As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 2013
Registration No. 333-105974
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GASCO ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
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7979 E. Tufts Ave., Suite 1150
Denver, Colorado 80237
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Gasco Energy, Inc. 2003 Restricted Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Richard S. Langdon
President and Chief Executive Officer
7979 E. Tufts Ave., Suite 1150
Denver, Colorado 80237
(Name and address of agent for service)
(303) 483-0044
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Stephen W. Ray
Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
320 South Boston Avenue, Suite 200
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
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DEREGISTRATION OF COMMON STOCK
On June 10, 2003, Gasco Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), filed a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-105974) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register a total of 425,000 shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Shares”), in connection with the Company’s 2003 Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The Company now desires to deregister all of the Shares not yet issued in connection with the Plan.
The Company intends to suspend all reporting obligations with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold, the Company hereby amends the Form S-8 by deregistering all Shares that are registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on December 24, 2013.
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| Richard S. Langdon |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 24, 2013.
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/s/ Richard S. Langdon |
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Richard S. Langdon |
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/s/ L. Edward Parker |
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L. Edward Parker |
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/s/ Wade Stubblefield |
| Director |
Wade Stubblefield |
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