ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS

On September 11, 2012, Contango Oil & Gas Company issued a press release announcing that its Chairman, Kenneth R. Peak, plans to sell up to 250,000 common shares of the Company pursuant to transactions under Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

The information included herein and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "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 it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description of Document
99.1 Press release dated September 11, 2012

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