S-8 1 doc1.txt As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April__,2004 Reg.No.33 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _________________________________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ___________________________________ Sionix Corporation. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Nevada 87-0428526 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) 9272 Jeronimo Road, Suite 108 Irvine, CA 92618 Tel: (949) 454-9283 (Address of principal executive offices) ________________________________________________ CONSULTING AGREEMENT (Full title of plan) ________________________________ James Houtz, President 9272 Jeronimo Road, Suite 108 Irvine, CA 92618 (Name and address of agent for service) Tel: (949) 454-9283 (Telephone number, including area code of agent for service) Copy to: Michael L. Corrigan, Esq. 7770 Regents Rd. Suite 113-401 San Diego, CA 92122-1967 (858) 362-1440 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE -------------------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Title of securities Amount to be maximum maximum Amount of to be registered Registered offering price Aggregate offering Registration fee per share Price ------------------ -------------- -------------- ------------------ ----------------- Common Stock (no par value) 3,000,000 $ .02 $ 60,000 $7.60 ------------------ -------------- -------------- ------------------ -----------------
(1) Represents 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued as compensation for services rendered. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of registration fee and pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Item 1 The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating parties in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission pursuant to the introductory Note to Part 1 of Form S-8, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act. Purposes: The Common Stock will be issued by the Company pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Company and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors"). The agreement is intended to provide a method whereby the Company may be stimulated by the personal involvement of the Consultant in the Company's business thereby advancing the interests of the Company, and all of its shareholders. Common Stock: The Board has authorized the issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares of the Common Stock to the Consultant upon effectiveness of the registration statement. Consultants: The Consultant has agreed to provide its expertise and advice to the Company on a non-exclusive basis for the purpose of generally representing the Company with respect to certain legal matters. No Restrictions on Transfer Upon the shares becoming "Earned" pursuant to the terms of Consultant's engagement agreement, the Consultant will become the record and beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock upon issuance and delivery and is entitled to all of the rights of ownership, including the right to vote any shares awarded and to receive ordinary cash dividends on the Common Stock. Tax Treatment to the Consultant The Common Stock is not qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Consultant, therefore, will be deemed for federal income tax purposes to recognize ordinary income during the taxable year in which the first of the following events occurs: (a) the shares become freely transferable, or (b) the shares cease to be subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Accordingly, the Consultant will receive compensation taxable at ordinary rates equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date of receipt since there will be no substantial risk of forfeiture or other restrictions on transfer. If, however, the Consultant receives shares of common stock pursuant to the exercises of an option or options at an exercise price below the fair market value of the shares on the date of exercise, the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the stock on the date of exercise will be deemed ordinary income for federal tax purposes. The Consultant is urged to consult his tax advisor on this matter. Further, if any recipient is an "affiliate", Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act is applicable and will affect the issue of taxation. Tax Treatment to the Company The amount of income recognized by any recipient hereunder in accordance with the foregoing discussion will be an expense deductible by the Company for federal income tax purposes in the taxable year of the Company during which the recipient recognizes income. Restrictions of Resales In the event that an affiliate of the Company acquires shares of Common Stock hereunder, the affiliate will be subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Further, in the event that any affiliate acquiring shares hereunder has sold or sells any shares of Common Stock in the six months preceding or following the receipt of shares hereunder, any so called "profit", as computed under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, would be required to be disgorged from the recipient to the Company. Services rendered have been recognized as valid consideration for the "purchase" of shares in connection with the "profit" computation under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The Company has agreed that for the purpose of any "profit" computation under 16(b) the price paid for the Common Stock issued to affiliates is equal to the value of services rendered. Shares of Common Stock acquired hereunder by persons other than affiliates are not subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. Item 2. Registrant Information A copy of any document or part hereof incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement but not delivered with this Prospectus or any document required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act will be furnished without charge upon written or oral request. Requests should be addressed to: 9272 Jeronimo Road, Suite, Suite 108, Irvine, CA 92618. Legal Opinions and Experts Michael L. Corrigan has rendered an opinion on the validity of the securities being registered. The financial statements of Sionix Corp. by reference in the Company's Annual Report (Form 10-KSB) for the period ended September 30, 2003, have been audited by Kabani & Company, Inc., as set forth in their report incorporated herein by reference and are incorporated herein in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of the firm as experts in auditing and accounting. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement and are not required to be filed with this registration statement: (a) Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003 filed on January 13, 2004 pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (b) Registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB, for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2003, June 30, 2003, and March 31, 2003 and registrant's current reports on Form 8-K, filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under this registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not applicable. Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Subsection 1 of Section 78.037 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the "Nevada Law") empowers a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director or officer to the corporation or its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, but such a provision must not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer for (a) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law or (b) the payment of distributions in violation of Section 78.300of the Nevada Law. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company limit the personal liability of its directors and officers for damages for breach of fiduciary duty in a manner identical in scope to that permitted under the Nevada Law. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company also provide that any repeal or modification of that provision shall apply prospectively only. Subsection 1 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (an "Indemnified Party"), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Indemnified Party acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnified Party reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnified Party's conduct was unlawful. Subsection 2 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any Indemnified Party who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in the capacity of an Indemnified Party against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the Indemnified Party acted under standards similar to those set forth above, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnified Party shall have been adjudged 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 determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances the Indemnified Party is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law further provides that to the extent an Indemnified Party has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsection (1) or (2) described above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify the Indemnified Party against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection therewith. Subsection 1 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that any discretionary indemnification under Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Subsection 2 of Section 78.751, may be made by a corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances. Such determination must be made (a) by the stockholders, (b) by the board of directors of the corporation by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (c) if a majority vote of a quorum of such disinterested directors so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum of such disinterested directors cannot be obtained. Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that a corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may require the corporation to pay as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of a criminal or civil action, suit or proceeding, the expenses of officers and directors in defending such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Subsection 2 further provides that the provisions of that Subsection 2 do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than officers and directors may be entitled under contract or otherwise by law. Subsection 3 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that indemnification and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.751 does not exclude any other rights to which the Indemnified Party may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or in another capacity while holding his office. However, indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses under Subsection 2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation if a final adjudication establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action. Additionally, the scope of such indemnification and advancement of expenses shall continue as to an Indemnified Party who has ceased to hold one of positions specified above, and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Section 78.752 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of an Indemnified Party for any liability asserted against such person and liabilities and expenses incurred by such person in his or her capacity as an Indemnified Party or arising out of such person's status as an Indemnified Party whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of Indemnified Parties substantially identical in scope to that permitted under the Nevada Law. Such Bylaws provide that the expenses of directors and officers of the Company incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, must be paid by the Company as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The above-described provisions relating to the indemnification of directors and officers are sufficiently broad to permit the indemnification of such persons in certain circumstances against liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. The Exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the index to Exhibits. Item 9. Undertakings. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: 1. To file, during the period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof), which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement., and, (iii) 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; provided, however, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 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. 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. 4. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information. 5. 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee pursuant to the plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) for 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. 6. 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 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. 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, whereunto duly authorized, in Irvine, California, on April 12, 2004. Sionix Corp. By /s/ James Houtz ----------------------------- James Houtz, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated: Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- (1) Principal Executive Officer /s/ James J. Houtz President and a Director April 12, 2004 ------------------------------ James J. Houtz (2) Principal Financial and Accounting Officer /s/ Robert E. McCray Chief Financial Officer April 12, 2004 ------------------------------ and a Director Robert E. McCray (3) Directors /s/ Joan C.Horowitz Secretary/Treasurer and a April 12, 2004 ------------------------------ Director Joan C. Horowitz /s/ Rodney Anderson Director April 12, 2004 ------------------------------ Rodney Anderson INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION --- ----------- 4.1 Consulting Agreement, Christina Posey 5.1 Opinion of Counsel, Michael L. Corrigan 23.1 Consent of Kabani & Company, Inc. 23.2 Consent of Michael L. Corrigan (included in Exhibit 5)