UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

PLAYERS NETWORK
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 
Nevada 88-0343702
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

 

   
1771 E. Flamingo Road, #201-A
Las Vegas, NV  89119
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including ZIP Code)
 
 
Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)

 

Mark Bradley

Chief Executive Officer

Players Network

1771 E. Flamingo Road, #201-A

Las Vegas, NV 89119

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(702) 734-3457

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Diane D. Dalmy

Attorney at Law

2000 East 12th Avenue

Suite 32/10B

Denver, Colorado 80206

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  o Accelerated filer  o

Non-accelerated filer  o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company  x

 

 

 
 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be

Registered

Amount of Shares to be

Registered(1)

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price Per

Share

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate Offering

Price(2)

Amount of Registration

Fee

$0.001 par value common stock 20,000,000 $0.008 $160,000 $20.61
TOTALS 20,000,000 $0.008 $160,000 $20.61
   
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of shares of common stock registered under this registration statement will automatically be increased to cover any additional shares of the registrant’s common stock that become issuable with respect to the securities registered hereunder by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, combination of shares, mergers, consolidations, recapitalizations or other similar transactions as required by the Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan.
   
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the filing fee.
   
(3) The proposed maximum offering price and registration fee are based upon the sum obtained by adding (i) the product of 20,000,000 shares of common stock registered hereby under the Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan multiplied by $0.008 (the average of the high and low sales prices per share of common stock, as reported on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on December 11, 2013, which is within five days of the filing of this registration statement.

 

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Players Network, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) relating to 20,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable under the Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 were sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the instructions to Part I, those documents are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as part of this Registration Statement or a prospectus under Rule 424 of the Securities Act.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) are incorporated herein by reference into this Registration Statement, other than any portions of the respective filings that were furnished rather than filed (pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Current Reports on Form 8-K or other applicable SEC rules):

 

  (a)   The Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on July 24, 2013 (SEC File No. 333-190107).
   
  (b)   The Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the SEC on April 12, 2013 (SEC File No. 000-29363).
   
  (c)   The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended September 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on November 19, 2013, June 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on August 13, 2013 and March 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on May 13, 2013 (SEC File No. 000-29363).
   
  (d)   Description of the Company's common stock contained or incorporated in the registration statements filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K or other applicable SEC rules) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

The following description of our capital stock summarizes the material terms and provisions of the indicated securities. For the complete terms of our common stock, please refer to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that we have filed with the SEC. The terms of these securities may also be affected by the Nevada Revised Statutes.

 

General

 

We currently have authorized 600,000,000 shares of common stock, 2,000,000 shares of Series A preferred stock and 10,873,347 shares of Series B preferred stock.

 

Common Stock

 

As of December 11, 2013, we had 130,161,812 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and held by 288 stockholders of record. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote.

 

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Preferred Stock

 

As of December 11, 2013, we had 2,000,000 shares of Series A preferred stock issued and outstanding and held by two stockholders of record. Holders of our Series A preferred stock are entitled to 25 votes for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. As of December 11, 2013, 4,349,339 shares of Series B preferred stock common stock were issued and outstanding and held by one stockholder of record. Holders of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of our Series B Preferred Stock have the right to designate or elect one of the Company’s directors and holders of our of Series A and Series B Preferred Stock voting together as a single class have the right to designate or elect one of the Company’s directors.

 

Dividends

 

Since inception we have not paid any dividends on our common stock. We currently do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future on our common stock, when issued pursuant to this offering. Although we intend to retain our earnings, if any, to finance the development and growth of our business, our Board of Directors will have the discretion to declare and pay dividends in the future. Payment of dividends in the future will depend upon our earnings, capital requirements, and other factors, which our Board of Directors may deem relevant.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the indemnification of any present or former director or officer. The Company indemnifies any director, officer, employee or agent who is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense on any action or suit. Such indemnification shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, expenses, including attorney's fees actually or reasonably incurred by him. Nevada law also provides for discretionary indemnification for each person who serves as or at our request as an officer or director. We may indemnify such individual against all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding brought because such individual is a director or officer. Such individual must have conducted himself in good faith and reasonably believed that his conduct was in, or not opposed to, our best interests. In a criminal action, he must not have had a reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

Under the Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the corporation, the Company may indemnify an officer or director who is made a party to any proceeding, including a lawsuit, because of his or her position, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the Company’s best interest. The Company may advance expenses incurred in defending a proceeding. To the extent that the officer or director is successful on the merits in a proceeding as to which he or she is to be indemnified, the Company must indemnify the officer or director against all expenses incurred, including attorney’s fees. With respect to a derivative action, indemnity may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defending the proceeding, and if the officer or director is judged liable, then only by a court order. The indemnification coverage is intended to be to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.

 

Regarding indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, which may be permitted to officers or directors under applicable state law, the Company is informed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, indemnification is against public policy, as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibit List

 

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index

 

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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 the 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 Securities and Exchange Commission 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 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 the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(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.

 

(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 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.

 

(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 Securities and Exchange 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 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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SIGNATURE

 

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 the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, as of December 16, 2013.

 

  PLAYERS NETWORK
     
  By: /s/ Mark Bradley
    Mark Bradley
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Bradley, as his attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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 following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature:   Capacity:   Date:
         
/s/ Mark Bradley   Chief Executive Officer and Director   December 16, 2013
Mark Bradley   (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)    
         
/s/ Michael Berk   Director   December 16, 2013
Michael Berk        
         
/s/ Doug Miller   Director   December 16, 2013
Doug Miller        

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

3.1 Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.5 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10-Q filed on May 13, 2013)
   
3.2 Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference as Exhibit 2.(A)(2) of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on February 7, 2000)
   
4.1* Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
   
5.1* Legal Opinion of Diane D. Dalmy, Attorney at Law
   
23.1* Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
23.2* Consent of M&K CPAS, PLLC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
24.1* Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)

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* Filed herewith

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

PLAYERS NETWORK

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

1. Purpose. This 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) is intended to promote the financial success and interests of Players Network. (the “Company”) and materially increase shareholder value by giving incentives to the eligible officers and other employees and directors of and consultants and advisors to the Company, its parent (if any) and any present or future subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, “Related Corporations”) through providing opportunities to acquire stock in the Company. As used herein, the terms “parent” and “subsidiary” mean “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation”, respectively, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f) or successor provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time (the “Code”). Any proceeds of cash or property received by the Company for the sale of Players Network corporate purposes.

 

2. Structure of the Plan. The Plan permits the following separate types of grant:

 

A. Options may be granted hereunder to purchase shares of common stock of the Company. These options will not qualify as Incentive Stock Options. The Non-Qualified Options are sometimes referred to hereinafter as “Options”.

 

B. Awards of stock in the Company (“Awards”) may be granted.

 

C. Opportunities to make direct purchases of stock in the Company (“Purchases”) may be authorized.

 

Options, Awards and authorizations to make Purchases are sometimes referred to hereinafter as “Stock Rights”.

 

3. Administration of the Plan.

 

A. The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Board may in its sole discretion grant Options, authorize Purchases and grant Awards, as provided in the Plan. The Board shall have full power and authority, subject to the express provisions of the Plan, to construe and interpret the Plan and all Option agreements, Purchase authorizations and Award grants thereunder, to establish, amend and rescind such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, to determine in each case the terms and provisions which shall apply to a particular Option agreement, Purchase authorization, or Award grant, and to make all other determinations which are, in the Board’s judgment, necessary or desirable for the proper administration of the Plan. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Option agreement, Purchase authorization or Award grant in the manner and to the extent it shall, in its sole discretion, consider expedient. Decisions of the Board shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan or any Option, Purchase, Award, or stock issuance thereunder. No director or person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or determination under the Plan made in good faith.

 

B. The Board may, to the full extent permitted by and consistent with applicable law and the Company’s By-laws, and subject to Subparagraph D herein below, delegate any or all of its powers with respect to the administration of the Plan to a committee (the “Committee”) appointed by the Board. If a Committee has been appointed, all references in this Plan to the Board shall mean and relate to that Committee.

 

C. Those provisions of this Plan which make express reference to Rule16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any successor rule (“Rule 16b-3”), or which are required in order for certain option transactions to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3, shall apply only to those persons required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act (a “Reporting Person”).

 

D. If the Company registers any class of equity security under Section12 of the Exchange Act, the selection of a director or an officer (as the terms “director” and “officer” are defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3) as a recipient of an option, the timing of the option grant, the exercise price of the option and the number of shares subject to the option shall be determined either (i) by the Board, if all of the Board members are disinterested persons within the meaning of Rule 16(b)(3), or (ii) by two or more directors having full authority to act in the matter, each of whom shall be such a disinterested person.

 

 

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4. Eligible Employees and Others. Non-Qualified Options, Awards, and authorizations to make Purchases may be granted to any employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to the Company or any Related Corporation, except for instances where services are in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, or they directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities. In making such determinations, the Board and/or the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by such person, his or her present and potential contribution to the Company’s success, and such other factors as the Company and/or Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. The granting of any Stock Right to any individual or entity shall neither entitle that individual or entity to, nor disqualify him from, participation in any other grant of Stock Rights.

