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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2000
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRIZE ENERGY CORP.
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS VISTA ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 75-276614
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. employer identification no.)
3500 William D. Tate
Suite 200
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
PRIZE ENERGY CORP. 1998 KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(FORMERLY KNOWN AS VISTA ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. 1998
KEY EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN)
(Full title of the plan)
Lon C. Kile
President and Chief Operating Officer
3500 William D. Tate
Suite 200
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (817) 424-0400
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
maximum maximum
Title of securities Amount to be offering price aggregate Amount of
to be registered registered per share offering price registration fee
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Common Stock, $.01 par value 371,429 shares (1) $24.875(2) $9,239,296.30(2) $2,439.17
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(1) Plus an indeterminable number of additional shares as may become
issuable as a result of any antidilution provisions of the Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based
upon the average of the high and low prices reported on the American
Stock Exchange on June 8, 2000.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional
shares of Common Stock of the Registrant to be issued upon the exercise of
options pursuant to the Prize Energy Corp. 1998 Key Employee Stock Option Plan
(formerly known as the Vista Energy Resources, Inc. 1998 Key Employee Stock
Option Plan) (the "Plan"). The additional shares relate to the amendment of the
Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
under the Plan from 128,571 originally available for issuance under the Plan (as
adjusted from 900,000 shares to give effect to the Registrant's one-for-seven
reverse Common Stock split effected on February 8, 2000) to 500,000 shares. The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration
No. 333-66929, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6,
1998 (the "Prior Registration Statement") are hereby incorporated by reference.
The Items below contain information required in this Registration Statement that
was not included in the Prior Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents and information previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1999;
(2) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2000;
(3) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 5,
2000, and February 8, 2000;
(4) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 8,
2000, and Amendment No. 1 thereto dated February 23, 2000; and
(5) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 1998, and
including any amendment or report heretofore or hereafter
filed for the purpose of updating the description of the
Registrant's Common Stock contained therein.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of 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 to be a part hereof
from their respective dates of filing. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated by reference 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 incorporated document 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 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article Tenth of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of the Registrant provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and
directors to the maximum extent allowed by the Delaware General Corporation Law
("DGCL"). Pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant generally has the
power to indemnify its present and former directors and officers against
expenses and liabilities incurred by them in connection with any suit to which
they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in
those positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
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best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action, so
long as they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. With
respect to suits by or in the right of the Registrant, however, indemnification
is generally limited to attorneys' fees and other expenses and is not available
if the person is adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless the court
determines that indemnification is appropriate. The statute expressly provides
that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive of any rights
granted under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise. The Registrant also has the power to purchase and
maintain insurance for its directors and officers. Additionally, Article Tenth
of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, in the
event that an officer or director files suit against the Registrant seeking
indemnification of liabilities or expenses incurred, the burden will be on the
Registrant to prove that the indemnification would not be permitted under the
DGCL.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also
eliminates the liability of the Registrant's directors for monetary damages for
breach of their fiduciary duty as directors. This provision, however, does not
eliminate a director's liability (a) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (c) in respect of certain unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions
or repurchases, or (d) for any transaction from which a director derived an
improper personal benefit.
The preceding discussion of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Section 145 of the DGCL is not intended to be
exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Section 145 of the DGCL.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with certain
of its directors and officers. Pursuant to such agreements, the Registrant will,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify such persons against all
expenses, judgements, fines and penalties incurred in connection with the
defense or settlement of any actions brought against them by reason of the fact
that they were directors or officers of the Registrant or assumed certain
responsibilities at the direction of the Registrant.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit Number Description
4.1 Prize Energy Corp. 1998 Key Employee Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Proxy Statement
for Annual Meeting of Stockholders dated April 28, 2000).
4.2 Amendment Number 1 to Prize Energy Corp 1998 Key Employee
Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of
Stockholders dated April 28, 2000).
5.1* Opinion of Conner & Winters, A Professional Corporation.
23.1* Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.3* Consent of Williamson Petroleum Consultants, Inc.
23.4* Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.5 Consent of Conner & Winters, A Professional Corporation
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24* Power of Attorney (included on page II-4 of this Registration
Statement).
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* Filed herewith.
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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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Grapevine, State of Texas on the 14th day of June,
2000.
PRIZE ENERGY CORP.
By: /s/ Lon C. Kile
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Lon C. Kile
President and Chief Operating Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Philip B. Smith and Lon C. Kile, and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys- in-fact and agents, or his or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Philip B. Smith Director, Chairman of the Board, June 14, 2000
- ------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer
Philip B. Smith (principal executive officer, principal
financial officer and principal
accounting officer)
/s/ Lon C. Kile Director, President and Chief June 14, 2000
- -------------------------------------- Operating Officer
Lon. C. Kile
/s/ Kenneth A. Hersh Director June 14, 2000
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Kenneth A. Hersh
/s/ David R. Albin Director June 14, 2000
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David R. Albin
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Prize Energy Corp. 1998 Key Employee Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Proxy Statement
for Annual Meeting of Stockholders dated April 28, 2000).
4.2 Amendment Number 1 to Prize Energy Corp 1998 Key Employee
Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement for Annual Meeting of
Stockholders dated April 28, 2000).
5.1* Opinion of Conner & Winters, A Professional Corporation.
23.1* Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.3* Consent of Williamson Petroleum Consultants, Inc.
23.4* Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.5 Consent of Conner & Winters, A Professional Corporation
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24* Power of Attorney (included on page II-4 of this Registration
Statement).
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* Filed herewith.