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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 9, 2005
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE 001-16317 95-4079863
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
3700 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, SUITE 960
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77098
(Address of principal executive offices)
(713) 960-1901
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5.02. APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
On June 7, 2005 Contango Oil & Gas Company announced that Marc Duncan, age
52, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Contango Operators,
Inc., effective June 6, 2005. Mr. Duncan has over 25 years of experience and has
held a variety of domestic and international engineering and senior-level
operations management positions relating to natural gas and oil exploration,
project development, and drilling and production operations. Prior to joining
Contango, Mr. Duncan served as senior operations manager for USENCO
International, Inc. from 2000-2004 and as senior project and drilling engineer
for Hunt Oil Company from 2004-2005.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Form 8-K. Where
so indicated by footnote, exhibits, which were previously filed, are
incorporated by reference.
Exhibit No. Description of Document
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99.1 Press release dated June 7, 2005.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
CONTANGO OIL & GAS COMPANY
Date: June 9, 2005 By: /s/ KENNETH R. PEAK
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Kenneth R. Peak
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer