NEXIA HOLDINGS,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada 84-1062062
(State or
other jurisdiction
of (I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
59 West 100 South, Second
Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
(Address
of principal executive offices)
The Amended 2008 Benefit
Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc.
(Full
title of the plan)
Richard D. Surber, 59 West
100 South, Second Floor, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
(Name,
address, including zip code, of agent for service)
Telephone
number for Issuer: (801) 575-8073
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title
of Securities to be Registered
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Amounts
to be Registered
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Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1)
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount
of Registration Fee
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Common
Stock, 0.0001 par value
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2,000,000,000
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$0.0001
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$200,000
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$11.16
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(1)
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Bona
fide estimate of maximum offering price solely for calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933,
based on the average bid and asked price of the registrant's common stock as of February 2, 2009, a date within five
business days prior to the date of filing of this registration
statement.
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In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the Plan described herein.
Registration
Statement Pursuant to General Instruction E to form S-8
2008
Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc.
This Registration Statement is being
filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, to reflect that the Board
of Directors of Nexia Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") has
amended The 2008 Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc. as originally filed by the
Company in a Form S-8 filed on October 12, 2007, SEC file no. 333-146693, as
amended on February 11, 2008, SEC file no 333-149145, as amended on March 13,
2008, SEC file no. 333-149145, and as amended on August 22, 2008, SEC file no.
333-153134, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. This
Registration statement will increase the number of reverse stock split shares to
be included in the amended plan by Two Billion (2,000,000,000) shares of
the common stock of the Company.
The
2,000,000,000 shares registered hereunder increases the total number of shares
registered under The 2008 Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc. as amended to
2,101,350,000, reflecting the 1 for 1,000 reverse stock split that became fully
effective as of July 29, 2008.
The
amendment to the 2008 Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc. is filed as
Exhibit "A"
hereto. The additional Two Billion (2,000,000,000) shares are
being registered hereby.
The total
number of shares registered under the 2008 Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc.
as amended will be 2,101,350,000.
The
following documents, all of which were previously filed by the Registrant with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference:
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(a)
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The
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2007, filed with the Commission on May 16,
2008.
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(b)
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The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 2008, filed with the Commission on November 14,
2008.
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(c)
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The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 2008, filed with the Commission on August 19,
2008.
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(d)
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The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for its fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on August 22,
2008.
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(e)
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All
Forms 8-K filed during the year of 2008 through January 30,
2009.
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ITEM
8-Exhibits
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Exhibits
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SEC Ref. No.
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Description of Exhibit
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Page
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A
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4
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Fourth
Amendment to 2008 Stock Benefit Plan of the Company
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3
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B
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5,
23(b)
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Opinion
and consent of Counsel with respect to the legality of the issuance of
securities being issued
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4
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C
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23(a)
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Consents
of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
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5
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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, on February 2,
2009.
Nexia
Holdings, Inc.
By: /s/ Richard
Surber .
Richard D. Surber, as 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 date
indicated.
/s/ Richard
D. Surber
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Richard
D. Surber
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Director |
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/s/ Adrienne
Bernstein
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Adrienne
Bernstein
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Director |
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Nexia
Holdings, Inc.
(a Nevada
corporation)
INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
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Exhibits
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SEC Ref. No.
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Description of Exhibit
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Page
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A
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4
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Fourth
Amendment to 2008 Stock Benefit Plan of the Company
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3
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B
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5,
23(b)
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Opinion
and consent of Counsel with respect to the legality of the issuance of
securities being issued
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4
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C
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Consents
of Independent Registered Accounting Firm
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THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE
2008
BENEFIT PLAN
OF
NEXIA
HOLDINGS, INC.
THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE 2008 BENEFIT PLAN OF NEXIA HOLDINGS, INC.
Nexia
Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"),
hereby adopts The Fourth Amendment to the 2008 Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings,
Inc. (the "Plan") this 12th day of
January, 2009. Under the Plan, the Company may issue stock, or grant
options to acquire the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 (the "Stock"), from time to time to employees of
the Company or its subsidiaries, all on the terms and conditions set forth
herein ("Benefits"). In
addition, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, Benefits may from time to
time be granted under this Plan to other individuals, including consultants or
advisors, who contribute to the success of the Company or its subsidiaries, but
are not employees of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided that bona fide
services shall be rendered by consultants and advisors and such services must
not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising
transaction. No stock may be issued, or option granted under the benefit plan to
consultants, advisors, or other persons who directly or indirectly promote or
maintain a market for the Company's securities.
