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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2012
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  RECOVERY ENERGY, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Nevada
  74-3231613
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  1515 Wynkoop Street, Suite 200
  Denver, CO
  80202
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Recovery Energy, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full title of plan)
  A. Bradley Gabbard
  Chief Financial Officer
  Recovery Energy, Inc.
  1515 Wynkoop St., Suite 200
  Denver, CO 80202
  (303) 951-7933
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service)
  With copies to:
  Ronald Levine, II
  Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
  1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
  Denver, Colorado 80202
  Telephone: (303) 892-9400
  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
  x
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  o
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities
  to be Registered
  Amount to be
  Registered(1)
  Proposed Maximum
  Offering Price Per Share(2)
  Proposed Maximum
  Aggregate Offering Price(2)
  Amount of
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock (par value 0.0001 per share)
  900,000 shares
  $
  2.71
  $
  2,439,000
  $
  332.68
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional securities that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Recovery Energy, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions effected without receipt of consideration, that increase the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of Recovery Energy, Inc. (the "Registrant") as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market on November 20, 2012.
  PART I
  As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the plan that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  ITEM 3.
  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
  The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference as of their date of filing with the Commission:
  (a)           The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the Commission on March 21, 2012 and amended on March 29, 2012 (as amended, the "Annual Report");
  (b)          All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered in the Annual Report, to the extent filed and not furnished; and
  (c)           The description of the common stock of the Registrant contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission on October 28, 2011, as the same may be amended from time to time.
  All other documents filed by the Registrant 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 this Registration Statement have been sold, or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be 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 required.
  ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
  The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada.  The
  Nevada Revised Statutes provide that a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that his act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer and his breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.
  Section 78.7502 of the
  Nevada Revised Statutes permits 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, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the 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 corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person: (1) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or (2) acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she 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 the conduct was unlawful.
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  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful.
  In the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, however, no
  indemnification may be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
  To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him or her against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense.
  Section 78.751 of the
  Nevada Revised Statutes permits any discretionary
  indemnification under Section 78.7502 of the
  Nevada Revised Statutes, unless ordered by a court or advanced to a director or officer by the corporation in accordance with the
  Nevada Revised Statutes, to be made by a corporation only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination that
  indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination of
  indemnification must be made (1) by the stockholders, (2) by the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (3) if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) if a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
  Our Articles of Incorporation provide for
  indemnification to the fullest extent permissible under
  Nevada law. They also provide for the payment of expenses of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or, while a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or other enterprise, who is deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner 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.
  Our By-Laws provide that we shall indemnify any person who is a director or officer of the Corporation, or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, association or other enterprise, who is deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner 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.  No indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
  We maintain directors' and officers' insurance which, subject to certain exclusions, insures our directors and officers against certain losses which arise out of any neglect or breach of duty (including, but not limited to, any error, misstatement, act, or omission) by the directors or officers in the discharge of their duties, and insures us against amounts which we have paid or may become obligated to pay as
  indemnification to our directors and/or officers to cover such losses.
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  ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS
  See Exhibit Index.
  ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
  (a)           The Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 a 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 this 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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 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.
  (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 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on November 21, 2012.
  RECOVERY ENERGY, INC.
  By:
  /s/ A. Bradley Gabbard
  Name:
  A. Bradley Gabbard
  Title:
  President and Chief Financial Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Roger A. Parker and A. Bradley Gabbard, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, 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 on Form S-8, and to file the same with all exhibits and schedules thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in 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 his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  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.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ W. Phillip Marcum
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
  November 21, 2012
  W. Phillip Marcum
  /s/ A. Bradley Gabbard
  President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  November 21, 2012
  A. Bradley Gabbard
  /s/ D. Kirk Edwards
  Director
  November 21, 2012
  D. Kirk Edwards
  Director
  Timothy N. Poster
  /s/ Bruce B. White
  Director
  November 21, 2012
  Bruce B. White
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Recovery Energy, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Recovery Energy, Inc. filed on October 17, 2011).
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Recovery Energy, Inc.  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Recovery Energy, Inc. filed on June 18, 2010).
  4.3
  Recovery Energy, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Recovery Energy, Inc. filed on September 5, 2012).
  5.1
  Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP.
  23.1
  Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2
  Consent  Hein & Associates LLP.
  23.3
  Consent of RE Davis.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).