UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): March 30, 2007


Rancher Energy Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Nevada
000-51425
98-0422451
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


999-18 th Street, Suite 1740, Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (303) 629-1125


N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.03   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

As more fully described below in this Current Report on Form 8-K, on March 30, 2007, the stockholders of Rancher Energy Corp. (the “Company”), approved Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Articles”) at a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The Amended and Restated Articles were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada and are being filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. The effective date of the Amended and Restated Articles is March 30, 2007.

A description of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation that were amended and restated was previously disclosed in the definitive proxy statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 9, 2007 (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”).

Item 7.01.   Regulation FD Disclosure.  

On March 30, 2006, the Company issued a press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Press Release”) announcing that at the Special Meeting that occurred on March 30, 2007 the Company’s stockholders approved the adoption of the proposals set forth in the Definitive Proxy Statement. The Press Release is incorporated by reference herein and furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this item 7.01, including the information set forth in Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.

Item 8.01.   Other Events.  

Automatic Conversion of Convertible Notes

As a result of the Special Meeting and the approval by the stockholders of the increase in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock, the convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) that were issued as part of the private placement, which is more fully described in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2006, January 8, 2007 and January 25, 2007 (the “Private Placement”), automatically converted into an aggregate of 6,996,342 shares of common stock. The Convertible Notes automatically converted pursuant to Section 3(c)(v) of the Convertible Note, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 8, 2007. On April 2, 2007, the Company began mailing a Notice of Automatic Conversion of the Convertible Notes (“Notice of Conversion”) to each Convertible Note holder along with a common stock certificate representing the conversion shares.
 
 
 

 
 
Following the conversion of the Convertible Notes and the issuance of the underlying shares of common stock, the Company will have a total of 102,041,432 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Warrants and Options

In conjunction with the Private Placement and as further described in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2007, in December 2007 certain holders of then outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and the holders of outstanding options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, waived their ability to exercise their respective warrants or options until the Company’s authorized shares of common stock were increased. The form of agreement pursuant to which the foregoing warrant and option holders waived their ability to exercise their warrants or options, as applicable, were filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 18, 2007.

Additionally, the warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued as part of and in conjunction with the Private Placement, as more fully described in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 27, 2006, January 8, 2007 and January 25, 2007, became exercisable upon the approval of the stockholders of the increase in the Company’s authorized shares at the Special Meeting and upon the filing of the Amended and Restated Articles with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. Following the Special Meeting and the filing of the Amended and Restated Articles, there are warrants to purchase, in the aggregate, 75,710,550 shares of the Company’s common stock that are currently exercisable. In addition, there are options to purchase, in the aggregate, 6,335,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that are now exercisable or may become exercisable subject to their respective vesting terms.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number Description  
   
Exhibit 3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
   
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
 
 
 

 
 
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.
 
     
  RANCHER ENERGY CORP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Signature:   /s/ John Works  
 
 
 
Name:   

John Works
 
Title:   
President & Chief Executive Officer
 
Dated:   April 2, 2007

 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit Number Description  
   
Exhibit 3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
   
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release
 
 
 

 


Exhibit 3.1


















Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   NEWS
March 30, 2007   OTCBB: RNCH

Rancher Energy Corp. Announces Results of Special Meeting of Stockholders

DENVER, Colorado - Rancher Energy Corp. (OTCBB: RNCH) today announced that at its Special Meeting of Stockholders on March 30, 2007, stockholders approved all three proposals as follows:

 
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Proposal No. 1 -- To amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to increase the authorized common stock from 100,000,000 shares to 275,000,000 shares.

 
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Proposal No. 2 -- To amend and restate the Company’s Articles of Incorporation in their entirety to, among other things, opt out of the application of business combination restrictions imposed under Nevada law.

 
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Proposal No. 3 -- To consider and vote upon a proposal recommended by the Board of Directors to approve the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.

John Works, President & CEO, said, “We are pleased with the results of our Special Meeting of Stockholders and appreciate the support of our stockholders in approving all three proposals. Management and the Board of Directors believe these proposals are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders from the standpoint of both giving the Company increased operating flexibility and strengthening corporate governance.”

About Rancher Energy Corp.
Rancher Energy is an innovative oil & gas exploration & development company with a targeted strategy to reinvigorate older, historically productive oil fields in the hydrocarbon-rich Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Using CO2 injection coupled with other leading edge hydrocarbon recovery techniques, including 3-D seismic data and directional drilling, Rancher Energy is extracting proven in-place oil that remains behind in mature fields. Rising energy demand and strong oil & gas prices combined with advances in oil recovery have made this strategy profitable. Rancher Energy is taking advantage of this convergence by acquiring low risk, high quality, historically productive plays with under-exploited reserves and developing customized enhanced recovery strategies to maximize production.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements as determined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events, or developments that the Company believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include the Company's ability to obtain financing to construct pipeline and other infrastructure and for other operational and working capital purposes, the uncertainty of recovery factors for the enhanced oil recovery projects, the volatility of oil prices, general economic and business conditions, and other factors over which the Company has little or no control. The Company does not intend (and is not obligated) to update publicly any forward-looking statements. The contents of this press release should be considered in conjunction with the warnings and cautionary statements contained in the Company's recent filings with the SEC.

Contacts:

Jay Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc.
303-393-7044

Dan Foley
Chief Financial Officer
Rancher Energy Corp.
303-928-7754