FiledAs filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2014August 7, 2020

FileRegistration No. _________333-240093



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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

__________

ENSERVCO CORPORATION

Enservco Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

84-0811316

(State or other jurisdiction

(I.R.S. Employer
of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Number)

 

14133 County Rd 9 ½

501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 320Longmont, Colorado 80504

Denver, CO(303) 333-3678

80246

(303) 333-3678

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,

of registrant'sregistrants principal executive offices)

__________

 

Robert J. Devers, Chief FinancialRichard A. Murphy

Principal Executive Officer

Enservco Corporation14133 County Rd 9 ½

501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 320

Denver, CO 80246Longmont, Colorado 80504

(303) 333-3678

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,

of agent for service)

ItThe Commission is requested thatto send copies of all correspondence be sentcommunications to:

 

Theresa M. Mehringer,Reid A. Godbolt, Esq.

Herrick K. Lidstone, Jr., Esq.

Burns FigaJones & Will,Keller, P.C.

6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle,1999 Broadway, Suite 10003150

Greenwood Village, CO 80111Denver, Colorado 80202

Telephone NumberTelephone: (303) 796-2626573-1600

Facsimile NumberFacsimile: (303) 796-2777573-8133

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicablethe public:From time to time, after the effective date of this Registration Statement becomes effective.Statement.

 

If the only securities being registered on this formForm are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [   ]

 

If any of the securities being registered on this formForm are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: [ x ]

 

If this formForm is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statementregistration statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statementregistration statement for the same offering. [   ]


 

If this formForm is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statementregistration statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statementregistration statement for the same offering. [   ]

 

If this formForm is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box: [   ]box. ☐

 

If this formForm is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box: [   ]box. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “smaller reporting“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Act.

 

Large accelerated filer oAccelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o☐ Smaller reporting company þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities
to be registered

Amount to be

registered (1)

Proposed maximum

aggregate offering

price per unit

Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
 (1)(2)

Amount of
registration fee
 (3)

Common Stock, $0.005 par value per share

       

Preferred Stock, $0.005 par value per share

       

Warrants

       

Rights

       

Units (4)

       

      Total Offering (5)

$8,000,000

 

-

$

8,000,000

$

1,038.40

 

TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTEREDAMOUNT TO BE REGISTEREDPROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER SHAREPROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICEAMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE(3)

 

Common Stock (1)

 

(1)(2)

 

 

(1)

 

$50,000,000(1)(2)

 

$6,440

Common Stock(4)14,834,8502.25533,452,587$4,309
Total(1)(2)(1)83,452,587$10,749

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act), the securities registered hereunder include such indeterminate (a) number of shares of common stock, (b) number of shares of preferred stock, (c) warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock and other securities of the Registrant, (d) rights to purchase common stock or preferred stock, and (e) units, consisting of some or all of these securities. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. There are also being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as shall be issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any securities that provide for such issuance. Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.

(2)

The proposed maximum per unit and aggregate offering prices per class of securities will be determined from time to time by the Registrant in connection with the issuance by the Registrant of the securities registered under this registration statement and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(3)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act.

(4)

Units may consist of some or all of the securities listed above, in any combination, including common stock, preferred stock, warrants and rights.

(5)

Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined by us in connection with the issuance of the securities. In no event will the aggregate offering price of all securities issued by the Registrant from time to time pursuant to this registration statement exceed $8,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies, foreign currency units or composite currencies.

 

(1) An indeterminate number of shares of common stock is being registeredThe Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may from timebe necessary to time be offered at indeterminate prices with an aggregate offering price not to exceed $50,000,000 pursuant todelay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement.

(2) Unspecified with respect to the common stock being registered pursuant to General Instruction II.B.6. to Form S-3.

(3) CalculatedRegistration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457 (o) underSection 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, basedas amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the average of the highSecurities and low prices on April 14, 2014, as reported by the NYSE MKT

(4) Includes shares of our common stock held by the selling securityholders, or shares underlying warrants currently held by selling securityholders, which may be offeredExchange Commission, acting pursuant to this registration statement.

THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A)said Section 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.

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may determine.

 


 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION,

DATED APRIL __, 2014

ENSERVCO CORPORATION

____________ SHARES OF COMMON STOCKEXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This prospectus relatesPre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 240093) is being filed solely to update disclosure regarding the status of our plan to regain compliance with certain listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange American LLC. No other material changes have been made to the resale byprospectus included in the selling security holdersRegistration Statement.


