0001104659-20-007173.txt : 20200127 0001104659-20-007173.hdr.sgml : 20200127 20200127164847 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-20-007173 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200127 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200127 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BATTALION OIL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001282648 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 200700684 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-213565 FILM NUMBER: 20550243 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 6600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 832-538-0300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 6600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HALCON RESOURCES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120209 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RAM ENERGY RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060518 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040304 S-8 POS 1 a20-5869_2s8pos.htm S-8 POS

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2020

 

Registration No. 333-217174

Registration No. 333-213565

Registration No. 333-204001

Registration No. 333-188948

Registration No. 333-183559

Registration No. 333-180099

Registration No. 333-166893

Registration No. 333-151428

Registration No. 333-137311

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-217174)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-213565)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-204001)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-188948)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-183559)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-180099)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-166893)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-151428)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-137311)

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Battalion Oil Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

20-0700684

(State of Incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1000 Louisiana St., Suite 6600
Houston, Texas

 

77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Halcón Resources Corporation 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Halcón Resources Corporation First Amended and Restated 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Halcón Resources Corporation 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Halcón Resources Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan

Ram Energy Resources, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Pan

(Full title of the plan)

 

Walter Mayer

Vice President, Legal

Battalion Oil Corporation

1000 Louisiana St., Suite 6600

Houston, Texas 77002

(832) 538-0300

(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company x

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicated by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act o

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE / DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Battalion Oil Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) these Post-Effective Amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) in connection with the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (each a “Registration Statement” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed with the Commission:

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-217174, filed on April 6, 2017, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-213565, filed on September 9, 2016, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-204001, filed on May 8, 2015, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation First Amended and Restated 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-188948, filed on May 30, 2013, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation First Amended and Restated 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-183559, filed on August 27, 2012, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-180099, filed on March 14, 2012, relating to the Halcón Resources Corporation 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-166893, filed on May 17, 2010, relating to the Ram Resources, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-151428, filed on June 5, 2008, relating to the Ram Resources, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and

 

·                  Registration Statement No. 333-137311, filed on September 14, 2006, relating to the Ram Resources, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

 

On August 7, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”).  On September 24, 2019, the Court entered an order confirming the Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”), under which, on October 8, 2019, the effective date of the Plan, all shares of common stock and other equity in the Company were cancelled and terminated.  Accordingly, all offerings of the Company’s securities, including those pursuant to the Registration Statements, have also been terminated.

 

In accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of post-effective amendments, any of the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements for issuance that remain unissued at the termination of the offerings, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all of the securities of the Company registered under the Registration Statements that remain unissued as of the date of these Post-Effective Amendments, and hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.

 

As no securities are being registered herein, and the sole purpose of this filing is to terminate and deregister, the disclosure requirements for exhibits under Regulation S-K Item 601 are inapplicable to this filing.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on January 27, 2020.

 

 

BATTALION OIL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard H. Little

 

 

Richard H. Little

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, these Post-Effective Amendments have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on January 27, 2020.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

 

 

/s/ Richard H. Little

 

 

Richard H. Little

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

/s/ Ragan T. Altizer

 

 

Ragan T. Altizer

 

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

 

 

 

/s/ William Transier

 

 

William Transier

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/ Scott Germann

 

 

Scott Germann

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/ Gregory Hinds

 

 

Gregory Hinds

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/ William Carapucci

 

 

William Carapucci

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/ Allen Li

 

 

Allen Li

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/ David Chang

 

 

David Chang

 

Director

 

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