0001104659-13-021786.txt : 20130318 0001104659-13-021786.hdr.sgml : 20130318 20130318170014 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-13-021786 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130318 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130318 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEOKINETICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000314606 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 941690082 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-166835 FILM NUMBER: 13698718 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 CITYWEST BLVD., SUITE 800 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 850-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 421129 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77242 S-8 POS 1 a13-7694_1s8pos.htm S-8 POS

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2013

Registration No. 333-166835

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1

 

to

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

GEOKINETICS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

94-1690082

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 800

Houston, Texas 77042

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

Geokinetics Inc. 2010 Stock Awards Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

William L. Moll, Jr., Esq.

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

1500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 800

Houston, Texas 77042

281-848-6920

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

 

Copies to:

 

David P. Elder

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

713-220-5800

 

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company x

 

 

 

 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Geokinetics Inc. (the “Company”) registered 1,600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), for issuance under the Company’s 2010 Stock Awards Plan (the “Stock Plan”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-166835) filed with the SEC on May 14, 2010 (the “Registration Statement”).

 

As previously disclosed, on March 10, 2013, the Company and its domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.  As contemplated by the Debtors’ Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Bankruptcy Plan”), all equity interests in the Company, including shares of Common Stock and any purchase rights, options, warrants, or other instruments or documents directly or indirectly evidencing or creating any equity interest in the Company, will be cancelled on the effective date of the Bankruptcy Plan.

 

Accordingly, the Company has filed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 with the SEC to remove from registration any unissued shares of Common Stock under the Stock Plan that were previously registered under the Registration Statement and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

 

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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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas, on March 18, 2013.

 

 

GEOKINETICS INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William L. Moll, Jr.

 

 

William L. Moll, Jr.

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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