UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Mogul Energy International, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware | 980461623 | |||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification) |
520 Pike Street, Suite 2210 Seattle, Washington | 98101 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (206) 357-4220
Consultant Agreement between Mogul Energy International, Inc. and Diarmuid P. Heron
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(Full Titles of Plans)
The Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(302) 658-7581
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer ¨ | Smaller reporting company þ | |||
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be Registered(1) | Proposed Offering Price per Share(2) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2) | Proposed Maximum Amount of Fee(2) |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value | 100,000 | $0.15 | $15,000 | $0.59 |
(1) The Consulting Agreement between Mogul Energy International, Inc. (the “Company”) and Diarmuid P. Heron provides for business consulting services to be rendered by Mr. Heron to the Company on a periodic basis. The Company has chosen to compensate Diarmuid Heron for services rendered by issuing 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Diarmuid Heron. The shares are registered on this Form S-8 registration statement. The Consultant Agreement is for a 1 month term. The general nature and purpose of the Consultant Agreement is to provide for the Company identification of strategic business partners and to develop the Company’s business strategy in exchange for compensation to Diarmuid Heron for said services. The Consultant Agreement qualifies as an Employee Benefit Plan as defined under Rule 405 of Regulation C.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457. On April 17, 2008, the fair market value of the Company’s common stock, determined from the Company’s ten-day prior average closing stock prices on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board was $0.15 per share. On this basis, the maximum aggregate offering price for the shares registered hereunder is $15,000. Such is the basis for computing the filing fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and at a rate of the aggregate offering price multiplied by 0.00003930.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. | PLAN INFORMATION* |
ITEM 2. | REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION* |
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. | INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE |
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on April 15, 2008;
(ii) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 15, 2007, and for the period ending September 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on November 14, 2007;
(iii) the Company's periodic reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 19, 2007; August 7, 2007; August 10, 2007; September 19, 2007; November 13, 2007; and February 15, 2008, and
(iv) the Company's Form SB-2 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on November 17, 2006; and amendments filed on February 6, 2007; March 29, 2007; April 25, 2007; and May 8, 2007.
All documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), prior to filing a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall be deemed to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. | DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES |
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. | INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL |
Sean Malcolm, attorney-at-law, who has prepared this Registration Statement and the opinion regarding the authorization, issuance and status of the securities, as fully-paid and non-assessable, covered by this Registration Statement, has represented the Registrant in the past on certain legal matters, and is the beneficial owner of options to purchase 600,000 shares of the Company registered hereunder, of which options to purchase 360,000 shares have vested as of the date of this Registration Statement on Form S-8. Mr. Malcolm is not the beneficial owner of any other securities of the Registrant.
ITEM 6. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, that are incurred in connection with various actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, known as a derivative action, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of these actions, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification if the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not excluding other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
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ITEM 7. | EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED |
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. | EXHIBITS |
The Exhibits required to be filed as part of this Registration Statement are listed in the attached Index to Exhibits and incorporated herein by this reference.
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 Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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 end 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in this Registration Statement;
(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 this Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and 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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 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 this 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 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 of 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 of 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.
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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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of Washington, on the 17th day of April 2008.
MOGUL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. | |
/s/ Naeem Tyab | |
By: Naeem Tyab | |
Its: President |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NUMBER | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION | ||
Opinion of Sean B. Malcolm as to the legality of the securities being registered | Filed herewith. | |||
Consultant Agreement between Mogul Energy International, Inc., and Diarmuid Heron | Filed herewith. | |||
23.1 | Consent of Attorney | Contained in Exhibit 5.1. | ||
Consent of Public Accounting Firm | Filed herewith. |
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