 

5. Stock. The stock subject to Options, Awards and Purchases shall be authorized but unissued shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Stock”), or shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company in any manner. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued under the Plan is Twenty Five Million (25,000,000), subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 14. If any Option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full or shall cease for any reason to be exercisable in whole or in part, or if the Company shall reacquire any nonvested shares issued pursuant to Awards or Purchases, the unpurchased shares subject to such Option, or such nonvested shares so reacquired shall again be available for grants of Stock Rights under the Plan. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued, and the Board and/or Committee shall determine the manner in which fractional share value shall be treated.

 

6. Option Agreements. As a condition to the grant of an Option, each recipient of an Option shall execute an option agreement in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as the Board shall approve. These option agreements may differ among recipients. The Board may, in its sole discretion, include additional provisions in option agreements, including without limitation restrictions on transfer, repurchase rights, commitments to pay cash bonuses, to make, arrange for or guarantee loans or to transfer other property to optionees upon exercise of options, or such other provisions as shall be determined by the Board; provided, however, that such additional provisions shall not be inconsistent with any provision of the Plan.

 

7. Option Exercise Price.

 

A. Subject to Subparagraph 3D of this Plan and Subparagraphs B and C of this Paragraph 7, the purchase price per share of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Option (“exercise price”) shall be determined by the Board.

 

B. The exercise price of each Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan shall in no event be less than the par value per share of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

8. Cancellation and New Grant of Options, Etc. The Board shall have the authority to effect, at any time and from time to time, with the consent of the affected optionees, the cancellation of any or all outstanding Options and the grant in substitution therefor of new Options covering the same or different shares of Common Stock and having an exercise price per share which may be lower or higher than the exercise price per share of the canceled Options.

 

9. Exercise of Options.

 

A. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be exercisable either in full or in installments at such time or times and during such period as shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing the Option, subject to the provisions of the Plan. The partial exercise of an option shall not cause the expiration, termination or cancellation of the remaining portion thereof. The Board may, in its sole discretion, (i) accelerate the date or dates on which all or any particular Option or Options granted under the Plan may be exercised or (ii) extend the dates during which all, or any particular, Option or Options granted under the Plan may be exercised.

 

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B. Options granted under the Plan may provide for payment of the exercise price by any of the following methods:

 

(i) In cash, by wire transfer, by certified or cashier’s check, or by money order; or

 

(ii) By delivery to the Company of an exercise notice that requests the Company to issue to the Optionee the full number of shares as to which the Option is then exercisable, less the number of shares that have an aggregate Fair Market Value, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion at the time of exercise, equal to the aggregate purchase price of the shares to which such exercise relates. (This method of exercise allows the Optionee to use a portion of the shares issuable at the time of exercise as payment for the shares to which the option relates and is often referred to as a “cashless exercise.” For example, if the Optionee elects to exercise 1,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.25 and the current Fair Market Value of the shares on the date of exercise is $1.00, the Optionee can use 250 of the 1,000 shares at $1.00 per share to pay for the exercise of the entire Option (250 x $1.00 = $250.00) and receive only the remaining 750 shares.)

 

For purposes of this section, “ Fair Market Value” shall be defined as the average closing price of the common stock (if actual sales price information on any trading day is not available, the closing bid price shall be used) for the five trading days prior to the Date of Exercise of this Option (the “Average Closing Bid Price”), as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), or if the common stock is not traded on NASDAQ, the Average Closing Bid Price in the over-the-counter market; provided, however, that if the common stock is listed on a stock exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the Average Closing Bid Price on such exchange; and, provided further, that if the common stock is not quoted or listed by any organization, the fair value of the common stock, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive, shall be used). In no event shall the Fair Market Value of any share of Common Stock be less than its par value.

 

10. Option Period. Subject to earlier termination under other provisions of this Plan, each Option and all rights thereunder shall expire on such date as shall be set forth in the applicable option agreement.

 

11. Nontransferability of Options. Options shall not be assignable or transferable by the optionee, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the life of the optionee, shall be exercisable only by the optionee.

 

12. Effect of Termination of Employment or Other Relationship. Subject to all other provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the period of time during which an Optionee may exercise an Option following (i) the termination of the optionee’s employment or other relationship with the Company or a Related Corporation or (ii) the death or disability of the optionee. Such periods shall be set forth in the agreement evidencing the Option.