The Company has agreed to include the Resale Sharesinformation in this registration statement.

This prospectus is also part of anot complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission using a “shelf” registration process. is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 7, 2020

PROSPECTUS

$8,000,000

ENSERVCO CORPORATION

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Warrants

Rights

Units

We may offer and sell from time to time, in one or more series or issuances and on terms that we will determine at the time of the offering, any combination of the securities described in this prospectus, up to an aggregate amount of $8,000,000.

We will describe theprovide specific terms and manner of any offering of our shares of common stock utilizing the shelf registration process (the “Shelf Shares”) by providingin a supplement to this prospectus. Any prospectus supplement each time we offer and issue Shelf Shares. We do not intend to immediately offer any Self Shares, but may do so as required for working capital or other corporate purposes that may arise in the future, and any such offering may be limited to a fraction of the Shelf Shares. The applicable prospectus supplement will provide information about the terms by which we are offering the Shelf Shares, and mayalso add, update or change other information contained in this prospectus. ThisYou should carefully read this prospectus may notand the applicable prospectus supplement as well as the documents incorporated or deemed to be used to sell Shelf Shares unless accompaniedincorporated by areference in this prospectus supplement.before you purchase any of the securities offered hereby.

 

The Shelf Shares offered by this prospectusThese securities may be offered directly through agents designated from timeand sold in the same offering or in separate offerings; to time by us, or through underwriters, dealers and agents; or dealers. Ifdirectly by us to purchasers. The names of any agentsunderwriters, dealers or underwriters areagents involved in the sale of any of the Shelf Shares offered by this prospectus,our securities, their namescompensation and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or amongover-allotment options held by them will be set forthdescribed in the applicable prospectus supplement. See the section titled “Plan of Distribution.”

 

The selling security holders may, from time to time, sell, transfer or otherwise disposeOur common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “ENSV.” On August 5, 2020, the last reported sales price of any or allour common stock on the NYSE American was $0.1920 per share.

As of their Resale Shares or warrants underlyingAugust 7, 2020, the Resale Shares on any stock exchange,aggregate market or trading facility on which thevalue of our outstanding shares of common stock are tradedheld by non-affiliates, or in private transactions. If these Resale Shares are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents,public float, was approximately $8.1 million, based on 42,425,167 shares of outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, at a price of $0.1920 per share, which is the selling security holders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents’ commissions. We will pay the expensesclosing price of registering the Resale Shares and the Shelf Shares.

Our Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and is listedour common stock on the NYSE MKT underAmerican on August 5, 2020. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, we will not sell securities registered in the symbol “ENSV” The last reported sales price per shareregistration statement of which this prospectus is a part in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our Common Stockpublic float in any 12-month period so long as reported April 14, 2014 by the NYSE MKT was $2.20.

The aggregate market valueour public float remains below $75.0 million. As of the registrant’s outstanding common shares held by non-affiliates is $_________ as of April __, 2014, the date of this prospectus. No Shelf Shareshereof, we have beennot offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends onmonths prior to and including the date of this prospectus.

 

INVESTING IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT RISKS. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 5, IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, AND IN OUR PERIODIC REPORTS AS FILED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION TO INVEST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” on page 4 of this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined ifpassed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus is truthful or complete.prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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The date of this Prospectusprospectus is April __, 2014.

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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY1

About This Prospectus

1

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

About Enservco Corporation

3

2

Risk Factors

2

NOTE OF CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

3

Use of Proceeds

5

RISK FACTORS

Description of Capital Stock

5

6

Description of Warrants

10

USE OF PROCEEDS

Description of Rights

15

11

Description of Units

12

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

Plan of Distribution

16

13

Legal Matters

15

PLAN OR DISTRIBUTION

Experts

18

15

Where You Can Find More Information

INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES20

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You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus or in any accompanying supplemental Prospectus and the information specifically incorporated by reference. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information or make any additional representations. This is not an offer


 

Prospectus Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. It may not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” and the financial statements and related notes included herein. This prospectus includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC. By(the “SEC”) using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration statement,process, we may, from time to time, sell any amountcombination of our Shelf Sharesthe securities described in this prospectus from time to time and in one or more offerings.offerings up to a total amount of $8 million. Although we are registering securities in the total amount of $8 million, under the rules of the SEC, the amount of securities we may sell is limited to an amount not exceeding one-third of the aggregate market value of our voting and non-voting common equity owned by non-affiliates (“float”) in the twelve months immediately prior to, and including, any particular sale. This limitation is not applicable if our float exceeds $75 million.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell Shelf Shares,securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that containswill contain specific information about the terms of the offering of Shelf Shares. Eachsecurities sold in that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully readthe prospectus and, accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, information in this prospectus and any accompanyingis superseded by the information in the prospectus supplement.

The prospectus supplement together withto be attached to the documents we havefront of this prospectus may describe, as applicable: the terms of the securities offered; the initial public offering price; the price paid for the securities; net proceeds; and the other specific terms related to the offering of the securities.

You should only rely on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus relating to a particular offering. No person has been authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus in connection with the offering described underherein and therein, and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. Neither this prospectus nor any prospectus supplement nor any related free writing prospectus shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy offered securities in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offering or solicitation. This prospectus does not contain all of the heading “Incorporationinformation included in the registration statement. For a more complete understanding of Certain Documents by Reference.” Youthe offering of the securities, you should also reviewrefer to the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”registration statement, including its exhibits.

 

You should read the entire prospectus and any prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, before making an investment decision. Neither the delivery of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances imply that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein or in any prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus is correct as of any date subsequent to the date hereof or of such prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, as applicable. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any document incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the applicable documents, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date and we have no obligation to update such information except as required by law.

ABOUT ENSERVCO CORPORATION

 

AboutEnservco Corporation (“Enservco”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Company”, “we” or “us”) provides various services to the domestic onshore oil and natural gas industry. These services include frac water heating (completion services) and hot oiling and acidizing (production services). The Company owns and operates a fleet of approximately 390 specialized trucks, trailers, frac tanks and other well-site related equipment and serves customers in several major domestic oil and gas fields including the DJ Basin/Niobrara area in Colorado, the Bakken area in North Dakota, the Marcellus and Utica Shale area in Pennsylvania and Ohio, the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas.

 

The CompanyEnservco was originally incorporated as Aspen Exploration Corporation (“Aspen”) under the laws of the State of Delaware law on February 28, 1980 for the primary purpose of acquiring, exploringas a small exploration and developingproduction oil and natural gas and other mineral properties. During the first half ofcompany. In 2009, Aspen disposed of its oil and natural gas producing assets and as a result was no longer engaged in active business operations. On June 24, 2010, Aspen entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with Dillco Fluid Service, Inc. (“Dillco”) which set forth the terms by which Dillco became a wholly owned subsidiary of Aspen on July 27, 2010 (the “Merger Transaction”).

On December 30, 2010, Aspen changed its name to “Enservco Corporation.” As such, throughout this prospectus the terms the “Company” and/or “Enservco” and “we” are intended to refer to the Company and its subsidiaries on a post-Merger Transaction basis and as a whole, with respect to both historical and forward looking contexts.

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 501 South Cherry Street, Suite 320, Denver CO 80246.14133 County Road 9 ½, Longmont, Colorado 80504. Our telephone number is (303) 333-3678. You can find more information about us at our website located at www.enservco.com. The information contained on our website is not a part of, and should not be construed as being incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.

 

Shares Covered by This ProspectusRISK FACTORS

 

ThisInvesting in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risk factors and all of the other information included in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus, relates to: (i)including those factors included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K, in evaluating an investment in our securities.

If any of these risks were to occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected. In that case, the resaletrading price of our securities could decline and you could lose all or other disposition bypart of your investment. When we offer and sell any securities pursuant to a prospectus supplement, we may include additional risk factors relevant to such securities in the selling security holders of 14,834,850 Resale Shares that are currently outstanding or that will be outstanding upon exercise of certain warrants; and (ii) an indeterminate number of Shelf Shares that may be offered by the Company, by prospectus supplement.

 

1In addition, we are continuing to seek to regain compliance with certain New York Stock Exchange American LLC (“NYSE American”) listing requirements. In November, 2019 we received notifications from the NYSE American that we were not in compliance with the minimum stock price continued listing standards and we were not in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity standards. Shortly thereafter, we provided the NYSE with a plan of compliance that contemplates a combination of the debt and additional equity capital proposed to be sought by us in order to achieve the stockholders’ equity requirement, and we have received the necessary stockholder approval to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at an exchange ratio of not less than 1-for-10 and not greater than 1-for-25, in seeking to meet the minimum stock price standard.

 

We have updated our compliance plan with the NYSE American on an ongoing basis, and our common stock continues to be listed while we seek to regain compliance with the stockholders’ equity and stock price requirements. It is not certain how long it will take for us to meet the foregoing requirements and the NYSE American could determine to delist our common stock in the meantime.

If our common stock were to be delisted, we would be forced to list our common stock on the OTC Markets or some other quotation medium, depending on our ability to meet their specific requirements and we would not be able to offer or sell any securities under this prospectus. In that case, we may lose the interest and support of some or all of our institutional investors and further, selling our common stock on the OTC Markets would be more difficult because smaller quantities of shares would likely be bought and sold. These factors could also result in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for shares of our common stock. Finally, because of additional regulatory burdens imposed upon broker-dealers with respect to lower price over the counter companies, delisting could discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our stock, further limiting the liquidity of our shares. These factors could have a material adverse effect on the trading price, liquidity, value and marketability of our common stock.

 

The Offering 

Resale Shares of common stock covered hereby:14,834,850 shares
Common stock outstanding as of April 14, 2014:36,373,599 shares
Use of Proceeds:We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Resale Shares.  The use of proceeds from the sale of Shelf Shares will be for working capital to fund expansion of the Company’s operations, and as further described in a prospectus supplement.
Trading Symbol:ENSV on the NYSE MKT Exchange
Risk Factors:Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 5.

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Documents Incorporated By Reference

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information in documents we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. These documents provide a significant amount of information about us. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we will make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the termination of this offering.

·Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (filed March 20, 2014).

·Our Information Statement on Schedule 14C (filed April 11, 2014).

·Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as amended, reporting events of (filing date in parentheses):

March 5, 2014(filed March 6, 2014)
January 9, 2014(filed January 14, 2014)

·Our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on March 5, 2014

Enservco Corporation

501 S. Cherry Street, Suite 320

Denver, CO 80246

(303) 333-3678

Where You Can Find More Information

The documents described above are available electronically in the EDGAR database on the web site maintained by the SEC. You can find this information athttp://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any materials we have filed with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549.  You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsCAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

TheCertain information discussedcontained in this Prospectus includesprospectus may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein concerning, among other things, planned capital expenditures, future cash flows and borrowings, pursuit of potential acquisition opportunities, our financial position, business strategy and other plans and objectives for future operations,contained in this prospectus are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements arecan generally be identified by theirthe use of terms and phraseswords such as “may,” “expect,“will,“estimate,“could,” “should,” “project,” “plan,“intends,“believe,“plans,“intend,“pursue,“achievable,” “anticipate,” “will,“target,” “continue,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential,” “should,” “could,” and similarthe negative of such terms and phrases. Although we believeor variations thereon, or other comparable terminology. Statements that thedescribe our future plans, strategies, intentions, expectations, reflected in theseobjectives, goals or prospects are also forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Ourstatements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Readers should consider carefully the risks described under or incorporated by reference in the “Risk Factors” section contained herein and other sections of this prospectus which describe factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those anticipated in forward-looking statements, as a result of certain factors, including, among other:

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but not limited to, the following factors:

 

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our lender under our existing Loan and Security Agreement (the “2017 Credit Agreement”) has declared us to be in violation of certain covenants under the 2017 Credit Agreement and therefore in default, and has reserved all its rights and remedies under that agreement including the right to accelerate and declare our loans due (presently $32 million) and payable and to foreclose on substantially all of our property and assets;

our inability to achieve the compromise or restructuring of our 2017 Credit Agreement as described in this prospectus;

substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern;

our ability to regain compliance with New York Stock Exchange American listing requirements or face delisting from that exchange;

adverse developments in the global economy and pandemic risks related to the COVID-19 virus and the resulting diminished demand for oil and natural gas;

recent significant decreases in the prices for crude oil and natural gas which has resulted in exploration and production companies cutting back their capital expenditures for oil and gas well drilling which in turn resulted in significantly reduced demand for our drilling completion services, thereby negatively affecting our revenues, results of operations and financial condition;

fierce competition for the services we provide in our areas of operations, which has increased significantly due to the recent decrease in prices for oil and natural gas;

our capital requirements and uncertainty of obtaining additional funding on terms acceptable to us;

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price volatility of oil and natural gas prices, and the effect that lower prices may have on our customer’s demand for our services, the result of which may adversely impact our revenues and stockholders' equity;
·a decline in oil or natural gas production, and

the impact of general economic conditions on the demand for oil and natural gas and the availability of capital which may impact our ability to perform services for our customers;

