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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=center><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;9, 2008</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 468px" align=justify><B>Registration No.
333-</B></P>
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align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"
align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=center><B>Washington, D.C.
20549</B></P>
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align=center><B><U>______________</U></B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 20pt" align=center><B>FORM
S-8</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>UNDER</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7px" align=center><B>THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>
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align=center><B><U>______________</U></B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 22pt"
align=center><B>SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt" align=center>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"
align=center><B><U>_____________</U></B></P>
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align=center><B>Delaware</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>(State or Other Jurisdiction</P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>of Incorporation or Organization)</P></TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>20-2110031 </B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>(I.R.S. Employer</P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>6330 West Loop South, Suite 300</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Houston, Texas 77401</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center>(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"
align=center>&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;<B><U>______________</U></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"
align=center><B>SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>
<P
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align=center><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 INCENTIVE PLAN</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>(Full Title of the Plan)</P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 16px; LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt"
align=center><B><U>______________</U></B></P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center>Name, Address and Telephone</P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center>Number of Agent for Service:</P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Timothy E. Vail</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>6330 West Loop South, Suite 300</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Houston, Texas 77401</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>&nbsp;(713) 579-0600</B></P></TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center>Copy of Communications to:</P>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Robert G. Reedy</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Porter &amp; Hedges, L.L.P.</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>1000 Main Street, 36<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>Houston, Texas 77002-6336</B></P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=center><B>(713) 226-6000</B></P></TD></TR>
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align=center><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Amount to</B></P>
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align=center><B>be Registered (1)</B></P></TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Proposed Maximum Offering</B></P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Price per Share (2)</B></P></TD>
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Maximum Aggregate</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Offering Price (2)</B></P></TD>
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colSpan=2>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Amount of</B></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 6.5pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 8.5pt"
align=center><B>Registration Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</P></TD>
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width=90>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>2,000,000</P></TD>
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width=120 colSpan=2>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>$11.20</P></TD>
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width=102>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>$22,400,00</P></TD>
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<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: 10pt"
align=center>$881</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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align=justify>(1)</P>
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align=justify>Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also registered hereunder are an
indeterminate number of shares of common stock issuable as a result of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Amended and Restated Synthesis Energy Systems,
Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -14px; TEXT-INDENT: -48px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=justify>(2)</P>
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style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 48px; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px; LINE-HEIGHT: 11pt"
align=justify>Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the
basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on The
Nasdaq Capital Market on January 4, 2008, $11.20. &nbsp;</P>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 13px" align=justify><BR><BR></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 9pt"
align=justify>1072553v2</P>
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align=center><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL
INSTRUCTION E &#150; REGISTATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 13px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px"
align=justify>&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement registers an additional
2,000,000 shares of our common stock related to the Amended and Restated 2005
Incentive Plan, which are the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-147490, has been previously
filed. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the prior
registration statement are hereby incorporated by reference.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -16px"><B>ITEM 8. &nbsp;</B></P>
<P
style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 13px; TEXT-INDENT: 96px"><B>EXHIBITS</B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Exhibit</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px"
align=center><B>&nbsp;No.</B></P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px"
align=center><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>4.1</P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Amended and
Restated Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-140367) on Form SB-2 filed on
May 1, 2007).</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*5.1</P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=552>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Opinion of
Porter &amp; Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the
securities.</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*23.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=18>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=552>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Consent of
Porter &amp; Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*23.2</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=18>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=552>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Consent of
KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</P></TD></TR>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*24.1</P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Power of Attorney (included on
signature page of this registration statement).</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>* Filed herewith.</P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 13px" align=center><BR><BR></P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; MARGIN: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 9pt"
align=justify>1235049v3</P>
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align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px" align=justify>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 Houston,
state of Texas, on this 8th day of January, 2008.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 316px" align=justify><B>SYNTHESIS ENERGY
SYSTEMS, INC.</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>By:</P></TD>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=264>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>/s/ Timothy E. Vail</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=316>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=43>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=264>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Timothy E. Vail</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=316>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=43>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=264>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>President and Chief Executive Officer
</P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px" align=justify>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Timothy E. Vail and David Eichinger, and each of them, either of whom
may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and
supplements to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be
filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes
of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 13px; TEXT-INDENT: 48px"
align=justify>Pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"
align=center><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=306>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center><B>Capacity In
Which Signed</B></P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=147>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"
align=center><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=bottom width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Timothy E.
