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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2026

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Vitesse Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware

001-41546

88-3617511

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS. Employer
Identification No.)


5619 DTC Parkway, Suite 700 Greenwood Village, Colorado						80111
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 361-2500

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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 (see General Instruction A.2, below):


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

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

VTS

New York Stock Exchange

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 x

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. o

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

On April 8, 2026, Vitesse Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 1,935,698 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “common stock”), to a third party seller (“Seller”) in exchange for certain non-operated oil and gas assets (the “Acquisition”).

The issuance of the common stock was made in reliance on the exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On April 8, 2026, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the Seller, whereby the Company, among other things, agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a shelf registration statement registering for resale the shares of common stock issued to the Seller as consideration in connection with the closing of the Acquisition and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain an effective resale shelf registration statement and granted piggyback registration rights in certain circumstances. The Company agreed to pay all fees and expenses with respect to the filing of such shelf registration statement, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one special legal counsel to represent all selling stockholders in an underwritten offering not to exceed $100,000 per underwritten offering, excluding certain expenses.

The foregoing description of the registration rights agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)


Exhibit Number						Description

4.1						Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 8, 2026, by and among Vitesse Energy, Inc., Titan Exploration, LLC and the other parties thereto.

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

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.


Date: April 10, 2026			VITESSE ENERGY, INC.

			/s/ James P. Henderson
			James P. Henderson
			Chief Financial Officer

Vitesse Energy Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits