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) June 2, 2010

 

Cano Petroleum, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-32496

 

77-0635673

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

801 Cherry Street, Suite 3200

 

 

Fort Worth, Texas

 

76102

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(817) 698-0900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01                                            Other Events.

 

On June 2, 2010, Cano Petroleum, Inc. (“Cano”) issued a press release announcing that a record date and a special meeting date have been established for Cano’s stockholders to consider and vote upon, among other things, a proposal to adopt the previously announced agreement and plan of merger pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resaca Exploitation, Inc. (AIM: RSX and RSOX) (“Resaca”) will be merged with and into Cano, resulting in Cano becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resaca.  A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01                                            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                Exhibits.

 

99.1         Press Release dated June 2, 2010.

 

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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.

 

 

 

CANO PETROLEUM, INC.

 

 

 

Date: June 2, 2010

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Benjamin Daitch

 

 

Benjamin Daitch

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 2, 2010.

 

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