6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER TO RULE 13a or 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Month of: December 2018 Year File No.: 001-31891

TransGlobe Energy Corporation

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

#2300, 250 - 5^th Street S.W., Calgary, AB T2P 0R4

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

	TransGlobe Energy Corporation
	(Registrant)
Date: December 21, 2018	By: /s/ Brett Norris
	Brett Norris
	Vice President Exploration

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
1	Press Release: TRANSGLOBE ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

EX-1

TRANSGLOBE ENERGY CORPORATION ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING

AIM & TSX: “TGL” & NASDAQ: “TGA”

Calgary, Alberta, December 24, 2018 - TransGlobe Energy Corporation (“TransGlobe” or the “Company”) announces that it was notified on December 20, 2018 that on the same day David Cook acquired common shares as follows:

PDMR	Number of Common Shares Acquired	Price  ($USD)		Number of Common Shares held following the transaction	% of Company's issued share capital held
David Cook	10,000		$1.6200	59,789	0.08	%

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014

1	Details of PDMR
a)	Name	David Cook
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	TransGlobe Energy Corporation
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	549300QMNS6BDY8UUB03
4	Details of the transaction(s)
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Common Shares
b)	Identification code	ISIN for TransGlobe Energy Corporation Ordinary Shares: CA8936621066
c)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Shares
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price ($USD)Volume
		$1.62 10,000
e)	Aggregated information -
	Aggregated volume -	10,000 common shares
	Aggregated price	$1.62 USD per share
f)	Date of the transaction	December 20, 2018
g)	Place of the transaction	Nasdaq

About TransGlobe

TransGlobe Energy Corporation is a cash flow focused oil and gas exploration and development company whose current activities are concentrated in the Arab Republic of Egypt and Canada. TransGlobe’s common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TGL and on the NASDAQ Exchange under the symbol TGA.

For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Telephone: 403.264.9888 Email: investor.relations@trans-globe.com Web site: http://www.trans-globe.com	Via FTI Consulting
TransGlobe Energy	www.trans-globe.com
Ross Clarkson, Chief Executive Officer
Randy Neely, President
Eddie Ok, Chief Financial Officer
Canaccord Genuity (Nomad & Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Henry Fitzgerald-O'Connor
James Asensio
GMP First Energy (Joint Broker)	+44(0)207 448 0200
Jonathan Wright
FTI Consulting (Financial PR)	+44 (0) 203 727 1000
Ben Brewerton	transglobeenergy@fticonsulting.com
Genevieve Ryan