Vitesse Energy Inc 2024年度报告

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM10-K (Mark One) For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2024 or Vitesse Energy, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) (720)361-2500 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: 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 12months (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 ofthis 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 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. 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 financialaccounting 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 reportingunder 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.☐If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction ofan error to previously issued financial statements.☐Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’sexecutive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐No☒The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant on the last business day of the registrant’s most recentlycompleted second fiscal quarter (based on the closing sale price on such date) was approximately $591million.As of March10, 2025, the registrant had38,578,409shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEPortions of the definitive proxy statement related to the registrant’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III of thisreport for the year ended December 31, 2024. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS The information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or presentfact, constitute “forward-looking statements” under the securities laws. These forward-looking statements are intended to providemanagement’s current expectations or plans for our future operating and financial performance, based on assumptions currently believed to bevalid. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believe,” “expect,” “expectations,” “plans,” “strategy,”“prospects,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “anticipate,” “will,” “should,” “see,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “confident” and other words ofsimilar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. Forward-looking statements may include,among other things, statements relating to future earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, tax rates and other measures offinancial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions of Vitesse, and other statements that are not historical facts.Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions, but rather are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, anduncertainties that may cause actual future results to be materially different from those contemplated, projected, estimated, or budgeted. Suchassumptions, risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following: ■the timing and extent of changes in oil and natural gas prices;■our ability to successfully implemen