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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;29, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>27-0659371</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1950<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Retention Bonus Awards</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James M. Piccone<BR>
1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1950<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>
303-534-4600 (Phone)</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies of communications to:</I></B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Ronald R. Levine, II <BR>
Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP <BR>
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>
303-892-9400 (Phone)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>James M. Piccone<BR>
Resolute Energy Corporation<BR>
1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1950<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>
303-534-4600 (Phone)</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par value $0.0001 per share)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">200,000 shares (1)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,032,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">113.39</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement covers any securities that may be offered or issued pursuant to
the Resolute Energy Corporation Retention Bonus Awards to prevent dilution as a result of
adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits and similar changes.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company&#146;s common
stock on September&nbsp;28, 2009, as reported by The New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information and written statement required by Part&nbsp;I are included in the documents sent or
given to participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(i)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, previously filed by Resolute Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are hereby incorporated in this
registration statement by reference as of their date of filing with the Commission:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on August&nbsp;4, 2009,
August&nbsp;13, 2009, August&nbsp;19, 2009, September&nbsp;1, 2009, September&nbsp;2, 2009, September&nbsp;9,
2009, September&nbsp;10, 2009, September&nbsp;15, 2009, September&nbsp;22, 2009, September&nbsp;23, 2009
and September&nbsp;28, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;424(b)(5) filed on September&nbsp;15, 2009, as supplemented by Form
424(b)(3) filed on September&nbsp;23, 2009 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-161076).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;21, 2009 (which incorporates such description of the
Common Stock from the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed August&nbsp;6, 2009
and as subsequently amended, which description is also hereby incorporated by reference) (SEC File
No.&nbsp;333-161076), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The report of Grant Thornton LLP dated May 9, 2008, filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed August 6, 2009 and as subsequently
amended (SEC File No. 333-161076). </div>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement
indicating that all securities offered under the registration statement have been sold, or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, are also incorporated herein by reference and
shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated by, or deemed incorporated by reference
herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement 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
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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), the Company has broad
powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and
Restated Bylaws include provisions to (i)&nbsp;eliminate the personal liability of its directors and
officers for monetary
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL, and (ii)&nbsp;require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, including circumstances in which
indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, a corporation
generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and
agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are or are
threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted
in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation and with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause
to believe their conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, pursuant to the Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, each director will continue to be
subject to liability for (1)&nbsp;breach of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(3)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or (4)&nbsp;any payment
of unlawful dividends or an unlawful stock repurchase or redemption. The provision also does not
affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other law, such as federal securities laws or state
or federal environmental laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Section&nbsp;8.1 of the Company&#146;s charter
provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for
monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, except to the extent
such limitation on or exemption from liability is not permitted under the DGCL. The effect of this
provision of the Company&#146;s charter is to eliminate the Company&#146;s rights and those of its
stockholders (through stockholders&#146; derivative suits on the Company&#146;s behalf) to recover monetary
damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director, including
breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior, except, as restricted by Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL. However, this provision does not limit or eliminate the Company&#146;s rights or
the rights of any stockholder to seek non-monetary relief, such as an injunction or rescission, in
the event of a breach of a director&#146;s duty of care.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
liability of directors, then, in accordance with the Company&#146;s charter, the liability of the
Company&#146;s directors to the Company or its stockholders will be eliminated or limited to the fullest
extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or amendment of provisions of the
Company&#146;s charter limiting or eliminating the liability of directors, whether by the Company&#146;s
stockholders or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith,
will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or
change in law permits the Company to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors on a
retroactive basis.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee
or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or his service, at the corporation&#146;s request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director or officer had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to 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
such person 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
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a
corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
Section 145(a) or Section 145(b) of the DGCL or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, provided that indemnification provided for by
Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL or granted pursuant thereto shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, and empowers the corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability
asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under
Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with all of its directors and
executive officers. Under these agreements, the Company will indemnify its directors and executive
officers against amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with actual or threatened
proceedings if any of them may be made a party because of their role as a director or officer. The
Company is obligated to pay these amounts only if the officer or director acted in good faith and
in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Company&#146;s best
interests. For any criminal proceedings, the Company is obligated to pay these amounts only if the
officer or director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The
indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
indemnification thereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company maintains insurance coverage for the purpose of providing indemnification benefits
in certain circumstances.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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</DIV>

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    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Retention Bonus Award Agreement</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner &#038; Hottman PC</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Sproule Associates Limited</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement)</TD>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 the registration statement.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned
Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;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
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 Company 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Denver, State of Colorado, on this 28th
day of September&nbsp;2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James M. Piccone
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James M. Piccone&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President, General Counsel, Secretary and Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Nicholas J. Sutton, James M. Piccone and Theodore Gazulis, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
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 all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes
or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Nicholas J. Sutton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nicholas J. Sutton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James M. Piccone
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Piccone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, General Counsel,
Secretary and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Theodore Gazulis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theodore Gazulis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal accounting officer and
principal financial officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
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Kenneth A. Hersh
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Richard L. Covington
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William J. Quinn
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William H. Cunningham
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Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
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Robert M. Swartz
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James E. Duffy
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
27-0659371
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices)
Retention Bonus Awards
James M. Piccone
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-534-4600 (Phone)
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Ronald R. Levine, II
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-892-9400 (Phone)
James M. Piccone
Resolute Energy Corporation
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-534-4600 (Phone)
303-892-7400 (Fax)
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 the definitions 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
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Per Share (2)
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock (par value $0.0001 per share)
200,000 shares (1)
$
10.16
$
2,032,000
$
113.39
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement covers any securities that may be offered or issued pursuant to
the Resolute Energy Corporation Retention Bonus Awards to prevent dilution as a result of
adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits and similar changes.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rules
457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company's common
stock on September 28, 2009, as reported by The New York Stock Exchange.
