0000721748-15-000022.txt : 20150109 0000721748-15-000022.hdr.sgml : 20150109 20150109124902 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000721748-15-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001530746 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 900898007 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-177532 FILM NUMBER: 15518352 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 305 SOUTH ANDREWS AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 209 CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33301 BUSINESS PHONE: 954-5347895 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 305 SOUTH ANDREWS AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 209 CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Alternative Fuels America, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110921 S-8 POS 1 afai010615posam.htm

 

 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2015

 

Registration No. 333-186566

 

 

 

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

  

ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMERICAS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
51-0347728
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   

305 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 209

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)

33301
(Zip Code)

________________

 

2011 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

________________

 

Craig Frank

President and Chief Executive Officer

305 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 209

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(954) 534-7985
(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, 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:

  

 

 

Large accelerated filer: [ ]   Accelerated filer: [ ] 
Non-accelerated filer: [ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company: [x]  

 
 

 

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, par value $0.001

per share

7,500,000 $0.068 $ 510,000 $59.26
         

 

(1)In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of shares of common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions contained in the employee benefit plan described herein.

 

(2)The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-186566 (the “Registration Statement”) is to register an additional 7,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. (the “Company”), which may be offered pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended on November 24, 2014.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

 

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.  The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by the Registration Statement as required by Rule 428 under the Securities Act.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (excluding any portions of such documents that have been “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)):

 

·The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013;
·The Company’s other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document listed in the first bullet above;
·The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company’s final prospectus (the “Final Prospectus”) dated February 7, 2012, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 335-177532); and
·All other documents filed by the Company under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.

 

Any statement contained in the Registration Statement or a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in the Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities

 

Reference is made to the description of the Common Stock confined in the Final Prospectus incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

The validity of the Common Stock being registered in the Registration Statement has been passed upon by Gutierrez Bergman Boulris, P.L.L.C., Coral Gables, Florida. A member of Gutierrez Bergman Boulris beneficially owns 700,000 shares of the Common Stock.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”) provides that a Delaware corporation may 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 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, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding 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, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person 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 any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against any expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto validly approved by stockholders may eliminate or limit personal liability of members of its board of directors or governing body for breach of a director’s fiduciary duty. However, no such provision may eliminate or limit the liability of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act on good faith, engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase which was illegal or obtaining an improper personal benefit. A provision of this type has no effect on the availability of equitable remedies, such as injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides for such limitation of liability.

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The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and its Bylaws, as amended (the “Bylaws”), subject to certain exemptions and conditions, require the Company to indemnify to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware in the event each person who is involved in legal proceedings by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Company’s best interests and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. The Company is also required to advance to such persons expenses incurred in defending a proceeding to which indemnification might apply, provided the recipient provides an undertaking agreeing to repay all such advanced amounts if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified. In addition, the Bylaws specifically provide that the indemnification rights granted thereunder are non-exclusive.

 

The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of Sections 102(b) (7) and 145 of the DGCL, the full text of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the full text of the Company’s Bylaws.

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number
Description
   
3.1(i) Certificate of Incorporation, as amended*
3.2 Bylaws, as amended*
5.1 Opinion of Gutierrez Bergman Boulris, P.L.L.C,**
10.2 2011 Stock Incentive Plan*
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**
23.2 Consent of Gutierrez Bergman Boulris (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
24.1 Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page hereto)**

_______________

 

*Filed as an Exhibit of the same number to the Company’s Registration Statement Form S-1 (File No. 333-177532), and incorporated herein by reference.
**Filed herewith.

Item 9. Undertakings

 

(a)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)To file, during any 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;
(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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) of the Securities Act 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
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(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

(2)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(b)The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this 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 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 9, 2015.

 

 

  ALTERNATIVE FUELS AMERICAS, INC.
   
   
  By:  /s/ Craig Frank
    Craig Frank, President, Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer  and Director

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , that each person whose name appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Craig Frank his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming to all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

 

       
Name Title   Date

  /s/ Craig Frank

Craig Frank

 

President, Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)

  January 9, 2015
       
       
       

/s/ Carrie Schwarz

Carrie Schwarz

Director   January 9, 2015
       

/s/ Jodi Armani

Jodi Armani

Director   January 9, 2015

 

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EX-5.1 2 afai010615posamex5_1.htm

Exhibit 5.1

 

GUTIERREZ BERGMAN BOULRIS, P.L.L.C.

100 Almeria Avenue, Suite 340

Coral Gables, FL 33134

 

 

January 8, 2015

 

Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc.

305 S. Andrews Avenue

Suite 209

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

 

Re:  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-186566)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel for Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-186566 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by the Company of an additional 7,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), which may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.

 

In rendering this opinion, we have (i) examined such corporate records and other documents (including the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, both as currently in effect and the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto), and have reviewed such matters of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate and (ii) assumed the genuineness of all signatures or instruments relied upon by us, and the conformity of certified copies submitted to us with the original documents to which such certified copies relate.

 

Members of our firm are admitted to the bar of the State of Florida, and the opinions expressed in this letter are limited to the effects of (i) the federal securities laws of the United States of America, (ii) the internal laws of the State of Florida (excluding any political subdivision) and (iii) to the extent expressly stated herein, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that when the Shares, when been issued, delivered and paid for in the manner contemplated by and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to Post Effective No. 1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

A member of our Firm beneficially owns 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/ Gutierrez Bergman Boulris, P.L.L.C.

   

EX-23.1 3 afai010615posamex23_1.htm

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc.

305 S. Andrews Avenue

Suite 209

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 of Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. of our report dated April 14, 2014, with respect to the balance sheets of Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. as of December 31, 2012 and 2013 and related statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the years then ended.

 

/s/ DeMeo, Young & McGrath

 A Goldstein, Schechter, Koch, P.A. Company

 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

January 6, 2015