As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHEVRON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
94-0890210
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
CHEVRON CORPORATION 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, California (925) 842-1000 | 94583-2324 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Noble Energy, Inc. 401(k) Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Mary A. Francis
Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer
Chevron Corporation
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA 94583
(Name and address of agent for service)
(925) 842-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Scott A. Barshay
Steven J. Williams
Kyle T. Seifried
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| Title of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered(1) | Proposed maximum offering price per unit | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2) | Amount of registration fee(2) | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.75 per share(3) | 55,000 | $ 73.96 | $4,067,800 | $443.80 | ||||
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.75 per share (“Chevron common stock”) that become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Chevron common stock. |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Chevron common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on September 28, 2020. |
| (3) | In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On July 20, 2020, Chevron Corporation (“we”, “Chevron” or the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Chelsea Merger Sub Inc., a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Noble Energy, Inc. (“Noble Energy”), pursuant to which, effective as of October 5, 2020 (the “Effective Time”), Merger Sub merged with and into Noble Energy (the “Merger”), with Noble Energy continuing as the surviving corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, Chevron assumed the Noble Energy, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Chevron in connection with the registration of 55,000 shares of its common shares, par value $0.75 per share (the “Chevron common stock”), and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable to eligible employees of Noble Energy pursuant to the Plan.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Company and the Plan with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
| • | the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019; |
| • | the Plan’s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2019; |
| • | the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders; |
| • | the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020; |
| • | the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 3, 2020, February 3, 2020, March 24, 2020, May 12, 2020, May 29, 2020, July 20, 2020, August 13, 2020, September 9, 2020, September 24, 2020 and October 2, 2020 (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed pursuant to the rules promulgated under the Exchange Act); and |
| • | the description of the Chevron common stock contained in Chevron’s certificate of incorporation, dated May 30, 2008, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Chevron’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 7, 2008 (which updates and supersedes the description in Chevron’s registration statements filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act), including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating this description. |
All documents filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein, including any exhibits included with such Items), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a 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 or incorporated by reference herein or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been passed on by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) permits the indemnification of any person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (other than judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of his or her being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving or having served, at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Both Article VIII of Chevron’s certificate of incorporation and Article VIII of Chevron’s By-Laws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents and any person serving or having served, at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other organization or enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
As permitted by section 102 of the DGCL, Chevron’s certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of a Chevron director for monetary damages to Chevron and its stockholders for any breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, except for liability under section 174 of the DGCL or liability for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to Chevron or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The directors and officers of Chevron are covered by policies of insurance under which they are insured, within limits and subject to limitations, against certain expenses not indemnifiable by Chevron in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, in which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith |
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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 20% 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 this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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; provided
| (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 registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and 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 registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant 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 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.
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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 San Ramon, State of California, on October 5, 2020.
| CHEVRON CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael K. Wirth | |
Name: Title: | Michael K. Wirth Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 5th day of October, 2020.
| Principal Executive Officer (and Director) | Directors | |||||
/s/ Michael K. Wirth | * | |||||
Michael K. Wirth Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | Wanda M. Austin | |||||
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| Principal Financial Officer | John B. Frank | |||||
/s/ Pierre R. Breber | * | |||||
Pierre R. Breber Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Alice P. Gast | |||||
| Principal Accounting Officer | * Enrique Hernandez, Jr. | |||||
/s/ David A. Inchausti | * | |||||
David A. Inchausti Vice President and Controller | Jon M. Huntsman Jr. | |||||
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| Charles W. Moorman IV | ||||||
* Dambisa F. Moyo | ||||||
* Debra Reed-Klages | ||||||
* Ronald D. Sugar | ||||||
| *By | /s/ Mary A. Francis Mary A. Francis Attorney-In-Fact | * D. James Umpleby III | ||||
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 5th day of October, 2020.
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| NOBLE ENERGY, INC. 401(K) PLAN | ||
| By: | /s/ Kari H. Endries | |
Name: Title: | Kari H. Endries Vice President and Secretary | |
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