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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) August 5, 2026

W&T Offshore, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1-32414

(Commission File Number)

Texas

72-1121985

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5718 Westheimer Road, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77057

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

713.626.8525

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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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 Act:

Title of each class

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Trading Symbol

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Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.00001

 

WTI

 

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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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.

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 5, 2026, W&T Offshore, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of April 20, 2023 (the “Employment Agreement”), with Tracy W. Krohn, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

Pursuant to the Amendment, Mr. Krohn’s annual base salary will be no less than $1,000,000, which will be reviewed annually by the Board (or a committee thereof) and may be increased from time to time, but may not be decreased.

Other than the amendment described above, the material terms of the Employment Agreement have not been modified.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

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Description

10.1

First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2026, by and between W&T Offshore, Inc. and Tracy W. Krohn

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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.

W&T OFFSHORE, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: August 7, 2026

By:

/s/ Sameer Parasnis

Name:

Sameer Parasnis

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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