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PART I
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
EX-23.4
EX-23.5
EX-23.6
EX-23.7
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PART I
The information and written statement required by Part I are included in the documents sent or
given to participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(i)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, previously filed by Resolute Energy Corporation (the "Company") with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are hereby incorporated in this
registration statement by reference as of their date of filing with the Commission:
(a) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2009,
August 13, 2009, August 19, 2009, September 1, 2009, September 2, 2009, September 9,
2009, September 10, 2009, September 15, 2009, September 22, 2009, September 23, 2009
and September 28, 2009.
(b) The Company's Form 424(b)(5) filed on September 15, 2009, as supplemented by Form
424(b)(3) filed on September 23, 2009 (SEC File No. 333-161076).
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September 21, 2009 (which incorporates such description of the
Common Stock from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed August 6, 2009
and as subsequently amended, which description is also hereby incorporated by reference) (SEC File
No. 333-161076), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
(d) The report of Grant Thornton LLP dated May 9, 2008, filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed August 6, 2009 and as subsequently
amended (SEC File No. 333-161076).
All other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement
indicating that all securities offered under the registration statement have been sold, or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, are also incorporated herein by reference and
shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by, or deemed incorporated by reference
herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement 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
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Company has broad
powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Amended and
Restated Bylaws include provisions to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors and
officers for monetary
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damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL, and (ii) require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the
fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, including circumstances in which
indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation
generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and
agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are or are
threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted
in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation and with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause
to believe their conduct was unlawful.
In addition, pursuant to the Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, each director will continue to be
subject to liability for (1) breach of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2) acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(3) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or (4) any payment
of unlawful dividends or an unlawful stock repurchase or redemption. The provision also does not
affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as federal securities laws or state
or federal environmental laws.
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Section 8.1 of the Company's charter
provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for
monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, except to the extent
such limitation on or exemption from liability is not permitted under the DGCL. The effect of this
provision of the Company's charter is to eliminate the Company's rights and those of its
stockholders (through stockholders' derivative suits on the Company's behalf) to recover monetary
damages against a director for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director, including
breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior, except, as restricted by Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL. However, this provision does not limit or eliminate the Company's rights or
the rights of any stockholder to seek non-monetary relief, such as an injunction or rescission, in
the event of a breach of a director's duty of care.
If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
liability of directors, then, in accordance with the Company's charter, the liability of the
Company's directors to the Company or its stockholders will be eliminated or limited to the fullest
extent authorized by the DGCL, as so amended. Any repeal or amendment of provisions of the
Company's charter limiting or eliminating the liability of directors, whether by the Company's
stockholders or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provisions inconsistent therewith,
will (unless otherwise required by law) be prospective only, except to the extent such amendment or
change in law permits the Company to further limit or eliminate the liability of directors on a
retroactive basis.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee
or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or his service, at the corporation's request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding provided that such director or officer acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director or officer had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to 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
such person 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
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court
in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
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that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a
corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
Section 145(a) or Section 145(b) of the DGCL or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, provided that indemnification provided for by
Section 145 of the DGCL or granted pursuant thereto shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled, and empowers the corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability
asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under
Section 145 of the DGCL.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with all of its directors and
executive officers. Under these agreements, the Company will indemnify its directors and executive
officers against amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with actual or threatened
proceedings if any of them may be made a party because of their role as a director or officer. The
Company is obligated to pay these amounts only if the officer or director acted in good faith and
in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Company's best
interests. For any criminal proceedings, the Company is obligated to pay these amounts only if the
officer or director had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The
indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
indemnification thereunder.
The Company maintains insurance coverage for the purpose of providing indemnification benefits
in certain circumstances.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Retention Bonus Award Agreement
5.1
Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
23.1
Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC
23.4
Consent of Grant Thornton
23.5
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.6
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.7
Consent of Sproule Associates Limited
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement)
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The Registrant 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% 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 this registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the
Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned
Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant
pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
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(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The 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 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
this 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
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 Company 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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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 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 28th
day of September 2009.
RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James M. Piccone
Name:
James M. Piccone
Title:
President, General Counsel, Secretary and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Nicholas J. Sutton, James M. Piccone and Theodore Gazulis, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
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 all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes
or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/ Nicholas J. Sutton
Nicholas J. Sutton
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
September 28, 2009
/s/ James M. Piccone
James M. Piccone
President, General Counsel,
Secretary and Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ Theodore Gazulis
Theodore Gazulis
Chief Financial Officer
(principal accounting officer and
principal financial officer)
September 28, 2009
/s/ Kenneth A. Hersh
Kenneth A. Hersh
Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ Richard L. Covington
Richard L. Covington
Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ William J. Quinn
William J. Quinn
Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ William H. Cunningham
William H. Cunningham
Director
September 28, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ Robert M. Swartz
Robert M. Swartz
Director
September 28, 2009
/s/ James E. Duffy
James E. Duffy
Director
September 28, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Retention Bonus Award Agreement
5.1
Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
23.1
Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC
23.4
Consent of Grant Thornton
23.5
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.6
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.7
Consent of Sproule Associates Limited
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement)