UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTION 13 AND
15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 1-10671
The Meridian Resource Corporation
1401 Enclave Parkway, Suite 300, Houston, Texas, (281) 597-7000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty of file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to
terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
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Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
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Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
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Rule 15d-6
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 1
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Meridian Resource
Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly
authorized person.
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| Date: May 13, 2010 |
THE MERIDIAN RESOURCE CORPORATION
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/s/ Paul D. Ching
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Paul D. Ching |
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
President, Director and Chairman of the Board |
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