# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001528129
**File Stem:** 0001528129-25-000109
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 7137
**Document Hash:** 2ecfc47b73a036f8b52ed93e9def6398
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001528129-25-000109.hdr.sgml**: 20250708

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001528129-25-000109

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250708

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250708

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250708

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Vital Energy, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001528129
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 453007926
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-35380
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251111388

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74120
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 918-513-4570

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 521 E. SECOND STREET SOUTH
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74120

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140102

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20110816

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**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): July 8, 2025

**VITAL ENERGY, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-35380** | **45-3007926** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of <br>incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **521 E. Second Street** | **Suite 1000** | |
| **Tulsa** | **Oklahoma** | **74120** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |

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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **(918) 513-4570** 

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| **Common stock, $0.01 par value** | **VTLE** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). | Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). |
| 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ |

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**Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.**

On July 8, 2025, Vital Energy, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing plans to host a conference call on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 7:30 am Central Time to discuss its second-quarter 2025 financial and operating results. A copy of the Company's press release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished under this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto are deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Exchange Act.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) *Exhibits*.

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| **Exhibit Number** | **Description** |
| <u>[99.1](a7825vitalenergyprovidesde.htm)</u> | <u>[Press Release dated July 8, 2025](a7825vitalenergyprovidesde.htm)</u>. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL). |

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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.

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| | | **VITAL ENERGY, INC.** |
| Date: July 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ Bryan J. Lemmerman |
|  |  | Bryan J. Lemmerman |
|  |  | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**EXHIBIT 99.1**

![imagea.jpg](imagea.jpg)

**Vital Energy Provides Details for its Second-Quarter 2025 Earnings Release and Conference Call** 

**TULSA, OK - July 8, 2025** - Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTLE) ("Vital Energy" or the "Company") will report its second-quarter 2025 financial and operating results after market close on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

A conference call to discuss results is planned for 7:30 a.m. CT on Thursday, August 7, 2025. A webcast of the call will be available on the Company's website at <u>www.vitalenergy.com</u> "Investor Relations \| News & Presentations \| Upcoming Events."

**About Vital Energy**

Vital Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Vital Energy's business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas.

Additional information about Vital Energy may be found on its website at <u>www.vitalenergy.com</u>.

**Investor Contact:**

Ron Hagood

918.858.5504 ir@vitalenergy.com

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