·

the broad geographical diversity of our operations which, while expected toit could diversify the risks related to a slow-down in one area of operations, also adds significantly to our costs of doing business;

·

constraints on us as a result of our financing arrangements, including restrictions imposed on us under the terms of our credit facility agreement and our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to repay our debt obligations;
·

our history of losses and working capital deficits which at times, were significant;

·

adverse

weather and environmental conditions;conditions, including abnormal warm winters in our areas of operations that adversely impact demand for our services;

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reliance on a limited number of customers;
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our ability to retain key members of our senior management and key technical employees;

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the impact of environmental, health and safety and other governmental regulations, and of current or pending legislation with which we and our customers must comply;

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developments in the global economy;

risks relating to any unforeseen liabilities;

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changes in tax laws;

federal and state initiatives relating to the regulation of hydraulic fracturing; and

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the effects of competition;
·the effect of seasonal factors;
·further

sales or issuances of our common stock and the price and volume volatility of our common stock; and

·our common stock’s limited trading history.stock.

 

Finally, our future results will depend upon various other risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those detailed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus. Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. Although we believe that the assumptions on which any forward-looking statements are based in this prospectus and other periodic reports filed by us are reasonable when and as made, no assurance can be given that such assumptions will prove correct. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this section and elsewhere in this prospectus.document. Other than as required under applicable securities laws, we do not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise.

For a further list and description of various risks, relevant factors and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition" in our reports and other documents filed from time to time with the SEC. You may obtain copies of these documents and reports as described under the headings "Documents Incorporated by Reference." Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

4 All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus or, if earlier, as of the date they were made. 

 

 

RISK FACTORS

The Company’s securities are highly speculative and involve a high degree of risk, including among other items the risk factors described below. The below risk factors are intended to generally describe certain risks that could materially affect the Company and its current business operations and activities.

You should carefully consider the risks described below and elsewhere herein in connection with any decision whether to acquire, hold or sell the Company’s securities. If any of the contingencies discussed in the following paragraphs or other materially adverse events actually occurs, the business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In such case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or a significant part of your investment.

Operations Related Risks

Prior to 2012, we had losses and working capital deficits, which were at times significant and we cannot assure that we will continue to operate profitably in the future.

Although we have achieved income from operations in 2012 and 2013, we recognized a ($85,070) net loss in 2012 as compared to a $4.3 million net income in 2013. Our ability to be profitable in the future will depend on continuing to successfully implement our business expansion and acquisition activities, all of which are subject to many risks beyond our control. Because of the risks set forth herein, we cannot assure you that we will be able maintain our profitability. See, among other things, the Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements in addition to the other disclosures contained in this prospectus.

Our success depends on key members of our management; the loss of any executive or key personnel could disrupt our business operations.USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We depend to a large extent on the services of certain of our executive officers. The loss of the services of Rick D. Kasch, Austin Peitz, or other key personnel, could disrupt our operations. Although we have entered into employment agreements with Messrs.  Kasch and Peitz, that contain, among other things non-compete and confidentiality provisions, we may not be able to enforce the non-compete and/or confidentiality provisions in the employment agreements.

We depend on several significant customers, and a loss of one or more significant customers could adversely affect our results of operations.

The Company’s customers consist primarily of major and independent oil and natural gas companies. During fiscal year 2013, one of the Company’s customers accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues, at approximately 17% of consolidated revenues; no other customer exceeded 10% of revenues during 2013. During fiscal year 2012, two of the Company’s customers accounted for more than 10% of consolidated revenues, both at approximately 11%; no other customer exceeded 7% of revenues during 2012.

The Company notes that although there was only one customer in 2013 and two customers in 2012 that accounted for more than 10% of revenues within these fiscal years, the Company’s top five customers accounted for approximately 44% and 40% of its total annual revenues, respectively. The loss of any one of these customers or a sustained decrease in demand by any of such customers could result in a substantial loss of revenues and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations.

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While the Company believes our equipment could be redeployed in the current market environment if we lost any material customers, such loss could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business until the equipment is redeployed. We believe that the market for the Company’s services is sufficiently diversified that it is not dependent on any single customer or a few major customers.

Our business depends on domestic spending by the oil and natural gas industry, and our business has been, and may in the future be, adversely affected by industry and financial market conditions that are beyond our control.