 

13. Adjustments.

 

A. If, through or as a result of any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction, (i) the outstanding shares of Common Stock are increased, decreased or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or (ii) additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock or other securities, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made in (a) the maximum number and kind of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (b) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Options under the Plan, and © the price for each share subject to any then outstanding Options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate purchase price as to which such Options remain exercisable. No fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan on account of any such adjustments.

 

B. Any adjustments under this Paragraph 13 shall be made by the Board of Directors, whose determination as to what adjustments, if any, will be made and the extent thereof shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

 

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14. Rights as a Shareholder. The holder of an Option shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares covered by the option (including, without limitation, any voting rights, the right to inspect or receive the Company’s balance sheets or financial statements or any rights to receive dividends or non-cash distributions with respect to such shares) until the date of issue of a stock certificate for such shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock certificate is issued.

 

15. Merger, Consolidation, Asset Sale, Liquidation, Etc.

 

A. Except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable option agreement, in the event of a consolidation or merger or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in which outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for securities, cash or other property of any other corporation or business entity, or in the event of the liquidation of the Company (each, a “Change in Control”), the Board, or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, shall, in its discretion, take any one or more of the following actions, as to outstanding Options: (i) provide that such Options shall be assumed, or equivalent options shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof); (ii) upon written notice to the Optionees, provide that any and all outstanding Options shall become exercisable in full (to the extent not otherwise so exercisable) as of a specified date or time (“Accelerated Vesting Date”) prior to the consummation of such transaction, and that all unexercised Options shall terminate as of a specified date or time (“Accelerated Expiration Date”) following the Accelerated Vesting Date unless exercised by the Optionee prior to the Accelerated Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Optionees shall be given a reasonable period of time within which to exercise or provide for the exercise of outstanding Options following such written notice and before the Accelerated Expiration Date; (iii) in the event of a merger under the terms of which holders of the Common Stock of the Company will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the merger (the “Merger Price”), terminate each outstanding Option in exchange for a payment, made or provided for by the Company, equal in amount to the excess, if any, of the Merger Price over the per-share exercise price of each such Option, times the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Option; or (iv) terminate each outstanding Option in exchange for a cash payment equal in amount to the product of the excess, if any, of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock over the per-share exercise price of each such Option, times the number of shares subject to such Option. The Board shall determine the fair market value of a share of Common Stock for purposes of the foregoing, and the Board’s determination of such fair market value shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

B. In the event of a Change in Control and to the extent the rights described in this Section 16B are not already substantially provided to each Qualified Option Recipient by the Board (or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company) pursuant to Section 16A, beginning on the date which is 180 days from the date of such Change in Control, each Qualified Option Recipient (as defined below) shall have the right to exercise and receive from the Company or its successor their respective Acceleration Amount (as defined below). A “Qualified Option Recipient” is defined as an option recipient hereunder who both (A) has maintained a relationship as an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or its successor for the 180 days immediately prior to the Change in Control and (B) on the date which is 180 days after the date of the Change in Control, either (i) maintains a relationship as an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or its successor or (ii) fails to maintain a relationship as an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or its successor by reason of having such relationship terminated by the Company or its successor other than for Cause, where “Cause” means willful misconduct or willful failure of the option recipient to perform the responsibilities of such option recipient’s agreed-upon business relationship with the Company or its successor, including without limitation such option recipient’s breach of any provision of any employment, consulting, nondisclosure, non-competition or similar agreement between the option recipient and the Company. With respect to each Qualified Option Recipient, the “Acceleration Amount” shall mean the lesser of (a) the number of additional shares of Common Stock (or their equivalent) which would have become vested pursuant to their option agreement over the twelve (12) month period following the date of the Change in Control or (b) fifty percent (50%) of the shares of Common Stock (or their equivalent) which had not yet vested pursuant to their option agreement as of the date of the Change in Control. The Board and, where applicable, the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of the Company, shall take all necessary action to accomplish the purposes of this Section 16B, including all such actions as are necessary to provide for the assumption of such obligation upon the Change in Control.

 

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C. The Company may grant Options under the Plan in substitution for Options held by employees of another corporation who become employees of the Company or a Related Corporation as the result of a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation with the Company or a Related Corporation, or as a result of the acquisition by the Company or a Related Corporation of property or stock of the employing corporation. The Company may direct that substitute Options be granted on such terms and conditions as the Board considers appropriate in the circumstances.

 

D. In the event of a Change in Control and with respect thereto, the rights and responsibilities of holders of Stock Rights pursuant to this Plan shall be governed first and foremost by the Company’s agreement with the respective recipient of such Stock Rights and then, to the extent applicable, by the terms of this Section 16.

