Company: TPET
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-015530
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Company: Trio Petroleum Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-06-18
Form: DEF 14A
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 you hold shares in street name, you may submit new voting instructions by contacting your bank, broker or other nominee.           |

Your most recent proxy card or Internet proxy is the one that is counted. Your virtual attendance at the Annual Meeting by itself will not revoke your proxy unless you give written notice of revocation to the Company before your proxy is voted or you vote at the Annual Meeting.

Who will pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies. Proxies may be solicited on our behalf by directors, officers or employees (for no additional compensation) in person or by telephone, electronic transmission and facsimile transmission. Brokers and other nominees will be requested to solicit proxies or authorizations from beneficial owners and will be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses.

Are there any rights of appraisal?

None of Delaware law, our Certificate of Incorporation or our Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”), each as currently in effect, provides for appraisal or other similar rights for dissenting stockholders in connection with any of the proposals to be voted upon at this Annual Meeting. Accordingly, you will have no right to dissent and obtain payment for your shares.

Our Principal Executive Offices

Our principal executive offices are located at 23823 Malibu Road, Suite 304, Malibu, CA 90265. Our telephone number is (661) 324-3911.

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL NO. 1 — THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL</div>

Board Size and Structure

Our Board of Directors currently consists of six (6) directors. Our Bylaws provide that the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, and the number of directors will be determined from time to time by our Board of Directors.

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides for a Board of Directors divided into three classes, designated as Class I Directors, Class II Directors and Class III Directors, with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class serving a three-year term.

The term of office of the Class II directors, consisting of William J. Hunter and James H. Blake, will expire at this Annual Meeting, unless they are re-elected at the Annual Meeting.

The term of office of the Class III directors, consisting of Robin Ross and Stan Eschner, will expire at our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the