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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COMMISSION FILE NO. 000-29987
GLOBAL LINKS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 7372 88-0106514
(State or jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number)
Identification No.)
1280 Bison, Suite B9-529, Newport Beach, California 92660; (949) 451-4518
(Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices and
principal place of business)
EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2003
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS AND CONSULTANTS RETAINER STOCK PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2003
(Full title of the Plans)
James G. Brewer, 1280 Bison, Suite B9-529, Newport Beach, California 92660
(Name and address of agent for service)
(949) 451-4518
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered Amount to be registered Proposed
offering price per share (1) Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
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Amount of registration fee
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Common Stock 5,000,000 $0.002 (2) $10,000 $0.92
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Common Stock 150,000,000 $0.002 (3) 300,000 27.60
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Total 155,000,000 $310,000 $28.52
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1. The Offering Price is used solely for purposes of estimating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933.
2. This Offering Price per Share is established pursuant to the option
exercise price set forth in the Employee Stock Incentive Plan for the Year 2003,
set forth in Exhibit 4.1 to this Form S-8.
3. This Offering Price per Share is established pursuant to the Non-Employee
Directors and Consultants Retainer Stock Plan for the Year 2003, set forth in
Exhibit 4.2 to this Form S-8.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.
See Item 2 below.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I, Items 1 and
2, will be delivered to each of the participants in accordance with Form S-8 and
Rule 428 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. The participants shall
be provided a written statement notifying them that upon written or oral request
they will be provided, without charge, (i) the documents incorporated by
reference in Item 3 of Part II of the registration statement, and (ii) other
documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b). The statement will
inform the participants that these documents are incorporated by reference in
the Section 10(a) prospectus, and shall include the address (giving title or
department) and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a) The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002, filed on March 20, 2003.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Form 10-KSB referred to in (a) above.
(c) A description of the Registrant's securities contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed by the Registrant to register the
common stock under the Exchange Act, including all amendments filed for the
purpose of updating such common stock description.
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 which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and to be part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Other than as set forth below, no named expert or counsel was hired on a
contingent basis, will receive a direct or indirect interest in the small
business issuer, or was a promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, director,
officer, or employee of the Registrant.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Our bylaws do not contain a provision entitling any director or executive
officer to indemnification against its liability under the Securities Act. The
Nevada Revised Statutes allow a company to indemnify our officers, directors,
employees, and agents from any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit,
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, except
under certain circumstances. Indemnification may only occur if a determination
has been made that the officer, director, employee, or agent acted in good faith
and in a manner, which such person believed to be in the best interests of the
Registrant. A determination may be made by the stockholders; by a majority of
the directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding confirmed
by opinion of independent legal counsel; or by opinion of independent legal
counsel in the event a quorum of directors who were not a party to such action,
suit, or proceeding does not exist.
Provided the terms and conditions of these provisions under Nevada law are
met, officers, directors, employees, and agents of the Registrant may be
indemnified against any cost, loss, or expense arising out of any liability
under the Securities Act. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant, we have been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public
policy and is, therefore, unenforceable.
The Nevada Revised Statutes, stated herein, provide further for permissive
indemnification of officers and directors.
A. NRS 78.7502. Discretionary and mandatory indemnification of
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officers, directors, employees and agents: General provisions.
1. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and that, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
2. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in
settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for
any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a
court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to
be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or
suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon
application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems
proper.
3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections 1 and 2, or in defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense.
B. NRS 78.751. Authorization required for discretionary
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indemnification; advancement of expenses; limitation on indemnification and
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advancement of expenses.
1. Any discretionary indemnification under NRS 78.7502 unless ordered
by a court or advanced pursuant to subsection 2, may be made by the corporation
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances. The determination must be made:
(a) By the stockholders;
(b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding;
(c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion; or
(d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action,
suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion.
2. The articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by
the corporation may provide that 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. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to
advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or
officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
3. The indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in NRS
78.7502 or ordered by a court pursuant to this section:
(a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of
incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or an
action in another capacity while holding his office, except that
indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to or for the advancement of
expenses made pursuant to subsection 2, may not be made to or on behalf of any
director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or
omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the
law and was material to the cause of action.
(b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
C. NRS 78.752. Insurance and other financial arrangements against
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liability of directors, officers, employees and agents.
1. A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other
financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise for any
liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his
capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status
as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him
against such liability and expenses.
2. The other financial arrangements made by the corporation pursuant to
subsection 1 may include the following:
(a) The creation of a trust fund.
(b) The establishment of a program of self-insurance.
(c) The securing of its obligation of indemnification by granting a security
interest or other lien on any assets of the corporation.
(d) The establishment of a letter of credit, guaranty or surety. No
financial arrangement made pursuant to this subsection may provide protection
for a person adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of
all appeals therefrom, to be liable for intentional misconduct, fraud or a
knowing violation of law, except with respect to the advancement of expenses or
indemnification ordered by a court.
3. Any insurance or other financial arrangement made on behalf of a
person pursuant to this section may be provided by the corporation or any other
person approved by the board of directors, even if all or part of the other
person's stock or other securities is owned by the corporation.
4. In the absence of fraud:
(a) The decision of the board of directors as to the propriety of the
terms and conditions of any insurance or other financial arrangement made
pursuant to this section and the choice of the person to provide the insurance
or other financial arrangement is conclusive; and
(b) The insurance or other financial arrangement:
1. Is not void or voidable; and
2. Does not subject any director approving it to personal liability for
his action, even if a director approving the insurance or other financial
arrangement is a beneficiary of the insurance or other financial arrangement.
5. A corporation or its subsidiary which provides self-insurance for
itself or for another affiliated corporation pursuant to this section is not
subject to the provisions of Title 57 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-B, and an index thereto,
are attached.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to 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 the registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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) To deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each
person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to
security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and
furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial
information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set
forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to
whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is
specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim
financial information.
(d) That insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 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 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
authorize, in the City of Newport Beach, California, on March 25, 2003.
GLOBAL LINKS CORP.
By /s/ James G. Brewer
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James G. Brewer, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ James G. Brewer
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James G. Brewer President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
and Director March 25, 2003
/s/ James L. Hancock
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James L. Hancock Director March 25, 2003
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Employee Stock Incentive Plan for the Year 2003
4.2 Non-Employee Directors and Consultants Retainer Stock Plan for
the Year 2003
5 Opinion Re: Legality
23.1 Consent of Accountants
23.2 Consent of Counsel