We depend on our customers’ willingness to make operating and capital expenditures to explore, develop and produce oil and natural gas in the United States. Customers’ expectations for lower market prices for oil and natural gas,Except as well as the availability of capital for operating and capital expenditures, may cause them to curtail spending, thereby reducing demand for our services and equipment. The increased activity in the oil and gas industry in drilling new wells since late 2010 has benefitted the Company. We can make no assurances that the current level of drilling will continue or increase.

Industry conditions are influenced by numerous domestic and global factors over which the Company has no control, such as the supply of and demand for oil and natural gas, domestic and worldwide economic conditions, weather conditions, political instability in oil and natural gas producing countries, and merger and divestiture activity among oil and natural gas producers. The volatility of the oil and natural gas industry and the consequent impact on commodity prices as well as exploration and production activity could adversely impact the level of drilling and activity by some of our customers. This reduction may cause a decline in the demand for the Company’s services or adversely affect the price of its services. In addition, reduced discovery rates of new oil and natural gas reserves in the Company’s market areas also may have a negative long-term impact on its business, even in an environment of stronger oil and natural gas prices, to the extent existing production is not replaced and the number of producing wells for the Company to service declines.

Ongoing volatility and uncertainty in the global economic environment has caused the oilfield services industry to experience volatility in terms of demand, and the rate at which demand may slow, or return to former levels, is uncertain. At times the recent volatility in prices for oil and natural gas has led many oil and natural gas producers to announce reductions in their capital budgets for certain periods. Limitations on the availability of capital, or higher costs of capital, for financing expenditures may cause these and other oil and natural gas producers to make on-going or additional reductions to capital budgets in the future even if commodity prices increase from current levels. These cuts in spending will curtail drilling programs as well as discretionary spending on well services, which may result in a reduction in the demand for the Company’s services, the rates we can charge and our utilization. In addition, certain of the Company’s customers could become unable to pay their suppliers, including the Company. Any of these conditions or events could adversely affect our operating results.

If oil and natural gas prices remain volatile, it could have an adverse effect on the demand for our services.

The demand for many of our services is primarily determined by current and anticipated oil and natural gas prices, and the related general production spending and level of drilling activity in the areas in which we have operations.

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Though we feel the domestic oil and gas industry rebounded in 2011 and has continued to push forward in a positive movement in 2012 and 2013 as compared to prior years, prices for oil and natural gas historically have been extremely volatile in prior years and likely will continue to be volatile. Volatility or weakness in oil and natural gas prices (or the perception that oil and natural gas prices will decrease) affects the spending patterns of our customers and may result in the drilling of fewer new wells or lower production spending on existing wells. This, in turn, could result in lower demand for our services and may cause lower rates and lower utilization of the Company’s well service equipment.

Higher oil and gas prices do not necessarily result in increased drilling activity because our customers’ expectation of future prices also drives demand for drilling services. Oil and gas prices, as well as demand for the Company’s services, also depend upon other factors that are beyond the Company’s control, including the following:

·demand for oil and natural gas;

·cost of exploring for, producing, and delivering oil and natural gas;

·expectations regarding future energy prices;

·advancements in exploration and development technology;

·adoption or repeal of laws regulating oil and gas production in the U.S.;

·imposition or lifting of economic sanctions against foreign companies;

·weather conditions;

·rate of discovery of new oil and natural gas reserves;

·tax policy regarding the oil and gas industry; and

·development and use of alternative energy sources.

Demand for the majority of our services is substantially dependent on the levels of expenditures by the domestic oil and natural gas industry. The Company has no influence over its customers’ capital expenditures. On-going economic volatility could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Demand for the majority of our services depends substantially on the level of expenditures by participants in the domestic (United States) oil and natural gas industry for the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas reserves. These expenditures are sensitive to the industry’s view of future economic growth in the United States and elsewhere, and the resulting impact on demand for oil and natural gas. The worldwide deterioration in the financial and credit markets, which began in the second half of 2008, resulted in diminished demand for oil and natural gas and significantly lower oil and natural gas prices during 2009 and at least the first half of 2010. This caused many of our customers to reduce or delay their oil and natural gas exploration and production spending in 2009 and the first half of 2010, which consequently reduced their demand for our services, and exerted downward pressure on the prices that we charged for our services and products. Though we feel the domestic oil and gas industry rebounded in 2011, and has continued to push forward in a positive movement in 2012 and 2013 as compared to 2009 and 2010, other worldwide political events may result in higher or lower prices for oil and natural gas and impact the demand for our services.