 

16. Stock Restriction Agreement. As a condition to the grant of an Award or a Purchase authorization under the Plan, the recipient of the Award or Purchase authorization shall execute an agreement (“Stock Restriction Agreement”) in such form not inconsistent with the Plan as may be approved by the Board. Stock Restriction Agreements may differ among recipients. Stock Restriction Agreements may include any provisions the Board determines should be included and that are not inconsistent with any provision of the Plan.

 

17. No Special Employment Rights. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any option agreement or other agreement or instrument executed pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall confer upon any Optionee any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by the Company or any Related Corporation or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or a Related Corporation at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Optionee.

 

18. Other Employee Benefits. Except as to plans which by their terms include such amounts as compensation, no amount of compensation deemed to be received by an employee as a result of the grant or exercise of an Option or the sale of shares received upon such exercise, or as a result of the grant of an Award or the authorization or making of a Purchase will constitute compensation with respect to which any other employee benefits of such employee are determined, including, without limitation, benefits under any bonus, pension, profit-sharing, life insurance or salary continuation plan, except as otherwise specifically determined by the Board.

 

19. Amendment of the Plan.

 

A. The Board may at any time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in any respect.

 

B. The termination or any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent of an Optionee, affect the Optionee’s rights under an Option previously granted. With the consent of the Optionee affected, the Board may amend outstanding option agreements in a manner not inconsistent with the Plan. The Board shall have the right to amend or modify (i) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding Option, and (ii) the terms and provisions of the Plan and of any outstanding Option to the extent necessary to ensure the qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3.

 

20. Investment Representations. The Board may require any person to whom an Option is granted, as a condition of exercising such Option, and any person to whom an Award is granted or a Purchase is authorized, as a condition thereof, to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Board to the effect that such person is acquiring the Common Stock subject to the Option, Award or Purchase for such person’s own account for investment and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other effects as the Company deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with federal and applicable state securities laws, or with covenants or representations made by the Company in connection with any public offering of its Common Stock.

 

21. Compliance with Securities Laws. Each Option shall be subject to the requirement that if, at any time, counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such Option upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, or that the disclosure of non-public information or the satisfaction of any other condition is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such Option may not be exercised, in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval, or satisfaction of such condition shall have been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Board. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification, or to satisfy such condition.

 

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22. Withholding. The Company shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to the Optionee any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to any shares issued upon exercise of Options under the Plan or upon the grant of an Award, the making of a Purchase of Common Stock for less than its fair market value, the making of a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in Paragraph 24), or the vesting of restricted Common Stock acquired pursuant to a Stock Right. The Board in its sole discretion may condition the exercise of an Option, the grant of an Award, the making of a Purchase, or the vesting of restricted shares acquired by exercising a Stock Right on the grantee’s payment of such additional withholding taxes.

 

23. Effective Date and Duration of the Plan.

 

A. The Plan shall become effective when adopted by the Board and Stock Rights granted under the Plan shall become exercisable upon the Board’s approval of the Plan. Amendments to the Plan not requiring shareholder approval shall become effective when adopted by the Board. Stock Rights may be granted under the Plan at any time after the effective date and before the termination date of the Plan.

 

B. Unless sooner terminated as provided elsewhere in this Plan, this Plan shall terminate upon the close of business on the day next preceding the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board. Stock Rights outstanding on such date shall continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the instruments evidencing such Stock Rights.

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors on August 31, 2004, and as amended on May 7, 2009 and December 16, 2013.

 

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

DIANE D. DALMY

ATTORNEY AT LAW

2000 EAST 12TH AVENUE

SUITE 32/10B

DENVER, COLORADO 80207

303.985.9324 (telephone)

303.988.6954 (fax)

 

December 16, 2013

 

Players Network

1771 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 201-A

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

 

Re: Players Network
Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about December 16, 2013 (the “Registration Statement”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of up to an additional of 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of Players Network that are to be issued pursuant to the Players Network Amended and Restated 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan. Such shares of Common Stock are referred to herein as the “Shares,” and such plan is referred to herein as the “Plan.” As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with the actions proposed to be taken by you in connection with the sale and issuance of the Shares under the Plan and pursuant to the agreements related thereto.

 

In connection with this opinion, I have examined all documents, records, certificates and matters of law as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.

 

Based on such examination, it is my opinion that, when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Plan and pursuant to the agreements that accompany each grant under the Plan, the Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the use of my name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement, including any prospectus constituting a part thereof, and any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are “experts” within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Diane D. Dalmy

Diane D. Dalmy

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 11, 2013, relating to the financial statements of Players Network as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

 

/s/M&K CPAS, PLLC

 

www.mkacpas.com

Houston, Texas

 

December 16, 2013