Vail</P></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Timothy E. Vail</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ David
Eichinger</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
of Corporate Development (Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>David Eichinger</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Carol
Pearson</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Corporate Controller and Secretary (Principal
Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">January&nbsp;8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Carol Pearson</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Donald
Bunnell</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">President, Chief Executive
Officer &#150; Asia Pacific and Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Donald Bunnell</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Lorenzo
Lamadrid</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Lorenzo Lamadrid</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Michael
Storey</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Michael Storey</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P align=center>&nbsp;/s/ Denis
Slavich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>January 8, 2008</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Denis Slavich</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 3px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align=center>/s/ Harry
Rubin </P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=306 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Director</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=15 rowSpan=2>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=147 rowSpan=2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px"><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px">January 8, 2008</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=167>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center>Harry Rubin</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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EXHIBITS</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><BR></P>
<TABLE style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt" cellSpacing=0>
<TR style="DISPLAY: none; FONT-SIZE: 0px" height=0>
<TD width=50></TD>
<TD width=20></TD>
<TD width=553></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=center><B>Exhibit</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px"
align=center><B>No.</B></P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px"
align=center><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>4.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Amended and
Restated Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-140367) on Form SB-2 filed on
May 1, 2007).</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*5.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Opinion of
Porter &amp; Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the
securities.</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*23.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Consent of
Porter &amp; Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*23.2</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=justify>Consent of
KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD vAlign=top width=50>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" align=right>*24.1</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=20>
<P>&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=553>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>Power of Attorney (included on
signature page of this registration statement).</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0px" align=justify>* &nbsp;Filed herewith.</P>
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_
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2008
Registration No.
333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
______________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
______________
SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
_____________
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
20-2110031
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6330 West Loop South, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77401
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
______________
SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
______________
Name, Address and Telephone
Number of Agent for Service:
Timothy E. Vail
President and Chief Executive Officer
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc.
6330 West Loop South, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77401
(713) 579-0600
Copy of Communications to:
Robert G. Reedy
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P.
1000 Main Street, 36
th
Floor
Houston, Texas 77002-6336
(713) 226-6000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to
be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
2,000,000
$11.20
$22,400,00
$881
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also registered hereunder are an
indeterminate number of shares of common stock issuable as a result of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Amended and Restated Synthesis Energy Systems,
Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the
basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the common stock on The
Nasdaq Capital Market on January 4, 2008, $11.20.
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL
INSTRUCTION E – REGISTATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This registration statement registers an additional
2,000,000 shares of our common stock related to the Amended and Restated 2005
Incentive Plan, which are the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-147490, has been previously
filed. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the prior
registration statement are hereby incorporated by reference.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and
Restated Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-140367) on Form SB-2 filed on
May 1, 2007).
*5.1
Opinion of
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the
securities.
*23.1
Consent of
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.2
Consent of
KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on
signature page of this registration statement).
* Filed herewith.
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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 Houston,
state of Texas, on this 8th day of January, 2008.
SYNTHESIS ENERGY
SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Timothy E. Vail
Timothy E. Vail
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Timothy E. Vail and David Eichinger, and each of them, either of whom
may act without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and
supplements to this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be
filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes
of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity In
Which Signed
Date
/s/ Timothy E.
Vail
President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
January 8, 2008
Timothy E. Vail
/s/ David
Eichinger
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
of Corporate Development (Principal Financial Officer)
January 8, 2008
David Eichinger
/s/ Carol
Pearson
Corporate Controller and Secretary (Principal
Accounting Officer)
January 8, 2008
Carol Pearson
/s/ Donald
Bunnell
President, Chief Executive
Officer – Asia Pacific and Director
January 8, 2008
Donald Bunnell
/s/ Lorenzo
Lamadrid
Director
January 8, 2008
Lorenzo Lamadrid
/s/ Michael
Storey
Director
January 8, 2008
Michael Storey
/s/ Denis
Slavich
Director
January 8, 2008
Denis Slavich
/s/ Harry
Rubin
Director
January 8, 2008
Harry Rubin
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and
Restated Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's
Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-140367) on Form SB-2 filed on
May 1, 2007).
*5.1
Opinion of
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the
securities.
*23.1
Consent of
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.2
Consent of
KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on
signature page of this registration statement).
*  Filed herewith.
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