1.Purpose of the Plan.
The Plan is intended to aid the Company in maintaining and developing a
management team, attracting qualified officers and employees capable of assuring
the future success of the Company, and rewarding those individuals who have
contributed to the success of the Company. The Company has designed
this Plan to aid it in retaining the services of executives and employees and in
attracting new personnel when needed for future operations and growth and to
provide such personnel with an incentive to remain employees of the Company, to
use their best efforts to promote the success of the Company's business, and to
provide them with an opportunity to obtain or increase a proprietary interest in
the Company. It is also designed to permit the Company to reward
those individuals who are not employees of the Company, but who management
perceives to have contributed to the success of the Company or who are important
to the continued business and operations of the Company. The above
goals will be achieved through the granting of Benefits.
2.Administration of this
Plan. Administration of this Plan shall be determined by the
Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). Subject to compliance with applicable provisions
of the governing law, the Board may delegate administration of this Plan or
specific administrative duties with respect to this Plan on such terms and to
such committees of the Board as it deems proper (hereinafter the Board or its
authorized committee shall be referred to as "Plan
Administrators"). The interpretation and
construction of the terms of this Plan by the Plan Administrators thereof shall
be final and binding on all participants in this Plan absent a showing of
demonstrable error. No member of the Plan Administrators shall be
liable for any action taken or determination made in good faith with respect to
this Plan. Any Benefit approved by a majority vote of those Plan
Administrators attending a duly and properly held meeting shall be
valid. Any Benefit approved by the Plan Administrators shall be
approved as specified by the Board at the time of delegation.
3.Shares of Stock Subject to
this Plan. A total of Two Billion One Hundred One
Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (2,101,350,000) shares of post reverse
Stock may be subject to, or issued pursuant to, Benefits granted under this
Plan. If any right to acquire Stock granted under this Plan is
exercised by the delivery of shares of Stock or the relinquishment of rights to
shares of Stock, only the net shares of Stock issued (the shares of stock issued
less the shares of Stock surrendered) shall count against the total number of
shares reserved for issuance under the terms of this Plan. All shares
subject to this Amendment and plan are subsequent to the 1 for 1,000 reverse
stock split carried out by the Company and made fully effective as of July 29,
2008 and thus are post-reverse shares.
4.Reservation of Stock on
Granting of Option. At the time any Option is granted under
the terms of this Plan, the Company will reserve for issuance the number of
shares of Stock subject to such Option until it is exercised or
expires. The Company may reserve either authorized, but unissued
shares or issued shares reacquired by the Company.
5.Eligibility. The
Plan Administrators may grant Benefits to employees, officers, and directors of
the Company and its subsidiaries, as may be existing from time to time, and to
other individuals who are not employees of the Company or its subsidiaries,
including consultants and advisors, provided that such consultants and advisors
render bona fide services to the Company or its subsidiaries and such services
are not rendered in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a
capital-raising transaction. In any case, the Plan Administrators
shall determine, based on the foregoing limitations and the Company's best interests, which employees, officers, directors,
consultants and advisors are eligible to participate in this
Plan. Benefits shall be in the amounts, and shall have the rights and
be subject to the restrictions, as may be determined by the Plan Administrators,
all as may be within the provisions of this Plan.
6.Term of Options issued as
Benefits and Certain Limitations on Right to Exercise.
a.Each
Option issued as a benefit hereunder ("Option") shall have its term established by the Plan Administrators at
the time the Option is granted.
b.The
term of the Option, once it is granted, may be reduced only as provided for in
this Plan and under the express written provisions of the Option.
c.Unless
otherwise specifically provided by the written provisions of the Option or
required by applicable disclosure or other legal requirements promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), no participant of this Plan or his or her legal
representative, legatee, or distributee will be, or shall be deemed to be, a
holder of any shares subject to an Option unless and until such participant
exercises his or her right to acquire all or a portion of the Stock subject to
the Option and delivers the required consideration to the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Plan and then only as to the number of shares of Stock
acquired. Except as specifically provided in this Plan or as
otherwise specifically provided by the written provisions of the Option, no
adjustment to the exercise price or the number of shares of Stock subject to the
Option shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is
prior to the date on which the Stock subject to the Option is acquired by the
holder.
d.Options
shall vest and become exercisable at such time or times and on such terms as the
Plan Administrators may determine at the time of the grant of the
Option.
e.Options
may contain such other provisions, including further lawful restrictions on the
vesting and exercise of the Options as the Plan Administrators may deem
advisable.
f.In no
event may an Option be exercised after the expiration of its term.
g.Options
shall be non-transferable, except by the laws of descent and
distribution.
