S-8 1 p0296_s-8.htm FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
SKYSTAR BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
33-0901534
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Rm. 10601, Jiezuo Plaza
No.4, Fenghui Road South,
Gaoxin District, Xian Province, P.R. China
 
 
N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

2006 Consultant Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)

Steve Zhu, Esq.
AllBright Law Offices
Citigroup Tower, 14th Floor
No. 33, Hua Yuan Shi Qiao Road
Shanghai, P.R. China 200120
(Name and address of agent for service)

852-2591-1221
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

copies to:

Kevin Leung, Esq.
Richardson & Patel LLP
10900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310-208-1182
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Securities to
be registered
 
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per
share (2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
 
Amount of
registration fee
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock
1,199,648
$1.88
$2,255,338.20
$241.32

(1) Includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust the number of shares issued pursuant to the stock plan described herein as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the registrant’s outstanding common stock.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating amount of registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on February 21, 2006, as reported on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
 
Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
 
(a)  The Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed by the Company with the Commission on Form 10KSB on May 20, 2005, which contains audited consolidated financial statements for the Company’s most recent annual report for which such statements have been filed.
 
(b)  The Quarterly Reports for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 filed by the Company with the Commission on Form 10-QSB on June 20, 2005, September 6, 2005, and December 1, 2005, respectively. The Current Reports filed by the Company with the Commission on Form 8-K on September 26, 2005, October 20, 2005, November 14, 2005, January 19, 2006, January 23, 2006, as amended on January 27, 2006, and February 27, 2006.
 
(c)  The description of the Company’s common stock included in the registration statement on Form 10-SB, file no. 333-81942, filed with the Commission on November 16, 1999, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating that description.
 
(d)  In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


Item 4.
Description of Securities.

Not applicable. The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.


Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Richardson & Patel LLP has given an opinion on the validity of the securities being registered hereunder. Erick Richardson and Nimish Patel, partners of the law firm, are eligible to receive shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to this Form S-8 registration statement.


Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that we may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any action, suit or proceeding brought 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 or other entity. The expenses that are subject to this indemnity include attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. In order for us to provide this statutory indemnity, the indemnified party must not be liable under Nevada Revised Statutes section 78.138 or must have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. With respect to a criminal action or proceeding, the indemnified party must have had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
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Section 78.7502 also provides that we may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any action or suit brought by or on behalf of the corporation by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the corporation as 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 or other entity against expenses actually or reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he is not liable under Nevada Revised Statutes section 78.138 of if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. We may not indemnify a person if the person is 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 such action or suit was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.

Section 78.7502 requires us to indemnify our directors or officers against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with his defense, if he has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter.

The Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides the following with respect to liability:

"A director or officer of the corporation shall not be personally liable to this corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, but this Article shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer for (i) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law or (ii) the unlawful payment of dividends. Any repeal or modification of this Article by stockholders of the corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of the corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or modification."

The Company’s Articles of Incorporation provide the following with respect to indemnification:

“Every person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by the reason of the fact that he or she, or a person with whom he or she is a legal representative, is or was a director of the corporation, or who is serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, or is a representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent legally permissible under the laws of the State of Nevada from time to time against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid or to be paid in a settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by him or her in connection therewith. Such right of indemnification shall be a contract right which may be enforced in any manner desired by such person. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, under 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 or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Such right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right of such directors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire, and, without limiting the generality of such statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, provision of law, or otherwise, as well as their rights under this article.
 
Without limiting the application of the foregoing, the Board of Directors may adopt By-Laws from time to time without respect to indemnification, to provide at all times the fullest indemnification permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, and may cause the corporation to purchase or maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer.”
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The Company's Bylaws also provides that “no officer or director shall be personally liable for any obligations arising out of any acts or conduct of said officer or director performed for or on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall and does hereby indemnify and hold harmless each person and his heirs and administrators who shall serve at any time hereafter as a director or officer of the Corporation from and against any and all claims, judgments and liabilities to which such persons shall become subject by reason of any action alleged to have been heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to have been taken by him as such director or officer, and shall reimburse each such person for all legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such claim of liability; including power to defend such person from all suits as provided for under the provisions of the Nevada Corporation Laws; provided, however that no such person shall be indemnified against, or be reimbursed for, any expense incurred in connection with any claim or liability arising out of his own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The rights accruing to any person under the foregoing provisions of this section shall not exclude any other right to which he may lawfully be entitled, nor shall anything herein contained restrict the right of the Corporation to indemnify or reimburse such person in any proper case, even though not specifically herein provided for. The Corporation, its directors, officers, employees and agents shall be fully protected in taking any action or making any payment or in refusing so to do in reliance upon the advice of counsel.”

The Company has been advised that it is the position of the Commission that insofar as the provision in the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, may be invoked for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, the provision is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.


Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.


Item 8.
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
4
  2006 Consultant Stock Plan 
5
  Opinion regarding legality 
23.1
  Consent of Weinberg & Company, P.A. 
23.2
  Consent of GC Alliance Limited 
23.3
  Consent of Richardson & Patel LLP (included in Exhibit 5) 
     
 
 
Item 9.
Undertakings.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement (1) 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; and (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.
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(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 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)  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.


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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 Gaoxin District, Xian Province, People’s Republic of China, on March 1, 2006.
 
 
SKYSTAR BIO-PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY,
a Nevada corporation
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
By: 
/s/ Weibing Lu
 

Weibing Lu
 
Chief Executive Officer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Name
 
Title
 
Date
 
/s/  Weibing Lu

Weibing Lu
 
 
Chief Executive Officer / Director
 
 
March 1, 2006
 
/s/ Erna Gao

Erna Gao
 
 
Chief Financial Officer / Director
 
 
March 1, 2006
 
/s/ Wei Wen

Wei Wen
 
 
Secretary / Director
 
 
March 1, 2006
 
/s/ Xinya Zhang

Xinya Zhang
 
 
Director
 
 
March 1, 2006
 
/s/ R. Scott Cramer

R. Scott Cramer
 
 
Director
 
 
March 1, 2006
 
/s/ Steve Lowe

Steve Lowe
 
 
Director
 
 
March 1, 2006

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