As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
| 81-5365682 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
| (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77046
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Timothy D. Yang
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation
Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77046
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 842-9071
(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:
Large Accelerated Filer | | ⌧ | | Accelerated Filer |
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| | | | Smaller Reporting Company | | ◻ |
Non-Accelerated Filer | | ◻ | | Emerging Growth Company | | ◻ |
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If an emerging growth company, indicate 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. | ◻ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be Registered |
| Amount to be Registered (1) |
| Proposed Maximum |
| Proposed Maximum |
| Amount of |
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | | 5,000,000 | | $11.94 | | $59,700,000 | | $6,514 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the number of shares of Common Stock (as defined below) registered hereby pursuant to the Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”), is subject to adjustment to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or any other similar transaction, and this Registration Statement (as defined below) shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend or any other similar transaction pursuant to the adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Plan. |
(2) | Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price are based on $11.94, which was the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 11, 2021. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (“Magnolia”) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering 5,000,000 shares of Magnolia’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), that may be issued under the Plan, which 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock became reserved and available for issuance upon stockholder approval of the Second Amendment to the Plan at Magnolia’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders held on May 4, 2021.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Magnolia will provide all participants in the Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428(a) of the Securities Act, Magnolia has not filed such document(s) with the SEC, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Magnolia will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, Magnolia will furnish to the SEC or its staff a copy of any or all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (excluding such documents or portions thereof that are deemed furnished but not filed under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC rules and regulations), by Magnolia are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a) | Magnolia’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed on February 23, 2021; |
(b) | Magnolia’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed on May 5, 2021; |
(c) | Magnolia’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2021 (Items 8.01 and 9.01) and May 4, 2021 (Items 5.02 and 5.07); and |
(d) | The description of the Common Stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed on May 3, 2017 (as amended by Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2020, and including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement). |
All documents filed by Magnolia with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding such documents or portions thereof that are deemed furnished but not filed under the Exchange Act and applicable SEC rules and regulations) subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, 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.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed amendment to this Registration Statement or in any document that also is incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), authorizes us to indemnify any director or officer under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which a person is a party by reason of being one of our directors or officers if it is determined that such person acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory provisions.
Our Second Amended and Restated Charter provides that our officers and directors are indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended. In addition, our Second Amended and Restated Charter provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, unless they violated their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, acted in bad faith, knowingly or intentionally violated the law, authorized unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or unlawful redemptions, or derived an improper personal benefit from their actions as directors.
Our bylaws permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification. We have purchased a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement, or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.
In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with certain of our directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides that, subject to limited exceptions, and among other things, we will indemnify the director or executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his or her capacity as our director or officer and will advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. A form of these agreements, which is incorporated herein by reference, was filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Magnolia’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed with the SEC on August 6, 2018.
The Plan provides that the committee that administers the Plan, all members thereof, and any officer or employee of Magnolia or any of its affiliates acting at the direction or on behalf of such committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be indemnified and held harmless by Magnolia with respect to any such action or determination.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Magnolia pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Magnolia has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption for Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to the Registration Statement, which precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
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 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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent 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 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) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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 the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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. |
(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 SEC 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. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description |
4.1 | |
4.2 | |
4.3 | |
4.4 | |
4.5 | |
4.6 | |
4.7 | |
5.1* | Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. |
23.1* | |
23.2* | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
23.3* | Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd. |
23.4* | Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto). |
24.1* | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto). |
99.1 | |
99.2 | |
99.3* | Second Amendment to Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan. |
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* Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Magnolia 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, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, in the State of Texas on May 14, 2021.
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION | ||
(Registrant) | ||
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By: | /s/ Timothy D. Yang | |
Name: Timothy D. Yang | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Christopher G. Stavros and Timothy D. Yang, and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name | Title | Date |
/s/ Stephen I. Chazen Stephen I. Chazen | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ Christopher G. Stavros Christopher G. Stavros | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ Arcilia C. Acosta Arcilia C. Acosta | Director | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ Angela M. Busch Angela M. Busch | Director | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ Edward P. Djerejian Edward P. Djerejian | Director | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ James R. Larson James R. Larson | Director | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ Dan F. Smith Dan F. Smith | Director | May 14, 2021 |
/s/ John B. Walker John B. Walker | Director | May 14, 2021 |
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Exhibit 5.1
May 14, 2021
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation
Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300
Houston, Texas 77046
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as special counsel to Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) covering the offering of up to 5,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Plan Shares”) pursuant to the Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”).
