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)   September 19, 2005

 

Cano Petroleum, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-50386

 

98-040164

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

The Oil & Gas Commerce Building

 

 

309 West 7th Street, Suite 1600

 

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 8.01.             Other Events.

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is the Press Release issued by Cano Petroleum, Inc. on September 19, 2005 regarding commitments for a $8,694,000 private placement of equity.

 

Item 9.01.             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press Release, dated September 19, 2005

 

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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: September 19, 2005

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael J. Ricketts

 

 

Michael J. Ricketts

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated September 19, 2005

 

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