0001181431-12-040218.txt : 20120709 0001181431-12-040218.hdr.sgml : 20120709 20120709190346 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-12-040218 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120628 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120709 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120709 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Delahunty Ian CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001553730 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34574 FILM NUMBER: 12954214 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 16803 DALLAS PARKWAY CITY: ADDISON STATE: TX ZIP: 75001 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM LTD. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001092289 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES [1382] IRS NUMBER: 841147944 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5910 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1755 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75206 BUSINESS PHONE: 214-220-4323 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5910 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SUITE 1755 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75206 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM CORP. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050527 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000918 3 1 rrd350711.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2012-06-28 0 0001092289 TRANSATLANTIC PETROLEUM LTD. TAT 0001553730 Delahunty Ian 16803 DALLAS PARKWAY ADDISON TX 75001 0 1 0 0 VP, Business Development Common Shares 181080 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 3011 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 1652 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 3691 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 10824 D Restricted Stock Units Common Shares 16703 D The restricted stock units vest in full on July 15, 2012. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. common stock. The restricted stock units vest in full on January 15, 2013. The restricted stock units vest in two equal annual installments beginning on July 15, 2012. The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 15, 2012. The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2013. Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Jeffrey S. Mecom, Attorney in Fact 2012-07-09 EX-24. 2 rrd314683_355413.htm EXHIBIT 24 Power of Attorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey S. Mecom and Meredith Vesledahl, or either of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

  (1)   prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

  (2)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5, and amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

  (3)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4, or 5, or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

  (4)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of June, 2012.

            /s/ Ian Delahunty        
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            Ian Delahunty              
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