UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,  DC 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):  March 5, 2015

 

Contango Oil & Gas Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

717 Texas Ave., Suite 2900,  Houston Texas 77002 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(713) 236-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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On March 5, 2015, Ms. Denise DuBard joined Contango Oil & Gas Company (the “Company” or “Contango”) as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer.

 

Ms. DuBard, age 57, was a consultant with Axia Partners, a CPA advisory firm, providing accounting and finance related consulting services to the energy industry from December 2014 until joining Contango.  Prior to joining Axia Partners she served as Chief Financial Officer of PetroPoint Energy Partners, LLC , a private oil and gas exploration and production company, from 2012 to August 2014, when the company was sold.  Ms. DuBard worked with Axia Partners as a consultant in the same capacity as mentioned above from 2009 to 2012. From 2005 to 2009 Ms. DuBard served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Rosetta Resources Inc., a public oil and gas company.  All of these companies are located in Houston, Texas.   Ms. DuBard graduated with honors from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and brings over 30 years of energy experience in accounting, finance and management.  

 

In connection with her hiring, Ms. DuBard was awarded 2,303 shares of restricted common stock of the Company.  The restricted stock awards vest over four years commencing March 5, 2016 according to the following schedule: 15% (year 1),  25% (year 2), 25% (year 3) and 35% (year 4), should Ms. DuBard remain an employee and absent earlier vesting pursuant to the terms of the restricted stock award agreement.

 

Ms. DuBard will report to E. Joseph Grady, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Dated: March 9, 2015

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