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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2000
Registration Statement No. 333-33380
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
AMENDMENT NO. 1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT of 1933
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant in its Charter)
Colorado 84-1060803
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
Suite 3310, 555 17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 293-9133
(Address and telephone number of principal
executive offices and principal place of business)
Aleron H. Larson, Jr., Chairman/C.E.O
Delta Petroleum Corporation
Suite 3310, 555 17th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 293-9133
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to: STANLEY F. FREEDMAN, ESQ.
Krys Boyle Freedman & Sawyer, P.C.
600 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2700 South
Denver, Colorado 80202-5427
(303) 893-2300
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box: -- --
If any of the securities registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. -- X --
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. -- --
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. -- -- __________________
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. -- --
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Class Proposed Maximum Amount of
of Securities Amount to be Aggregate Registration
to be Registered Registered Offering Price(1) Fee
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Common Stock, 1,328,000 $3,652,000 $964.13
$.01 Par Value
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration
fee based on the closing price of Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq
Small-Cap Market on March 2, 2000 of $2.75 per share.
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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the registration
statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting
pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver and State of
Colorado on the 29th day of March, 2000.
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By: /s/ Aleron H. Larson, Jr.
Aleron H. Larson, Jr., Secretary,
Chairman of the Board, Treasurer
and Chief Executive Officer
In accordance with 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.
Signatures Title Date
/s/ Aleron H. Larson, Jr. Chief Executive 3/29/00
Aleron H. Larson, Jr. Officer, Chairman
of the Board, Treasurer,
Secretary and Director
/s/ Roger A. Parker President and 3/29/00
Roger A. Parker Director
/s/ Kevin K. Nanke Chief Financial Officer 3/29/00
Kevin K. Nanke and Principal
Accounting Officer
/s/ Terry D. Enright Director 3/29/00
Terry D. Enright
___________________________ Director ___________
Jerrie F. Eckelberger
