U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIVESTAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 6770 98-0204736
(State or jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
62 West 8th Avenue, 4th Floor, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada V5Y 1M7; (604) 682-6541
(Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices and
principal place of business)
EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN FOR THE YEAR 2003
(Full title of the Plans)
Raymond Hawkins, 62 West 8th Avenue, 4th Floor,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Y 1M7
(Name and address of agent for service)
(604) 682-6541
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be Amount to be Proposed offering aggregate offering Amount of
registered registered price per share (1) price registration fee
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Common Stock 30,000,000 $0.01 (2) $ 300,000 $27.60
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Total 30,000,000 $ 300,000 $27.60
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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.
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 April 16, 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-KSB 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
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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
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
indemnification; advancement of expenses; limitation on indemnification and
advancement of expenses.
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"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
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.
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"(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."
The Registrant, with approval of the Registrant's Board of Directors,
has obtained directors' and officers' liability insurance.
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.
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(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
authorized, in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, on September 5, 2003.
LIVESTAR ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC.
By /s/ Raymond Hawkins
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Raymond Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer
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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
/s/ Raymond Hawkins Chief Executive Officer and Director September 5, 2003
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Raymond Hawkins
/s/Edwin Kwong Chief Operating Officer, Chief September 5, 2003
-------------------- Financial Officer and Director
Edwin Kwong
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Employee Stock Incentive Plan for the Year 2003
5 Opinion Re: Legality
23.1 Consent of Accountants
23.2 Consent of Counsel
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