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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 8, 2015.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549<BR>
______________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
<FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Securities Act of 1933</FONT><BR>
______________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>DAKOTA PLAINS
HOLDINGS, INC.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif"><B>Nevada</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>20-2543857</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>294 Grove Lane East</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Wayzata, Minnesota </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif"><B>55391</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 6pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Dakota Plains
Holdings, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 59%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif"><B>Timothy R. Brady</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">294 Grove Lane East</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Wayzata, Minnesota 55391</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service:<B> (952) 473-9950</B><BR>
<B>______________________</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Copies
to:</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><B>James Thornton</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">General Counsel</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.</FONT><BR>
294 Grove Lane East<BR>
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act):</P>

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Accelerated Filer&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;
Accelerated Filer&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman,serif">
</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Non-accelerated Filer&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">
Smaller Reporting Company </FONT><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">Title of Securities To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">Amount To Be Registered (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Offering Price</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-align: center">Per Share (2)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum Aggregate</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 2pt; text-align: center">Offering Price (2)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 2.25pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">Amount of Registration Fee (2)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">Common Stock, $0.001 par&nbsp;value</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">2,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.9pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">$1.055</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center; border-top: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">$2,110,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; font: 9pt CG Times,serif; padding-right: 6pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.9pt; border-top: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman,serif">$245.19</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (&ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares
as may be issuable under the 2011 Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common
Stock of the Registrant.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of
the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock on July 6, 2015 as reported by the NYSE MKT.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed for the purpose of registering an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock to be issued pursuant
to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through June 18, 2015 (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). In accordance with Section E of the
General Instructions to Form S-8, the Registration Statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating
to the Plan (file no. 333-184046) is incorporated by reference herein, except as to the Item provided below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify"><B>Item 8.&#9;Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The following is a complete list of Exhibits
filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended
    and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
    Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 21, 2012 (file no. 000-53390))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">3.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Composite
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through June 11, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&rsquo;s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2015 (file no. 001-36493))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, counsel for the Registrant</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of BDO USA, LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through June 18, 2015</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">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 Wayzata, State of Minnesota on the 8<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2015.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 56%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Timothy R. Brady</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman,serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Timothy R. Brady</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 3.5in; text-indent: -0.25in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Dakota
Plains Holdings, Inc., hereby severally constitute Craig M. McKenzie and Timothy R. Brady, and each of them singly, as true and
lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names, in the capacities indicated
below the registration statement filed herewith and any amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and
all amendments thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt CG Times,serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on July 8, 2015 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; font: 8pt CG Times,serif; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 8pt CG Times,serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman,serif"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Craig M. McKenzie</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Craig M. McKenzie</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif"><I>Principal Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Timothy R. Brady</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Timothy R. Brady</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif"><I>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Gary L. Alvord</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Gary L. Alvord</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/ Steven A. Blank</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Steven A. Blank</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">/s/ David J. Fellon</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">David J. Fellon</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">K. Adam Kroloff</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-family: CG Times,serif">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Incorporated by Reference</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Composite Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through June 11, 2015</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Incorporated by Reference</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-family: CG Times,serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman,serif">Contained in Exhibit 5 to<BR>
 this Registration Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;through June 18, 2015</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 8, 2015.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
Securities Act of 1933
______________________
DAKOTA PLAINS
HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
20-2543857
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
294 Grove Lane East
Wayzata, Minnesota
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
55391
(Zip Code)
Dakota Plains
Holdings, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Timothy R. Brady
Chief Financial Officer
Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.
294 Grove Lane East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service:
(952) 473-9950
______________________
Copies
to:
James Thornton
General Counsel
Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.
294 Grove Lane East
Wayzata, Minnesota 55391
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer,
an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):
Large
Accelerated Filer
¨
Accelerated Filer
þ
Non-accelerated Filer
¨
Smaller Reporting Company
¨
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 (2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
2,000,000
$1.055
$2,110,000
$245.19
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares
as may be issuable under the 2011 Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common
Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of
the Registrant's Common Stock on July 6, 2015 as reported by the NYSE MKT.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being
filed for the purpose of registering an additional 2,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock to be issued pursuant
to the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through June 18, 2015 (the "Plan"). In accordance with Section E of the
General Instructions to Form S-8, the Registration Statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating
to the Plan (file no. 333-184046) is incorporated by reference herein, except as to the Item provided below.
PART II
Item 8.	Exhibits.
The following is a complete list of Exhibits
filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
3.1
Amended
    and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
    Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 21, 2012 (file no. 000-53390))
3.2
Composite
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through June 11, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 17, 2015 (file no. 001-36493))
5.1
Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, counsel for the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
23.2
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through June 18, 2015
II-
1
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 Wayzata, State of Minnesota on the 8
th
day of July, 2015.
DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Timothy R. Brady
Timothy R. Brady
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Dakota
Plains Holdings, Inc., hereby severally constitute Craig M. McKenzie and Timothy R. Brady, and each of them singly, as true and
lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names, in the capacities indicated
below the registration statement filed herewith and any amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. to comply with
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and
all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on July 8, 2015 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Name
Title
/s/ Craig M. McKenzie
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Craig M. McKenzie
Principal Executive Officer
/s/ Timothy R. Brady
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Timothy R. Brady
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
/s/ Gary L. Alvord
Director
Gary L. Alvord
/s/ Steven A. Blank
Director
Steven A. Blank
/s/ David J. Fellon
Director
David J. Fellon
/s/ K. Adam Kroloff
Director
K. Adam Kroloff
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Manner of Filing
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012
Incorporated by Reference
3.2
Composite Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through June 11, 2015
Incorporated by Reference
5.1
Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Filed Electronically
23.1
Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
Contained in Exhibit 5 to
this Registration Statement
23.2
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
Filed Electronically
24.1
Powers of Attorney
Included with Signatures
99.1
Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
through June 18, 2015
Filed Electronically