S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2018

Registration No. 333-   

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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ADAMS RESOURCES & ENERGY, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	74-1753147
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

17 South Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77027

(713) 881-3600

(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)

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ADAMS RESOURCES & ENERGY, INC. 2018 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan) 

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Sharon C. Davis

Interim Chief Financial Officer

17 South Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77027

(713) 881-3600

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s agent for service)

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Copies to:

Michael Blankenship

Locke Lord LLP

600 Travis Street, Suite 2800

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 226-1191

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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. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer þ
Non-accelerated filer   o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company o
	Emerging growth company   o

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. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered (1)(2)	Proposed maximum offering price per share (3)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (3)	Amount of registration fee
Common stock	150,000	$48.63	$7,294,500.00	$908.17

(1)	Registrant is registering 150,000 shares under the Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) pursuant to this Registration Statement.
(2)	Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also include such additional indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become issuable under the 2018 Plan to prevent dilution as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions.
(3)	Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the common stock of Registrant reported on the New York Stock Exchange for May 11, 2018.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering 150,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.10 per share, reserved for issuance under the 2018 Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company recommended for approval and, on May 8, 2018, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2018 Plan to become effective on May 8, 2018.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with 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 will be delivered to the participants in the 2018 Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents, which previously have been filed by the Company with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

• The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed on March 12, 2018;

• The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed on May 9, 2018;

• The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on February 22, 2018, March 12, 2018, March 20, 2018, March 28, 2018 and May 9, 2018; and

• The Company’s description of its common stock set forth in the Company’s specimen common stock certificate incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1991.

All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K) 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 in this Registration Statement by reference 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.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) permits each Delaware business corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against liability for each such person’s acts taken in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if such actions were taken in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

The Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, and the Company’s by-laws, as amended, limit the liability of officers and directors of the Company or its stockholders to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company is to indemnify, to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, any director or officer of the Company who is made a party or threatened to be made to a party in any criminal, civil, administrative or investigative action or proceeding. Further, the Company may indemnify an employee or agent who is made or threatened to be made a party to a criminal, civil, administrative, or investigative action or proceeding. In addition, the Company, at its own expense, may maintain insurance to protect itself and directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company or another enterprise against all expenses and liabilities, whether or not the Company has the power to indemnify such individuals under the DGCL.

Should a director or officer be successful in any action, suit or proceeding, he or she must be indemnified by the Company against expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the officer or director. Furthermore, the Company may pay the expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition. However, the Company must first receive an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay all expenses if it is ultimately determined that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified. If the indemnitee is an employee or agent, then the upfront payment of expenses may be done under terms and conditions as the Company deems appropriate.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

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Item 8. Exhibits.

The following are filed as exhibits to this registration statement.

Exhibit
No.	Description of Exhibit
3.1	Certificate of Incorporation of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1987).
3.2	Bylaws of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012).
4.1	Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective as of May 8, 2018 (filed as Appendix A to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 6, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*	Opinion of Locke Lord LLP regarding the legality of the securities registered hereby.
23.1*	Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2*	Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
23.3*	Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.4	Consent of Locke Lord LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*	Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*	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 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 this 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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(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;

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provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) above 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 Commission 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 (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 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 as to 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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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas on May 14, 2018.

ADAMS RESOURCES & ENERGY, INC.

/s/ Townes G. Pressler

Townes G. Pressler

Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below authorizes and appoints each of Townes G. Pressler and Sharon C. Davis, and each of them, severally, acting alone and without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their 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 persons on the following page in the capacities indicated below on May 14, 2018.

Signature	Title
/s/ Townes G. Pressler	Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
Townes G. Pressler
/s/ Sharon C. Davis	Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Sharon C. Davis
/s/ Larry E. Bell	Director
Larry E. Bell
/s/ Murray E. Brasseux	Director
Murray E. Brasseux
/s/ Michelle A. Earley	Director
Michelle A. Earley
/s/ Richard C. Jenner	Director
Richard C. Jenner
/s/ W.R. Scofield	Director
W.R. Scofield

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EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

2800 JPMorgan Chase Tower, 600 Travis Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: 713-226-1200 Fax: 713-223-3717 www.lockelord.com

May 14, 2018

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.

17 South Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 100

Houston, Texas 77027

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in connection with the preparation of the Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the offering and sale of up to 150,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.10 par value per share in the Corporation (the “Common Stock”), pursuant to that certain Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

As the basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed, we have examined: (i) originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to us as being true and complete copies of the originals, of (a) the Plan; (b) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), as amended to date; (c) the By-laws of the Company, as amended to date; (d) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company; and (e) such other corporate records, certificates, instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of this opinion; and (ii) such statutes, including the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), and regulations as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of this opinion. We have not independently verified any factual matter relating to this opinion. In making our examination, we have assumed and have not verified that all signatures on documents examined by us are genuine, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed that (i) the Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) each award agreement setting forth the terms of each award granted pursuant to the Plan is consistent with the Plan and has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (iii) at the time of each issuance of Shares, there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Certificate of Incorporation that have not otherwise been issued or reserved or committed for issuance, and (iv) the price per share paid for Shares issued pursuant to the Plan is not less than the par value of the Shares.

Based on the foregoing, and on such legal considerations as we deem relevant and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the related award agreements thereunder, as applicable, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We express no

opinion as to matters involving any law other than the DGCL. For purposes of this opinion, we assume that the Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable state securities or blue sky laws.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder. Our opinion is rendered as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement our opinion to reflect any change of fact, circumstance or law after such time.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Locke Lord LLP

LOCKE LORD LLP

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. of our reports dated March 12, 2018, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. an subsidiaries as of December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, which reports appear in the December 31, 2017 annual report on Form 10‑K of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas

May 14, 2018

EX-23.2

TBPE REGISTERED ENGINEERING FIRM F-1580		FAX (713) 651-0849
1100 LOUISIANA SUITE 4600	HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-5294	TELEPHONE (713) 651-9191

EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Ryder Scott Company, L.P., as independent oil and gas consultants, hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) of references to Ryder Scott Company, L.P. and our report entitled “Adams Resources Exploration Corporation - Estimated Future Reserves and Income Attributable to Certain Leasehold and Royalty Interests - SEC Parameters - As of December 31, 2016” and to the inclusion of our report dated February 3, 2017, included or made a part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ Ryder Scott Company, L.P.

RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.

TBPE Firm Registration No. F-1580

Houston, Texas

May 14, 2018

SUITE 800, 350 7TH STREET, S.W.	CALGARY, ALBERTA T2P 3N9	TEL (403) 262-2799	FAX (403) 262-2790
621 17TH STREET, SUITE 1550	DENVER, COLORADO 80293-1501	TEL (303) 623-9147	FAX (303) 623-4258

EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

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 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2016, dated March 31, 2017, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Houston, Texas

May 14, 2018