7.Exercise
Price. The Plan Administrators shall establish the
exercise price payable to the Company for shares to be obtained pursuant to
Options, which exercise price may be amended from time to time as the Plan
Administrators shall determine.
8.Payment of Exercise
Price. The exercise of any Option shall be contingent on
receipt by the Company of the exercise price paid in either cash, certified or
personal check payable to the Company.
9.Withholding. If
the grant of a Benefit hereunder, or exercise of an Option given as a Benefit is
subject to withholding or other trust fund payment requirements of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or applicable state or local laws, the Company will initially
pay the Optionee's liability and will be reimbursed by
Optionee no later than six months after such liability arises and Optionee
hereby agrees to such reimbursement terms.
10.Dilution or Other
Adjustment. The shares of Common Stock subject to this Plan
and the exercise price of outstanding Options are subject to proportionate
adjustment in the event of a stock dividend on the Common Stock or a change in
the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as a result of a
stock split, consolidation, or other recapitalization. The Company,
at its option, may adjust the Options, issue replacements, or declare Options
void.
11.Benefits to Foreign
Nationals. The Plan Administrators may, in order to
fulfill the purpose of this Plan and without amending this Plan, grant Benefits
to foreign nationals or individuals residing in foreign countries that contain
provisions, restrictions, and limitations different from those set forth in this
Plan and the Benefits made to United States residents in order to recognize
differences among the countries in law, tax policy, and custom. Such
grants shall be made in an attempt to give such individuals essentially the same
benefits as contemplated by a grant to United States residents under the terms
of this Plan.
12.Listing and Registration of
Shares. Each Option shall be subject to the requirement
that if at any time the Plan Administrators shall determine, in their sole
discretion, that it is necessary or desirable to list, register, or qualify the
shares covered thereby on any securities exchange or under any state or federal
law, or obtain the consent or approval of any governmental agency or regulatory
body as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Option or
the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such Option may not be exercised
in whole or in part unless and until such listing, registration, consent, or
approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not
acceptable to the Plan Administrators.
13.Expiration and Termination
of this Plan. This Plan may be abandoned or terminated at any
time by the Plan Administrators except with respect to any Options then
outstanding under this Plan. This Plan shall otherwise terminate on
the earlier of the date that is five years from the date first appearing in this
Plan or the date on which the Two Billion One Hundred One Million Three
Hundred Fifty Thousandth share is issued hereunder.
14.Amendment of this
Plan. The Plan Administrators may modify and amend this
Plan in any respect.
ATTEST:
/s/ Richard
Surber .
Richard
D. Surber, President
MICHAEL
GOLIGHTLY
59 West
100 South
Second
FloorTelephone: (801) 575-8073 ext 105
Attorney
at LawSalt Lake City, Utah 84101Facsimile: (801) 575-8092
January
30, 2009
Board of
Directors
Nexia
Holdings, Inc.
59 West
100 South, Second Floor
Salt Lake
City, Utah 84101
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Re:
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Legality
and Authorization of Shares Issued Under Form S-8 Registration
Statement
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Gentlemen:
I have
acted as special counsel for Nexia Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"Company"), in the limited capacity of
rendering an opinion regarding the legality and authorization of the shares
proposed to be registered under a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("the Commission")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ("the
Act"). The Company is registering an Amended
Benefit Plan entitled "The Fourth Amendment to the 2008
Benefit Plan of Nexia Holdings, Inc." (the "Benefit Plan") pursuant to which the
Company has authorized the issuance of an additional Two Billion
(2,000,000,000) shares of the Company’s common stock in addition to the original
authorization and amendments thereto for a total of Two Billion One Hundred
One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand (2,101,350,000) shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $.0001 (the "Shares") (all numbers reflect the a for
1,000 reverse stock split that was declared by the Company in July of
2008).
In
connection with the preparation of this Opinion, I have examined the
following:
1. The
Company's Articles of Incorporation and amendments thereto
and Bylaws as submitted to me by the Company pursuant to my request for
same;
2. The
Registration Statement herein referenced;
3. The Board
of Director’s Resolution, dated January 12, 2009, authorizing and approving
the Company's Fourth Amendment to the 2008 Benefit
Plan and the preparation of the Registration Statement;
4.
