UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 24, 2020
NEW CONCEPT ENERGY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Nevada |
000-08187 |
75-2399477 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File No.) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
1603 LBJ Freeway, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas |
75234 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 972-407-8400
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class |
Trading Symbol |
Name of Each Exchange on which Registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.01 |
GBR |
NYSE American |
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Section 8 - Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events
On September 24, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with TX Cooley Investments, Inc., an unaffiliated Nevada corporation (“Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company sold and transferred to the Purchaser all of the Company’s membership interest in Mockingbird Energy, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, which, itself and through its subsidiaries, owned and held substantially all of the oil and gas assets and operations in West Virginia and Ohio, originally acquired in 2008. The sale price of the assets sold was $85,000 in cash and the agreement to fully indemnify the Company and its subsidiaries from and against any and all actions or activities or inactions of or by Mockingbird Energy, LLC and its subsidiaries from and after the effective date of the transfer, regardless of when any obligation (or facts and circumstances which created an obligation) arose. Prior to the sale transaction, approximately 191 acres of land, together with improvements, including four buildings containing approximately 53,400 square feet [the largest of which is approximately 24,000 square feet], and certain surplus equipment were transferred to another wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, named Mountaineer States Pipeline LLC.
Mockingbird Energy, LLC acquired the oil and gas operations in 2008 and reflected the value of the oil and gas reserves in the financial information of the Company. In 2008, the Company also established a reserve of $2.75 million for the ultimate shutdown and plugging of nonproducing wells and clean up the surrounding land. Through the years, due to depletion and market value write-downs, the oil and gas reserves were most recently valued for financial statement purposes at approximately $700,000, but the $2.75 million reserve established in 2008 remained constant. The completed transaction will result in a gain of approximately $2,000,000 after relief of the Company from any obligation for plugging of nonproducing wells and cleanup of surrounding land.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 2, 2020
NEW CONCEPT ENERGY, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Gene S. Bertcher | ||
Gene S. Bertcher | |||
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief | |||
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |