UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bulldog Technologies Inc.
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Nevada |
98-0377543 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Suite 128 - 11180 Coppersmith Place, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V7A 5G8
2004 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John Cockburn, President
Bulldog Technologies Inc.
Suite 128 - 11180 Coppersmith Place
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V7A 5G8
(Name and address of agent for service)
604.271.8656
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
Virgil Hlus
Clark, Wilson, Barristers and Solicitors
#800 - 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3H1
Telephone: 604.891.7707
Facsimile: 604.687.6314
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to |
Amount to be |
Proposed |
Proposed |
Amount of |
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Common Stock |
5,000,000 (1) |
$3.56(1) |
$17,800,000(2) |
$2,255.26(2) |
(1)
The 2004 Stock Option Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to stock options granted to eligible employees, directors, officers and consultants of our2
company or any of our subsidiaries. All of the shares issuable under the Stock Option Plan are being registered under this registration statement on Form S-8.
(2)
The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the bid and asked price ($3,79 bid; $3.32 ask) of the common stock of Bulldog Technologies Inc. as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc.'s OTC Bulletin Board on April 16, 2004.EXPLANATORY NOTE
We prepared this registration statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, to register an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of our common stock which may be issued pursuant to our 2004 Stock Option Plan. The purpose of the 2004 Stock Option Plan is to secure for our company and our shareholders the benefits arising from capital stock ownership by employees, directors or officers of, and consultants or advisors to, our company and subsidiary corporations who have contributed to our company in the past and who are expected to contribute to our company's future growth and success.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
We will send or give the documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 to individuals who participate in our 2004 Stock Option Plan, and who, in the case of an award of stock options, consent to and execute the required form of Stock Option Agreement. A copy of the 2004 Stock Option Plan is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form S-8 and the form of Stock Option Agreement for use under the 2004 Stock Option Plan is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Form S-8.
This registration statement relates to a maximum of 5,000,000 common shares in the capital of Bulldog Technologies Inc. issuable pursuant to the exercise of options or other awards granted under the 2004 Stock Option Plan.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
We will provide, without charge, to each person to whom a copy of this 10(a) prospectus is delivered, upon oral or written request, a copy of any or all documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the 10(a) prospectus). Requests should be directed to the President, Bulldog Technologies Inc., Suite 128 - 11180 Coppersmith Place, Richmond, British Columbia Canada V7A 5G8. Our telephone number is 604.271.8656.
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Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information into this registration statement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this registration statement, except for any information superseded by information in this registration statement.
The following documents filed by our company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated herein by reference:
1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K on October 24, 2003;
2. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2003;
3. Our Schedule 14F1 filed on November 6, 2003;
4. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2003;
5. Our Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on November 24, 2003;
6. Our Notification of Late Filing on Form NT 10-Q filed on January 15, 2004;
7. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed on January 21, 2004;
8. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2004;
9. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2004;
10. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2004;
11. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2004;
12. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 29, 2004;
13. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2004;
14. Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2004;
15. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed on April 19, 2004; and
16. The description of our company's common stock contained in our registration statement on Form SB-2 (SEC file number 333-100261), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2002, including all amendments and reports for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition to the foregoing, all documents that we subsequently file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered pursuant to this registration statement have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference in this registration statement 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.
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You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information we have filed at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Rooms. Our filings are also available on the Internet at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Nevada corporation law provides that:
- a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
- a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper; and
- to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
Our bylaws provide that we will advance all expenses incurred to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suite or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director or executive officer of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request. This advanced of expenses is to be made upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts should it be ultimately determined that the person was not entitled to be indemnified under our bylaws or otherwise.
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Our bylaws also provide that no advance shall be made by us to any officer in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made: (a) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding; or (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to our best interests.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of our company under Nevada law or otherwise, we have been advised the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission is that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by us for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of our company in successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy in said Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1 2004 Stock Option Plan, effective March 1, 2004
4.2 Form of Stock Option Agreement
5 Opinion of Clark, Wilson
23.1 Consent of Clark, Wilson (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2 Consent of Morgan & Company, Chartered Accountants on Bulldog Technologies Inc. (formerly Northward Ventures, Inc.)
23.3 Consent of Amisano Hansen, Chartered Accountants on Bulldog Technologies, Inc. (a Nevada corporation) and Bulldog Technologies Inc. (a British Columbia company) (the predecessor companies)
24 Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) 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 and 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
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aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(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;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(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 our company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) 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 the 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) We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and persons controlling our company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 our company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of our 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, our company will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Richmond, Province of British Columbia on April 22, 2004.
BULLDOG TECHNOLOGIES INC.
/s/ John Cockburn
John Cockburn, President, Secretary, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person who signature appears below constitutes and appoints John Cockburn as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-
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substitution, for him and in his 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of them, or of 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.
SIGNATURES
/s/ John Cockburn
John Cockburn, President, Secretary, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
April 22, 2004