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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 Commission File Number : 001-35467 Battalion Oil Corporation ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 1000 Louisiana Street , Suite 6600 , Houston , TX 77002 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( 832 ) 538-0300 ( Registrant's telephone number ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Stock par value $ 0.0001 20-0700684 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification Number ) Trading Symbol BATL Name of each exchange on which registered NYSE American Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes > No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S - K ( §229.405 of this chapter ) is not contained herein , and will not be contained , to the best of registrant's knowledge , in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10 K or any amendment to this Form 10 - K . > Accelerated filer □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company ” and “ emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer □ Non - accelerated filer > Smaller reporting company 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 . □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes No As of March 4 , 2021 , there were 16,267,157 shares outstanding of registrant's $ .0001 par value common stock . Based upon the closing price for the registrant's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange as of June 30 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of shares of common stock held by non affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 24.1 million . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12 , 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities made under a plan confirmed by a court . Yes No DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Information required by Part III , Items 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , and 14 , is incorporated by reference to portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 2021 annual meeting of stockholders which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31 , 2020 .