The Company's Section 10(a) Prospectus for the
Registration Statement;
5.
The Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007;
6. The
Company's Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and
September 30, 3008.;
7. Such
other documents as I have deemed necessary for the purposes of this
Opinion.
Additionally,
I have made such investigations of federal law as I have considered necessary
and appropriate to form a basis for this opinion. My opinion is
qualified by the scope of the review specified herein and I make no
representations as to the sufficiency of my investigation for this
opinion. I further expressly exempt from this opinion any
representations as to the completeness, adequacy, accuracy or any other aspect
of the financial statements incorporated in the Registration
Statement.
The
documentation and representations provided to me for this opinion by the Company
and its duly authorized representatives indicate that the Company is validly
organized under the laws of the State of Nevada; the Company is current in its
filings with the Commission; the Company's Board of
Directors has authorized the Benefit Plan; the Company's
Board of Directors has authorized the filing of the Registration Statement; and
that the Two Billion (2,000,000,000) new shares to be included
in the Registration Statement are available for issuance based upon corporate
documentation and on the amount of shares actually issued and
outstanding. As such, I am of the opinion that the Shares
herein referenced have been duly and validly authorized and that subject to
compliance with all provision of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued as
fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock in the
Company.
This
opinion is based upon and subject to the qualifications and limitations
specified below:
(A)
Certain of the remedial provisions of the 2008 Benefit Plan may be further
limited or rendered unenforceable by other applicable laws and
interpretations.
(B) In
rendering the opinion that the shares of the Common Stock to be registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement and issued under the Benefit Plan will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, I assumed that: (1) the
Company's Board of Directors has exercised good faith in
establishing the value paid for the Shares; (2) all issuances and cancellations
of the capital stock of the Company will be fully and accurately reflected in
the Company's Stock Records as provided by the Company's transfer agent; and (3) the consideration, as determined by
the Company's Board of Directors, to be received in
exchange for each issuance of common stock of the Company, has been paid in full
and actually received by the Company.
(C) I
have made no independent verification of the facts asserted to be true and
accurate by authorized representatives of the Company and have assumed that no
person or entity has engaged in fraud or misrepresentation regarding the
inducement relating to, or the execution or delivery of, the documents
reviewed.
(D) In
rendering this opinion I have assumed that all signatures are genuine, that all
documents submitted to me as copies conform substantially to the originals, that
all documents have been duly executed on or as of the date represented on the
documents, that execution and delivery of the documents was duly authorized on
the part of the parties, that all documents are legal, valid and binding on the
parties and that all corporate records are complete.
(E) I
have assumed that the Company is satisfying the substantive requirements of Form
S-8 and I expressly disclaim any opinion regarding the Company's compliance with such requirements, whether they are of federal
or state origin, or any opinion as to the subsequent tradeability of any Shares
issued pursuant to the Benefit Plan.
(F) I am
admitted to practice law in the State of Utah. I am not admitted to
practice law in the State of Nevada or in any other jurisdiction where the
Company may own property or transact business. This opinion is with
respect to federal law only and I have not consulted legal counsel from any
other jurisdiction for the purpose of the opinion contained herein. I
expressly except from this opinion any opinion as to whether or to what extent a
Nevada court or any other court would apply Nevada law, or the law of any other
state or jurisdiction, to any particular aspect of the facts, circumstances and
transactions that are the subject of this opinion.
(G) This
opinion is strictly limited to the parameters contained and referenced herein
and is valid only as to the signature date with respect to the
same. I assume no responsibility to advise you of any subsequent
changes or developments which might affect any aspect to this
opinion.
I hereby
consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. This opinion may not be used, relied upon, circulated,
quoted or otherwise referenced in whole or in part for any purpose without my
written consent.
Sincerely,
/s/
Michael Golightly
Michael
Golightly
Exhibit
C
HANSEN,
BARNETT & MAXWELL, P.C.
A
Professional Corporation
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
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Lake City, UT
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Phone:
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Nexia Holdings, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated April 15, 2008 (which
includes an emphasis paragraph relating to an uncertainty as to the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern), included in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Nexia Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2007.
/s/ HANSEN, BARNETT &
MAXWELL , P.C.
HANSEN, BARNETT & MAXWELL,
P.C.
Salt Lake
City, Utah
February
2, 2009