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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1997
Registration No. 333-__________
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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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PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 75-2702753
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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1400 WILLIAMS SQUARE WEST
5205 NORTH O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
IRVING, TEXAS 75039
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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1996 INCENTIVE PLAN OF MESA INC.
(Full title of the plan)
MARK L. WITHROW
1400 WILLIAMS SQUARE WEST
5205 NORTH O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
IRVING, TEXAS 75039
(972) 444-9001
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
copy to:
ROBERT L. KIMBALL
VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
3700 TRAMMELL CROW CENTER
2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-2975
(214) 220-7700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Title of securities Amount to be Proposed maximum maximum aggregate Amount of
to be registered registered offering price per unit* offering price* registration fee
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Common Stock, $0.01 par
value per share............... 510,000 shares $38.30 $19,533,000 $5,920
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* Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 and based on
the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on The
New York Stock Exchange on August 28, 1997.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a) The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-26951)
dated June 27, 1997;
(b) The Company's current Report on From 8-K dated August 7, 1997; and
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, contained in Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") on August 8, 1997.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be 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 other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be 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 this Registration Statement. Upon the written or oral request of any person
to whom a copy of this Registration Statement has been delivered, the Company
will provide without charge to such person a copy of any and all documents
(excluding exhibits thereto unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference into such documents) that have been incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement but not delivered herewith. Requests for such
documents should be addressed to Pioneer Natural Resources Company, 1400
Williams Square West, 5205 North O'Connor Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75039,
Attention: Secretary, (972) 444-9001.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article Twelfth of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company provides that the Company shall indemnify its officers and directors to
the maximum extent allowed by Delaware General Corporation Law. Pursuant to
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company generally has
the power to indemnify its present and former directors and officers against
expenses and liabilities incurred by them in connection with any suit to which
they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in
those positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company, and with respect to any criminal action, so long as they had no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
With respect to suits by or in the right of the Company, however,
indemnification is generally limited to attorney's fees and other expenses and
is not available if the person is adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless
the court determines that indemnification is appropriate. The statute expressly
provides that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive of any
rights granted under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Company also has the power to
purchase and maintain insurance for its
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directors and officers. Additionally, Article Twelfth of the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that, in the event that an officer or
director files suit against the Company seeking indemnification of liabilities
or expenses incurred, the burden will be on the Company to prove that the
indemnification would not be permitted under the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
The preceding discussion of the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not
intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the Company's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and
officers. Pursuant to such agreements, the Company will, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, indemnify such persons against all expenses,
judgments, fines and penalties incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of any actions brought against them by reason of the fact that they
were directors or officers of the Company or assumed certain responsibilities
at the direction of the Company.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:
4.1 -- 1996 Incentive Plan of MESA Inc. (filed as Exhibit No. 10.28 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No.
333-26951, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1 -- Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.3 -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 -- Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1 -- Powers of Attorney
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The Company 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 of 1933, as amended (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; 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 (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) 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 Company 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 purposes 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.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or 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.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Company 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
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company 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 Irving, State of Texas, on the 5th day of
September, 1997.
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
By: /s/ Scott D. Sheffield
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Scott D. Sheffield
President and Chief Executive Officer
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.
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/s/ Scott D. Sheffield President, Chief Executive Officer and September 5, 1997
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Scott D. Sheffield (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ M. Garrett Smith Senior Vice President--Finance and September 5, 1997
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M. Garrett Smith (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ I. Jon Brumley Chairman of the Board September 5, 1997
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I. Jon Brumley
/s/ R. Hartwell Gardner Director September 5, 1997
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R. Hartwell Gardner
/s/ John S. Herrington Director September 5, 1997
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John S. Herrington
/s/ Kenneth A. Hersh Director September 5, 1997
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Kenneth A. Hersh
/s/ James L. Houghton Director September 5, 1997
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James L. Houghton
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/s/ Jerry P. Jones Director September 5, 1997
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Jerry P. Jones
/s/ T. Boone Pickens Director September 5, 1997
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T. Boone Pickens
/s/ Richard E. Rainwater Director September 5, 1997
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Richard E. Rainwater
/s/ Charles E. Ramsey, Jr. Director September 5, 1997
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Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.
/s/ Arthur L. Smith Director September 5, 1997
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Arthur L. Smith
/s/ Philip B. Smith Director September 5, 1997
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Philip B. Smith
/s/ Robert L. Stillwell Director September 5, 1997
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Robert L. Stillwell
/s/ Michael D. Wortley Director September 5, 1997
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Michael D. Wortley
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Description of Exhibit
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4.1 -- 1996 Incentive Plan of MESA Inc. (filed as Exhibit No. 10.28 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No.
333-26951, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1 -- Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.3 -- Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 -- Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1 -- Powers of Attorney
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EXHIBIT 5.1
(214) 220-7700 (214) 999-7700
September 5, 1997
Pioneer Natural Resources Company
1400 Williams Square West
5205 North O'Connor Boulevard
Irving, Texas 75039
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Company's registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of 510,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), of the Company pursuant
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on September 5, 1997.
In reaching the opinions set forth herein, we have examined and are
familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of such documents and records of the Company and such statutes,
regulations and other instruments as we deemed necessary or advisable for
purposes of this opinion, including (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (iii) the Bylaws of the Company,
and (iv) certain minutes of meetings of, and resolutions adopted by, the Board
of Directors of the Company.
We have assumed that (i) all information contained in all documents we
reviewed is true, correct and complete, (ii) all signatures on all documents we
reviewed are genuine, (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are true
and complete, (iv) all documents submitted to us as copies are true and
complete copies of the originals thereof, and (v) all persons executing and
delivering the documents we examined were competent to execute and deliver such
documents. In addition, we have assumed that, upon exercise of the stock
options pursuant to which the Shares will be issued (the "Options"), (i) the
Shares will be issued in accordance with the Company's 1996 Incentive Plan of
MESA Inc. (the "1996 MESA Incentive Plan"), (ii) the full consideration for
each Share shall be paid to the Company and in no event will be less than the
par value for each Share, and (iii) certificates evidencing the Shares will be
properly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL").
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Pioneer Natural Resources Company
September 5, 1997
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Based on the foregoing, and having due regard for the legal considerations
we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued by the
Company upon exercise of the Options in accordance with the 1996 MESA Incentive
Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
This opinion is limited in all respects to the laws of the State of Texas,
the DGCL and the federal laws of the United States of America. You should be
aware that we are not admitted to the practice of law in the State of Delaware.
This opinion letter may be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Pioneer Natural Resources Company
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Midland, Texas
September 5, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our reports
and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of this
Registration Statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Dallas, Texas
September 5, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Form S-8 registration
statement of Pioneer Natural Resources Company of our report dated July 26,
1996, on our audit of the financial statements of Greenhill Petroleum
Corporation as of June 30, 1996, and for the year ended.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
September 2, 1997
