As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2026
Registration No. 333- | ||
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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VAALCO Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 76-0274813 | |||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
2500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 400 Houston, Texas | 77042 | |||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||
| VAALCO Energy, Inc. 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan | ||
| (Full title of the plan) | ||
Matthew R. Powers
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
2500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77042
(713) 623-0801
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jordan Hirsch
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis St., Suite 4200
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 220-4349
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b- 2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☒ | ||||
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ | ||||
Emerging growth company ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 4, 2026, the stockholders of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the “Registrant”) approved an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”) reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the VAALCO Energy, Inc. 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended by the First Amendment to the 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan, effective as of June 3, 2021, the Second Amendment to the 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan, effective as of June 6, 2024 and the Third Amendment to the 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan, effective as of June 4, 2026, the “2020 LTIP”). by 5,250,000 shares (the “Additional Shares”). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed by the Registrant to register the offer and sale of (i) the Additional Shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2020 LTIP and (ii) 525,000 shares of Common Stock that may become available for issuance pursuant to the share counting and share recycling provisions of the 2020 LTIP, including upon the expiration, cancellation, forfeiture or other termination of awards. The Registrant has previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 with respect to the 2020 LTIP with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 25, 2020 (File No. 333-239424), June 11, 2021 (File No. 333-257028) and June 6, 2024 (File No. 333-279986) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). The Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, other than information in a report or document that is “furnished” and not “filed” pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC:
(a) the Registrant’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A (the “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2026 and March 20, 2026, respectively;
(b) the portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 24, 2026, that were incorporated by reference into the Annual Report;
(c) the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed with the SEC on May 11, 2026;
(d) the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2026 and June 4, 2026; and
(e) the description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of common stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares 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 the filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded 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 such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 8. | Exhibits. | ||||
| Exhibit Number | Description of Document | ||||
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| * | Filed herewith. | ||||
SIGNATURES
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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on June 4, 2026.
VAALCO ENERGY, INC. (Registrant) | |||||||||||
| Date: June 4, 2026 | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Lynn Willis | ||||||||||
| Lynn Willis | |||||||||||
| Chief Accounting Officer and Controller | |||||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Lynn Willis and George W. M. Maxwell, acting singly, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ George W. M. Maxwell | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| George W. M. Maxwell | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Ronald Y. Bain | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Ronald Y. Bain | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Lynn Willis | Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Lynn Willis | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Andrew L. Fawthrop | Director and Chairman of the Board | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Andrew L. Fawthrop | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Cathy Stubbs | Director | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Cathy Stubbs | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Fabrice Nze-Bekale | Director | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Fabrice Nze-Bekale | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Edward LaFehr | Director | June 4, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Edward LaFehr | ||||||||||||||