<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001683168-22-004319.txt : 20220613
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20220613201829
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-22-004319
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220609
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220613
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220613

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Nelson Tyler Robert
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001914280

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-41286
		FILM NUMBER:		221013176

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VIVAKOR, INC.
		STREET 2:		433 LAWNDALE AVENUE
		CITY:			SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84115

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Vivakor, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001450704
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REFUSE SYSTEMS [4953]
		IRS NUMBER:				262178141
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4101 NORTH THANKSGIVING WAY
		CITY:			LEHI
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 887-6890

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4101 NORTH THANKSGIVING WAY
		CITY:			LEHI
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84043
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    <periodOfReport>2022-06-09</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001450704</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Vivakor, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VIVK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001914280</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Nelson Tyler Robert</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4101 THANKSGIVING WAY, SUITE 150</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEHI</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84043</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option to Purchase Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-06-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>917825</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>917825</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>917825</value>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On June 9, 2022, Vivakor, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the &quot;Agreement&quot;) with Tyler Nelson. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company granted Mr. Nelson a stock option to acquire 917,825 shares of the Company's common stock (the &quot;Stock Option&quot;). The Stock Option will vest over two years with 360,145 of the shares vesting immediately, 219,312 of the shares vesting three (3) months after issuance, and the remaining 338,368 of the shares vesting in equal quarterly installments over the remaining seven (7) quarters (48,338 for 6 quarters and 48,340 in the last quarter), with an exercise price equal to 100% of the fair market value on the date grant, and which expires ten (10) years after the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Tyler Nelson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-06-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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