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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> UNDER  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>STARBRIDGE GLOBAL&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Nevada</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Suite 2, 25 Prospect Street<BR>
Box Hill, VC 3128, Australia<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements with David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty, October&nbsp;20, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Director's Service Agreements with David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty, October&nbsp;20, 2000</FONT></TD>
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Consultancy Contract with Richard A. Pullia, September&nbsp;1, 2000</FONT></TD>
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Business Consulting Services Agreement with Rosemary Nguyen, November&nbsp;15, 2000</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Full
Titles of the Plans) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Marion V. Larson, Esq.<BR>
Riddell Williams P.S.<BR>
Suite 4500<BR>
1001 4th Avenue Plaza<BR>
Seattle, WA 98154-1065<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>15,283,429 Shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$7,881,664</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,970</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) based on an offering price of $0.5157 per share (the average of the high
and low sales prices reported by the Nasdaq OTC Market on January&nbsp;2, 2001) for the shares issued or issuable under the Directors Service Agreements, the Option Agreements, the Consultancy
Contract, and the Business Agreement. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement relates to: 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.001 (the "Common Stock"), issued pursuant to Director's
Service Agreements between the Registrant and each of David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty (the "Directors Service Agreements"); 10,000,000 shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements between the Registrant and each of David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin
Dougherty (the "Option Agreements"); 33,429 shares of Common Stock, issued pursuant to a Consultancy Contract between the Registrant and Richard A. Pullia (the "Consultancy Contract"); and 250,000
shares of Common Stock, issued pursuant to a Business Consulting Services Agreement between the Registrant and Rosemary Nguyen (the "Business Agreement") </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;5, 2000, pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as amended by Form&nbsp;8-K/A, Amended Current Report, filed on April&nbsp;18, 2000,
filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act; and </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
April&nbsp;5, 2000. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall
also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement 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 that 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 78.745 through 78.752 of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnification to
directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Article&nbsp;VII of the
Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;78.7502
of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorizes a corporation to limit a director's or officer's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for acts or omissions as a director if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section&nbsp;78.751 prohibits a corporation from indemnifying a director or officer in
certain circumstances if a final adjudication by a </FONT></P>

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court establishes acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant believes that the issuances of Common Stock, made and to be made by the Registrant, are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(2) thereunder, as a transaction not involving any public offering. No broker-dealer was involved therein and the securities involved have been subject to
the appropriate transfer restrictions. All purchasers
have had adequate access, through their employment or consulting or other relationships, to sufficient information about the Registrant to make an informed investment decision. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Articles of Incorporation of Equishare Development Corp. (name changed to Southland Financial, Inc. on April 24, 1995 and changed again to Starbridge Global Inc. on November&nbsp;21, 2000)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on November 21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form&nbsp;8-K dated November 13, 2000, file
number 0-28645).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Bylaws of Southland Financial, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Armondo C. Ibarra, Certified Public Accountants</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>99.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>99.3</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consultancy Contract with Richard A. Pullia</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>99.4</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Business Consulting Services Agreement with Rosemary Nguyen</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings  </B></FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>provided, however,</I></B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in the opinion of its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Box Hill, VC 3128,
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID TURIK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David Turik<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President</I></FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David Turik and Maurice Fink, and each of them severally, such person's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of
such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any
and all other instruments necessary or incidental in connection herewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID TURIK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David Turik</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President and Principal Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>January 4, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIE LO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Willie Lo</FONT></TD>
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Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LARRY SMITH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Larry Smith</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MAURICE FINK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Maurice Fink</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT TALBOT-STERN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert Talbot-Stern</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARTIN DOUGHERTY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Martin Dougherty</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Articles of Incorporation of Equishare Development Corp. (name changed to Southland Financial, Inc. on April 24, 1995 and changed again to Starbridge Global Inc. on November&nbsp;21, 2000)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on November&nbsp;21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form&nbsp;8-K dated November 13, 2000,
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Bylaws of Southland Financial, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Armondo C. Ibarra, Certified Public Accountants</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 5, 2001
Registration No.      -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STARBRIDGE GLOBAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
94-3346241
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Suite 2, 25 Prospect Street
Box Hill, VC 3128, Australia
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements with David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty, October 20, 2000
Director's Service Agreements with David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty, October 20, 2000
Consultancy Contract with Richard A. Pullia, September 1, 2000
Business Consulting Services Agreement with Rosemary Nguyen, November 15, 2000
(Full
Titles of the Plans)
Marion V. Larson, Esq.
Riddell Williams P.S.
Suite 4500
1001 4th Avenue Plaza
Seattle, WA 98154-1065
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
15,283,429 Shares
$7,881,664
$1,970
(1)
Estimated
solely for purposes of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) based on an offering price of $0.5157 per share (the average of the high
and low sales prices reported by the Nasdaq OTC Market on January 2, 2001) for the shares issued or issuable under the Directors Service Agreements, the Option Agreements, the Consultancy
Contract, and the Business Agreement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement relates to: 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.001 (the "Common Stock"), issued pursuant to Director's
Service Agreements between the Registrant and each of David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin Dougherty (the "Directors Service Agreements"); 10,000,000 shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements between the Registrant and each of David Turik, Willie Lo, Maurice Fink, Robert Talbot-Stern and Martin
Dougherty (the "Option Agreements"); 33,429 shares of Common Stock, issued pursuant to a Consultancy Contract between the Registrant and Richard A. Pullia (the "Consultancy Contract"); and 250,000
shares of Common Stock, issued pursuant to a Business Consulting Services Agreement between the Registrant and Rosemary Nguyen (the "Business Agreement")
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
1.  The
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2000, pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as amended by Form 8-K/A, Amended Current Report, filed on April 18, 2000,
filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act; and
2.  All
other reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since
April 5, 2000.
All
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall
also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Any
statement 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 that 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 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Sections 78.745 through 78.752 of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnification to
directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Article VII of the
Registrant's Bylaws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Nevada law.
Section 78.7502
of the Nevada Revised Statutes authorizes a corporation to limit a director's or officer's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for acts or omissions as a director if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 78.751 prohibits a corporation from indemnifying a director or officer in
certain circumstances if a final adjudication by a
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court establishes acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed
The Registrant believes that the issuances of Common Stock, made and to be made by the Registrant, are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(2) thereunder, as a transaction not involving any public offering. No broker-dealer was involved therein and the securities involved have been subject to
the appropriate transfer restrictions. All purchasers
have had adequate access, through their employment or consulting or other relationships, to sufficient information about the Registrant to make an informed investment decision.
Item 8.  Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
(a)
Articles of Incorporation of Equishare Development Corp. (name changed to Southland Financial, Inc. on April 24, 1995 and changed again to Starbridge Global Inc. on November 21, 2000)
3.1
(b)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on November 21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated November 13, 2000, file
number 0-28645).
3.2
Bylaws of Southland Financial, Inc.
5.1
Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.
23.1
Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Armondo C. Ibarra, Certified Public Accountants
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Form of Director's Service Agreement
99.2
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
99.3
Consultancy Contract with Richard A. Pullia
99.4
Business Consulting Services Agreement with Rosemary Nguyen
Item 9.  Undertakings
(a)
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;
(i) To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(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) that, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the 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.
(b) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless, in the opinion of its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all 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 Box Hill, VC 3128,
Australia, on January 4, 2001.
STARBRIDGE GLOBAL INC.
By:
/s/
DAVID TURIK
David Turik
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David Turik and Maurice Fink, and each of them severally, such person's true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of
such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any
and all other instruments necessary or incidental in connection herewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
DAVID TURIK
David Turik
President and Principal Executive Officer
January 4, 2001
/s/
WILLIE LO
Willie Lo
Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
January 4, 2001
/s/
LARRY SMITH
Larry Smith
Chairman of the Board of Directors
January 4, 2001
/s/
MAURICE FINK
Maurice Fink
Director
January 4, 2001
/s/
ROBERT TALBOT-STERN
Robert Talbot-Stern
Director
January 4, 2001
/s/
MARTIN DOUGHERTY
Martin Dougherty
Director
January 4, 2001
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
(a)
Articles of Incorporation of Equishare Development Corp. (name changed to Southland Financial, Inc. on April 24, 1995 and changed again to Starbridge Global Inc. on November 21, 2000)
3.1
(b)
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on November 21, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K dated November 13, 2000,
file number 0-28645).
3.2
Bylaws of Southland Financial, Inc.
5.1
Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.
23.1
Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Armondo C. Ibarra, Certified Public Accountants
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Form of Director's Service Agreement
99.2
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
99.3
Consultancy Contract with Richard A. Pullia
99.4
Business Consulting Services Agreement with Rosemary Nguyen
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