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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CREDO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Colorado 84-0772991
(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification)
1801 Broadway, Suite 900
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CREDO PETROLEUM CORPORATION 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(as amended and restated effective October 25, 2001)
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mr. James T. Huffman With a copy to:
President Chief Executive Officer Lester R. Woodward, Esq.
CREDO Petroleum Corporation Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
1801 Broadway, Suite 900 1550 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202 Denver, Colorado 80202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(303) 297-2200 (303) 892-9400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of maximum maximum
securities Amount offering aggregate Amount of
to be to be price offering registration
registered registered per share price fee
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Common Stock 280,000 (1) $12.12 (2) $3,394,473 (2) $480.08
($.10 par value
per share)
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(1) Represents additional shares available for issuance under the CREDO
Petroleum Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), includes such
indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price of
options to acquire 280,000 shares of Common Stock that are outstanding under
the Plan as of the date hereof.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement (the "Registration Statement")
on Form S-8 of CREDO Petroleum Corporation (the "Company") is
being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under
the Securities Act. This Registration Statement is being filed
to register 280,000 additional shares of common stock, $0.10 par
value (the "Common Stock"), which are of the same class as the
securities of the Company for which the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-47698) (the "Initial Registration
Statement") was filed, issuable pursuant to the CREDO Petroleum
Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of
the Initial Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by
reference in their entirety.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 CREDO Petroleum Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan,
as amended and restated effective October 25, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 2001, filed with the
Commission on January 29, 2002).
5.1 Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP*
23.1 Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)*
23.2 Consent of Hein & Associates LLP*
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8)*
* Filed herewith.
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 Denver, State of Colorado, on this
29th day of March 2004.
CREDO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By: /s/ James T. Huffman
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James T. Huffman
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints James T. Huffman
and James P. Garrett, Jr., and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such
person, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits hereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done, 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 of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Date Signature Title
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March 29, 2004 /s/ James T. Huffman Chairman of the Board,
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James T. Huffman President, Treasurer
March 29, 2004 /s/ James P. Garrett, Jr. Vice President, Chief
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James P. Garrett, Jr. Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
March 29, 2004 /s/ William N. Beach Director
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William N. Beach
March 29, 2004 /s/ Clarence H. Brown Director
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Clarence H. Brown
March 29, 2004 /s/ Oakley Hall Director
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Oakley Hall
March 29, 2004 /s/ William F. Skewes Director,
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William F. Skewes General Counsel
March 29, 2004 /s/ Richard B. Stevens Director
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Richard B. Stevens
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 CREDO Petroleum Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan,
as amended and restated effective October 25, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 2001, filed with the
Commission on January 29, 2002).
5.1 Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP*
23.1 Consent of Hein & Associates LLP*
23.2 Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8)*
* Filed herewith.
EXHIBIT 5.1
March 29, 2004
Board of Directors
CREDO Petroleum Corporation
1801 Broadway, Suite 900
Denver, Colorado 80202
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
280,000 shares of Common Stock under the CREDO
Petroleum Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to CREDO Petroleum Corporation (the
"Company") in connection with the preparation of a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The
Registration Statement relates to the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of 280,000 shares
of the Company's common stock, $.10 par value per share, reserved
for issuance under the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan").
This opinion is delivered pursuant to the requirements of
Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B under the Act.
In rendering the following opinion, we have examined and
relied only upon the documents specifically described below. In
our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the
documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity with
the original documents of all documents submitted to us as
copies. Our examination was limited to the following documents
and no others:
1. Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
to date;
2. Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date;
3. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company authorizing the adoption of the Plan; and
4. The Registration Statement, exhibits filed in connection
therewith and documents incorporated by reference
therein.
We have not undertaken, nor do we intend to undertake, any
independent investigation beyond such documents and records, or
to verify the adequacy or accuracy of such documents and records.
Our examination of matters of law in connection with the
opinions expressed herein has been limited to, and accordingly
our opinions herein are limited to, the Colorado Business
Corporation Act. We assume no obligation to supplement this
letter if any applicable laws change after the date hereof or if
we become aware of any facts that may change the opinion
expressed herein after the date hereof.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that the Shares are duly and validly authorized and when
issued and sold as contemplated by the Plan and the Registration
Statement, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable shares of capital stock of the Company.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an
Exhibit to the aforesaid Registration Statement. In giving this
consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933 or the rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Very truly yours,
DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference of our report
dated December 22, 2003, accompanying the consolidated financial
statements of CREDO Petroleum Corporation, which are also incorporated
by reference in the Form S-8 Registration Statement of CREDO
Petroleum Corporation and to the use of our name as appearing
under the heading "Exhibits" in the Registration Statement.
Hein & Associates LLP
Denver, Colorado
March 25, 2004