Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
           Officers.




Appointment of New Director

On September 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Gran Tierra Energy Inc. ("Gran Tierra") increased the size of the Board to nine members and appointed Alison Redford as a director effective immediately.

As an independent director, Ms. Redford will be compensated for her service as provided under the Board's existing director compensation program, including an annual cash retainer fee of CDN $55,00 and an annual equity retainer of CDN $130,500 (all prorated for 2021). Upon her appointment, Ms. Redford was granted an option to purchase 85,000 shares of Gran Tierra common stock at the fair market value on the date of grant. Gran Tierra also entered into its standard form of indemnity agreement with Ms. Redford.

Ms. Redford was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangements or understandings with Gran Tierra or with any other person, and there are no related party transactions between Ms. Redford and Gran Tierra that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the press release announcing Ms. Redford's appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d) Exhibits.



  99.1       Press release issued by Gran Tierra dated September 1, 2021
104        Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
           embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

© Edgar Online, source Glimpses