Take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in the form and shall contain the terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein. The undersigned acknowledges that the attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is VAALCO Energy, Inc. assuming) any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees that the attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless VAALCO Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the direction of the undersigned, to the attorney-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing a Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 and Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse VAALCO Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 and Form 144 (including amendments thereto) with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by VAALCO Energy, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed for the purposes set forth hereinabove.

 

 

Name: Fabrice Nze-Bekale

 

 

Signature: /s/ Fabrice Nze-Bekale

 

 
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