-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QjF8mCfpdg53pOfud9BtCNA/3a0dShwPT/HAy4jjF6EofgaWmm2F+qW+PB32FHkm PVSDPWoyKRu77SxKqL39Tw== 0000909334-04-000200.txt : 20040716 0000909334-04-000200.hdr.sgml : 20040716 20040716135517 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909334-04-000200 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040714 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20040716 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BEARD CO /OK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909992 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL INORGANIC CHEMICALS [2810] IRS NUMBER: 730970298 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OK FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12396 FILM NUMBER: 04917750 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5600 N MAY AVE STREET 2: STE 320 CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73112 BUSINESS PHONE: 4058422333 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5600 N MAY STREET 2: STE 320 CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY STATE: OK ZIP: 73112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BEARD INVESTMENT CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930730 8-K 1 bcform8k-071604.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report July 16, 2004 Date of earliest event reported July 14, 2004 THE BEARD COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Oklahoma 0-12396 73-0970298 (State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) Enterprise Plaza 5600 N. May Avenue Suite 320 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) N/A (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) THE BEARD COMPANY FORM 8-K Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits. (c) The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K and are identified by the numbers indicated: Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 99 Press Release dated July 15, 2004 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure. Complete details concerning the matter which Registrant has elected to disclose are set forth in the News Release attached as Exhibit 99 hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. THE BEARD COMPANY /s/ Herb Mee, Jr. ------------------------------- Herb Mee, Jr., President July 16, 2004 EX-99 2 bcform8kex99-071604.txt Exhibit 99 [The Beard Company Logo] THE BEARD COMPANY News Release Enterprise Plaza, Suite 320 5600 North May Avenue Herb Mee, Jr., President Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112 (405) 842-2333 OTCBB: BRCO THE BEARD COMPANY ANNOUNCES EXECUTION OF SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR MICHIGAN ENERGY COMPANY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 15, 2004 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma --- The Beard Company (OTCBB:BRCO) today reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beard Technologies, Inc. ("BTI"), has signed an agreement to provide dredging services and equipment for DTE Dickerson, LLC. DTE Dickerson is a subsidiary of DTE Energy Company (NYSE:DTE), a full service energy and energy technology company, based in Detroit, Michigan. DTE Dickerson is a coal processing and preparation company that is recovering and processing fine coal from the Dickerson #3 Pond adjacent to the LLC's coal preparation facility in Harrison County, Ohio. BTI will provide the know-how, labor, materials and certain necessary equipment to perform the services required during the initial two year agreement term. The term is extendible at DTE Dickerson's option for an additional term of up to four years. Herb Mee, Jr., President of the Company, stated: "Four weeks ago we disclosed that BTI was actively working on several coal reclamation projects. We are pleased to report that the first agreement on these pending projects has now been finalized. BTI is already staffing up for the Dickerson project and expects to be moving equipment on site during the first week of August." The Beard Company's common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol: BRCO. Its operations consist principally of coal reclamation activities, carbon dioxide (CO2) gas production, the construction of fertilizer plants in China, and its e-commerce activities aimed at developing business opportunities to leverage starpay(TM)'s intellectual property portfolio of Internet payment methods and security technologies. # # # # # FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Mee, Jr. Fax Number (405) 842-9901 Email: hmee@beardco.com -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----