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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 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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TOM BROWN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 95-1949781
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
508 WEST WALL STREET, SUITE 500
MIDLAND, TEXAS 79701
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
TOM BROWN, INC. 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
WILLIAM R. GRANBERRY
President
500 Empire Plaza Building
Midland, Texas 79701
(Name and address of agent for service)
915-682-9715
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Bruce R. DeBoer, Esq.
Tom Brown, Inc.
508 West Wall, Suite 500
Midland, Texas 79701
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
To Be Registered Registered Per Share* Offering Price Fee
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Common Stock,
$.10 par value 400,000 $19.97 $7,988,000 $2,356.46
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* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high and low
sales prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ
National Market System on December 9, 1997.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of 400,000
additional shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Registrant's
1993 Stock Option Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction "E" of Form
S-8, the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 33-60842 and
No. 333-13157 are hereby incorporated by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
the options has been passed upon for the Registrant by Lynch, Chappell & Alsup,
a Professional Corporation, Midland, Texas. James M. Alsup, a shareholder in the
firm of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, is the Assistant Secretary of the Registrant
and the beneficial owner of 10,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description
* 5 -- Opinion of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, a Professional
Corporation
*23.1 -- Consent of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, a Professional
Corporation (contained in Exhibit No. 5)
*23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
*23.3 -- Consent of Williamson Petroleum Consultants, Inc.
*23.4 -- Consent of Ryder Scott Company
*24.1 -- Power of Attorney contained on Page 6 hereof
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* Filed herewith.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be
delivered with the prospectus to each officer, director or employee to whom the
prospectus is sent or given a copy of Registrant's Annual Report to Stockholders
for its last fiscal year, unless such officer, director, or employee otherwise
has received a copy of such report, in which case the Registrant shall
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state in the prospectus that it will promptly furnish, without charge, a copy of
such report on written request of the officer, director or employee. If the last
fiscal year of the Registrant has ended within 120 days prior to the use of the
prospectus, the annual report of the Registrant for the preceding fiscal year
may be so delivered, but within such 120-day period the annual report for the
last fiscal year will be furnished to each such officer, director or employee.
(2) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to transmit or cause to be
transmitted to all officers, directors and employees participating in the Tom
Brown, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan, who do not otherwise receive such material
as stockholders of the Registrant, at the time and in the manner such material
is sent to its stockholders, copies of all reports, proxy statements and other
communications distributed to its stockholders generally.
(3) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 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.
(4) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) 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;
(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;
(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 (4)(a)(i) and (4)(a)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 the registration
statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
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(c) 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.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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, 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 the City of Midland, State of Texas, on the 9th day of December,
1997.
TOM BROWN, INC.
By:/S/ William R. Granberry
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William R. Granberry, President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints William R. Granberry and R. Kim Harris and each
of them, either one of whom may act without joinder of the other, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them severally, full power and
authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and 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, and each of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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/S/ Donald L. Evans Chairman of the Board of Directors December 9, 1997
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Donald L. Evans (Principal Executive Officer)
/S/ William R. Granberry President, Chief Operating December 9, 1997
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William R. Granberry
/S/ R. Kim Harris Controller (Principal Financial Officer) December 9, 1997
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R. Kim Harris
/S/ Thomas C. Brown Director December 9, 1997
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Thomas C. Brown
/S/ David M. Carmichael Director December 9, 1997
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David M. Carmichael
/S/ Henry Groppe Director December 9, 1997
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Henry Groppe
/S/ Edward W. LeBaron, Jr. Director December 9, 1997
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Edward W. LeBaron, Jr.
/S/ Clyde E. McKenzie Director December 9, 1997
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Clyde E. McKenzie
/S/ James B. Wallace Director December 9, 1997
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James B. Wallace
/S/ Robert H. Whilden, Jr. Director December 9, 1997
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Robert H. Whilden, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description
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* 5 -- Opinion of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, a Professional
Corporation
*23.1 -- Consent of Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, a Professional
Corporation (contained in Exhibit No. 5)
*23.2 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
*23.3 -- Consent of Williamson Petroleum Consultants, Inc.
*23.4 -- Consent of Ryder Scott Company
*24.1 -- Power of Attorney contained on Page 6 hereof
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* Filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT 5
[LYNCH, CHAPPELL & ALSUP LETTERHEAD]
December 11, 1997
Tom Brown, Inc.
508 W. Wall, Suite 500
Midland, Texas 79701
Re: Tom Brown, Inc. 1993 Stock Option Plan; Sale of up to 400,000
shares of Common Stock
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Tom Brown, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the proposed issuance and sale by the
Company of up to 400,000 additional shares of Common Stock, $.10 par value
("Common Stock"), of the Company pursuant to the exercise of stock options
granted or to be granted by the Company under the Company's 1993 Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan"), as further described in a Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (herein
referred to as the "Registration Statement").
We have made such inquiries and examined such documents as we have
considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of giving the opinions
hereinafter set forth. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all
signatures on all original documents, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents
submitted to us as copies and the due authorization, execution, delivery or
recordation of all documents where due authorization, execution or recordation
are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.
Based upon the foregoing, and having regard for such legal
considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that the Plan has been
duly and validly authorized and adopted, and the 400,000 shares of Common Stock
that may be issued and sold by the Company from time to time upon the exercise
of stock options granted or to be granted in accordance with the Company's Plan,
as described in the Registration Statement, will, upon
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issuance and delivery against payment therefor, be legally issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the
statements made regarding our Firm and to the use of our name under the heading
"Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
LYNCH, CHAPPELL & ALSUP,
a Professional Corporation
By:/S/ Thomas W. Ortloff
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Thomas W. Ortloff
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our report dated February 28, 1997
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tom Brown, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996 and to all references to our Firm included in this
registration statement.
/S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Houston, Texas
December 9, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF WILLIAMSON PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, INC.
As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our report
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tom Brown, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996 and to all references to our firm included in this
registration statement.
/S/ WILLIAMSON PETROLEUM
CONSULTANTS, INC.
December 9, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our report
included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tom Brown, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996 and to all references to our firm included in this
registration statement.
/S/ RYDER SCOTT COMPANY
PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
December 9, 1997
