Contango Oil & Gas Form 4 / Will Farley Dakan ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Dakan Will Farley

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

717 TEXAS AVENUE

SUITE 2900

(Street)

HOUSTON

77002

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CONTANGO OIL & GAS CO [ MCF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/07/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	12/07/2021		A		3,825,000⁽¹⁾	A	$0.00⁽¹⁾	3,885,000	D
Common Stock	12/07/2021		D		3,885,000⁽²⁾	D	⁽²⁾	0⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	12/07/2021		D		3,500,000⁽²⁾	D	⁽²⁾	0⁽²⁾	I⁽³⁾	Will Energy Corporation

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. In accordance with the Transaction Agreement (as defined below), immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined below), each outstanding performance stock unit award granted under Contango's Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan held by the Reporting Person became fully vested based on the maximum performance level.

2. Contango, Independence Energy, LLC, IE Pubco Inc. ("New Pubco"), IE OpCo LLC, IE C Merger Sub Inc. ("C Merger Sub") and IE L Merger Sub LLC ("L Merger Sub"), are parties to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2021 (the "Transaction Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, C Merger Sub merged with and into Contango with Contango as the surviving entity (the "Merger"), immediately following the Merger, Contango merged with and into L Merger Sub, with L Merger Sub, a direct wholly owned subsidiary of New PubCo, as the surviving entity. At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Contango common stock, par value $0.04 per share, outstanding immediately prior to the Merger was converted automatically into the right to receive 0.2000 shares of New PubCo Class A Common Stock.

3. Shares owned by Will Energy Corporation, which is 100% owned by Mr. Dakan.

Remarks:

This Form 4 has been signed by E. Joseph Grady, Assistant Secretary of Contango Oil & Gas Company, on behalf of Mr. Dakan.

	/s/ E. Joseph Grady	12/09/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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