For purposes of this letter, we have examined such documents, records, certificates, resolutions and other instruments deemed necessary as a basis for this opinion, and we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing qualifications, assumptions and limitations and the further limitations set forth herein, we advise you that the Plan Shares are duly authorized and, when the Plan Shares have been duly issued pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the Plan Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
Our opinions expressed above are subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with or effect of any laws except the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
We have relied without independent investigation upon, among other things, an assurance from the Company that the number of shares which the Company is authorized to issue, as set forth in the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, exceeds the number of shares outstanding and the number of shares which the Company is obligated to issue (or has otherwise reserved for issuance) for any purposes other than issuances of the Plan Shares by at
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least the number of Plan Shares and we have assumed that such condition will remain true at all future times relevant to this opinion.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly we do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of various states to the issuance and sale of the Plan Shares.
This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware be changed by legislative action, judicial decision or otherwise.
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purposes.
Sincerely,
/s/ KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation:
We consent to the use of our reports dated February 23, 2021, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2020 and for the period from July 31, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (Successor Period), and the related notes, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 27, 2019 relating to the combined financial statements of the Karnes County Business (the “Predecessor”) for the period from January 1, 2018 to July 30, 2018, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2020.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston, Texas
May 14, 2021
| Exhibit 23.3 |
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May 14, 2021
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation
Nine Greenway Plaza
Suite 1300
Houston, TX 77046
Re:Securities and Exchange Commission
Form S-8 of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 15, 2021, regarding the Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation Proved Reserves and Future Net Revenues as of December 31, 2020, and of references to our firm, which report and references are included in Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Miller and Lents, Ltd. has no financial interest in Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation or in any of its affiliated companies or subsidiaries and is not to receive any such interest as payment for such report. Miller and Lents, Ltd. also has no director, officer, or employee employed or otherwise connected with Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation. We are not employed by Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation on a contingent basis.
| Very truly yours, Texas Registered Engineering Firm No. F-1442 /s/ Katie M. Reinaker, P.E _________________________________ Katie M. Reinaker, P.E. Senior Vice President |
Exhibit 99.3
SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
MAGNOLIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION
LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 thereof, the Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), is hereby amended as follows, effective as of May 4, 2021, subject to the approval of the shareholders of Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation (the “Company”) at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders:
1. Section 4(a) of the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
(a)Number of Shares Available for Delivery. Subject to adjustment in a manner consistent with Section 8, the aggregate number of shares of Stock that are reserved and available for delivery with respect to Awards under the Plan shall not exceed, since the Plan’s original inception, 16,800,000 shares (which aggregate maximum number of shares is comprised of the 11,800,000 shares previously reserved and available plus an additional 5,000,000 shares that shall be reserved and available as of May 4, 2021), and such aggregate total number of shares shall be available for the issuance of shares upon the exercise of ISOs.
2.Section 4(c) of the Plan is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
(c)Availability of Shares Not Delivered under Awards. If all or any portion of an Award expires or is cancelled, forfeited, exchanged, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without the actual delivery of shares (Awards of Restricted Stock shall not be considered “delivered shares” for this purpose), the shares of Stock subject to such Award (including (i) shares forfeited with respect to Restricted Stock, and (ii) the number of shares withheld or surrendered to the Company in payment of taxes relating to Awards other than Options and SARs) shall again be available for delivery with respect to future Awards under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the number of shares tendered or withheld in payment of the Exercise Price of any Option or SAR or taxes relating to an Option or SAR, (B) shares that were subject to an Option or SAR but were not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement or net exercise of such Option or SAR, or (C) shares repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an Option’s Exercise Price will not, in each case, be available for future Awards under the Plan. If an Award may be settled only in cash, such Award need not be counted against any share limit under this Section 4.
3.Except as expressly amended herein, the Plan remains in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
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