UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BERING EXPLORATION, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Nevada | | 88-0507007 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
710 N. Post Oak Rd., Suite 410
Houston, Texas 77024
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Office)
2013 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
J. Leonard Ivins
710 N. Post Oak Rd., Suite 410
Houston, Texas 77024
Telephone: (713) 780-0806
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer | | ¨ | | Accelerated filer | | ¨ |
| | | | |
| Non-accelerated filer | | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company | | x |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities To Be Registered | | Amount Being Registered(1) | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2) | | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) | | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | | | 4,000,000 | | $ | 0.215 | | $ | 860,000 | | $ | 117.30 |
| TOTAL | $ | 117.30 |
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of shares of the issuer's Common Stock registered hereunder will be adjusted in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for a share of common stock as reported by the Over-The-Counter BB on April 16, 2013. |
PART I
The Registrant will provide documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 to participants in its 2013 Stock Option Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933. Pursuant to the instructions for Form S-8, the Registrant is not required to file these documents either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
PART II
ITEM 3.INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Bering Exploration, Inc. (“the Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are incorporated in this Form S-8 by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012;
2. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (1) above;
3. All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement that indicate that all shares of common stock offered have been sold or that deregister all of the shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part of it from the date of filing of the documents; and
4. The description of the Company’s capital stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A (SEC File No. 000-50541) filed on January 8, 2004, incorporated by reference from Form SB-2, as amended (SEC File No. 333-107915), filed on August 13, 2003, and any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
ITEM 4.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes contains provisions for indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Nevada law provides for indemnification (which may eliminate any personal liability of a director to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for gross negligence or lack of care in carrying out the director's fiduciary duties) if a director or officer acts in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company. A director or officer may be indemnified as to any matter in which he successfully defends himself.
Our articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or a person of whom he is the legal representative is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation or for its benefit as a director or officer of another corporation, or as its representative in partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada from time to time against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably included or suffered by him in connection therewith. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Such right of indemnification shall be a contract right which may be enforced in any manner desired by such person. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right which such succors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire and, without limiting the generality of such statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, provision of law or otherwise, as well as their rights under this Article.
The officers and directors of the Company are accountable to the shareholders of the Company as fiduciaries, which means such officers and directors are required to exercise good faith and integrity in handling the Company's affairs.
A shareholder may be able to institute legal action on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated shareholders to recover damages where the Company has failed or refused to observe the law. Shareholders may, subject to applicable rules of civil procedure, be able to bring a class action or derivative suit to enforce their rights, including rights under certain federal and state securities laws and regulations. Shareholders who have suffered losses in connection with the purchase or sale of their interest in the Company due to a breach of a fiduciary duty by an officer or director of the Company in connection with such sale or purchase including, but not limited to, the misapplication by any such officer or director of the proceeds from the sale of any securities, may be able to recover such losses from the Company.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense or any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The Company has no agreements with any of its directors or executive officers providing for indemnification of any such persons with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as officers and directors.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officers of the Company as to which indemnification is being sought.
ITEM 7.EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. | Identification of Exhibit |
| 4.1 | 2013 Stock Option Plan |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Michael W. Sanders, Attorney at Law |
| 23.1 | Consent of Michael W. Sanders, Attorney at Law * |
| 23.2 | Consent of LBB & Associates Ltd., LLP |
| 23.3 | Consent of MaloneBailey, LLP |
| 23.4 | Consent of DeGolyer and MacNaughton |
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* Included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
ITEM 9.UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
| | (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
| | i. | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act; |
| | ii. | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
| | iii. | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
| | (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| | (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
| (b) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas on April 17, 2013.
| | BERING EXPLORATION, INC |
| | |
| | By: | /s/ J. Leonard Ivins |
| | | J. Leonard Ivins, Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 17, 2013.
| Signature | Title | Date |
/s/ J. Leonard Ivins J. Leonard Ivins | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | April 17, 2013 |
/s/ Steven M. Plumb Steven M. Plumb | Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | April 17, 2013 |
