Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment and Change of Officers
On July 6, 2020, Farley Dakan was appointed to serve as President of Contango
Oil & Gas Company (the "Company"). Mr. Dakan previously served as Senior Vice
President of Corporate Development of the Company since October 2019.
Additionally on such date, Chad Roller was appointed Senior Vice President -
Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Mr. Roller will be the Company's
principal operating officer. Further, Chad McLawhorn was appointed as Senior
Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company.
Mr. Dakan (age 45) joined the Company in October 2019. Immediately prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Dakan was founder, Chairman and CEO of Will Energy
Corporation from February 2018 through September 2019. For the four years prior
to founding Will Energy Corporation, Mr. Dakan's advisory and management roles
were in support of clients such as Wells Fargo, Fortress Investment Group,
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and numerous other investment firms and
corporations. Mr. Dakan was employed with Brier Mackinac Realty Partners, a
private investment and advisory firm, from 2007 to 2018, where he served as
managing partner from 2007 to 2016. Mr. Dakan also served as an independent
director of Goodman Networks in 2017 and of Foundation Surgical Hospital from
2017 to 2019. Mr. Dakan began his career with a predecessor firm of Ernst &
Young and graduated with a degree in finance from Baylor University.
Mr. Roller (age 43) most recently served as President and Chief Operating
Officer of the general partner of Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP, a publicly held
upstream master limited partnership, from January 2020 to July 2020, and July
2019 to July 2020, respectively. Previously, he served as Vice President of
Development and Petroleum Engineer at Mid-Con Energy Operating from 2015 to
2019. Additional experience includes multiple roles at Royal Dutch Shell,
including Advisor to the Chief Petroleum Engineer, Business Planner, Deepwater
Exploration Support, and Petroleum Engineer. Mr. Roller received his PhD from
Rice University and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from the
University of Oklahoma.
Mr. McLawhorn (age 43) served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary of the general partner of Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP, a publicly held
upstream master limited partnership, from March 2016 to June 2020. From August
2009 to March 2016, he held a series of positions of increasing responsibility
at Samson Resources Corporation, a privately held oil and gas company, including
Assistant General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Earlier in his career,
Mr. McLawhorn was in private practice with McAfee & Taft. Mr. McLawhorn received
his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oklahoma and his Juris
Doctor also from the University of Oklahoma.
In connection with the appointments described above, on July 6, 2020, Wilkie S.
Colyer, Jr. ceased to serve as President of the Company. Mr. Colyer will remain
the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a director.
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company on July 6, 2020, is furnished
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.
As provided in General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 in this report on Form 8-K (including the press release
attached as Exhibit 99.1 incorporated by reference in this report) shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), or the Exchange.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) List of Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Description
99.1 Press release dated July 6, 2020.
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