As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2013

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

the Securities Act of 1933

 

 

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware  

210 Park Avenue

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73202

  27-0981065

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)

 

Stephen L. DeGiusti    Copy to:
PostRock Energy Corporation    Tull R. Florey
210 Park Avenue    Baker Botts L.L.P.
Oklahoma City    910 Louisiana Street
(405) 600-7704    Houston, Texas 77002

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area

Code, of Agent for Service)

   (713) 229-1234

 

 

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   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   x

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

  5,000,000   $ 1.35(2)   $6,750,000 (2)   $920.70

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plan as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based on the average of the high and low sales price of the shares of Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on May 6, 2013.

 

 

 

PART I

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registers an additional 5,000,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “LTIP”). These shares are in addition to the 850,000 shares of common stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-165260, relating to the LTIP, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2010, the 2,000,000 shares of common stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-174969 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2011 and the 3,000,000 shares of common stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-181480 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2012. The contents of the prior registration statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.

PART II

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  4.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PostRock’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
  4.2    Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-181480).
  4.3    Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to PostRock’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
  4.4    Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on December 17, 2009, Registration No. 333-162366).
  4.5    PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on February 2, 2010).
  4.6    First Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to PostRock’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed on March 8, 2012).
  4.7    Second Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-181480).
  4.8    Third Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
  5.1    Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of UHY LLP.
23.2    Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.
23.3    Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on this 10th day of May, 2013.

 

POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David J. Klvac

  David J. Klvac
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Terry W. Carter, David J. Klvac and Stephen L. DeGiusti his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other 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 or 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 either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on this 10th day of May, 2013.

 

Name

       

Title

/s/ Terry W. Carter

     

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

Terry W. Carter      

/s/ David J. Klvac

     

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

David J. Klvac      

/s/ Duke R. Ligon

     

Chairman of the Board

Duke R. Ligon      

/s/ Nathan M. Avery

     

Director

Nathan M. Avery      

/s/ William H. Damon III

     

Director

William H. Damon III      

/s/ Thomas J. Edelman

     

Director

Thomas J. Edelman      

/s/ J. Philip McCormick

     

Director

J. Philip McCormick      

/s/ Mark A. Stansberry

     

Director

Mark A. Stansberry      

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  4.1    Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PostRock’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
  4.2    Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-181480).
  4.3    Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to PostRock’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
  4.4    Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on December 17, 2009, Registration No. 333-162366).
  4.5    PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on February 2, 2010).
  4.6    First Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to PostRock’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed on March 8, 2012).
  4.7    Second Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to PostRock’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-181480).
  4.8    Third Amendment to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
  5.1    Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of UHY LLP.
23.2    Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.
23.3    Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).

 

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