Furthermore, increasing oil and natural gas prices can lead to increasing costs of exploring for and producing oil and natural gas. Though the addition of frac stimulation into the domestic oil and gas industry has somewhat reduced the overall costs of producing oil and natural gas, the price of drill rigs, pipe, other equipment, fluids, and oil field services and the cost to companies like the Company of providing those services, has generally increased with significant increases in oil and natural gas prices. The resulting reduction in cash flows being experienced by our customers during the past years due to the general deterioration of the financial and credit markets and the increase of the costs of exploring for and producing oil and natural gas as noted above, together with the reduced availability of credit and increased costs of borrowing funds, could have significant adverse effects on the financial condition of some of our customers. This could result in project modifications, delays or cancellations, general business disruptions, and delay in, or nonpayment of, amounts that are owed to the Company, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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Environmental compliance costs and liabilities could reduce our earnings and cash available for operations.

We are subject to increasingly stringent laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and the importation and use of hazardous materials, including laws and regulations governing air emissions, water discharges and waste management. We incur, and expect to continue to incur, capital and operating costs to comply with environmental laws and regulations. The technical requirements of these laws and regulations are becoming increasingly complex, stringent and expensive to implement. These laws may provide for “strict liability” for damages to natural resources or threats to public health and safety. Strict liability can render a party liable for damages without regard to negligence or fault on the part of the party. Some environmental laws provide for joint and several strict liability for remediation of spills and releases of hazardous substances.

The Company uses hazardous substances and transports hazardous wastes in its operations. Accordingly, we could become subject to potentially material liabilities relating to the investigation and cleanup of contaminated properties, and to claims alleging personal injury or property damage as the result of exposures to, or releases of, hazardous substances. In addition, stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, new laws and regulations, the discovery of previously unknown contamination or the imposition of new or increased requirements could require the Company to incur costs or become the basis of new or increased liabilities that could reduce its earnings and cash available for operations. The Company believes it is currently in substantial compliance with environmental laws and regulations.

Competition within the well services industry may adversely affect our ability to market our services.

Although the well services industry is highly fragmented, it is highly competitive. The well services industry includes numerous small companies capable of competing effectively in our markets on a local basis, as well as several large companies that possess substantially greater financial and other resources than the Company. The Company’s larger competitors have greater resources that could allow those competitors to compete more effectively than the Company. The Company’s small competitors may be able to react to market conditions more quickly. The amount of equipment available may exceed demand at some pointstated in time, which could result in active price competition.

The Company could be impacted by unfavorable results of legal proceedings, such as being found to have infringed on intellectual property rights.

As is the situation with all companies in the frac water heating service business, we rely on certain procedures and practices in performing our services. We have a patent pending regarding certain of these used in our process of heating frac water. We are aware that one unrelated company (the “Patent Owner”) has been awarded a patent related to the process they use for heating of frac water. The Patent Owner is currently in litigation with a group of energy companies that are seeking to invalidate its patent. After consultation with our patent attorneys, we do not currently believe we infringe on any valid claims of the Patent Owner’s patent.

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Should the Patent Owner (or some other unknown third company) bring suit against us claiming we are infringing on their intellectual rights, we could be engaged in lengthy and costly litigation. If found to be infringing, it could result in the payment of substantial damages or royalties or temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting us from heating frac water. We believe that in the event we were to lose such litigation that the probable resolution would be for us to enter into a license arrangement requiring payment of a royalty that would not have an material negative impact on our operating results and financial condition. However, there is no assurance that such a resolution could be achieved.

Our operations are subject to inherent risks, some of which are beyond our control. These risks may be self-insured, or may not be fully covered under our insurance policies, but to the extent not covered, are self-insured by the Company.

Our operations are subject to hazards inherent in the oil and natural gas industry, such as, but not limited to, accidents, blowouts, explosions, fires and oil spills. These conditions can cause:

§Personal injury or loss of life,

§Damage to or destruction of property, equipment and the environment, and

§Suspension of operations by our customers.

The occurrence of a significant event or adverse claim in excess of the insurance coverage that we maintain or that is not covered by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, claims for loss of oil and natural gas production and damage to formations can occur in the well services industry. Litigation arising from a catastrophic occurrence at a location where our equipment and services are being used may result in our being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting large claims.

The Company maintains insurance coverage that we believe to be customary in the industry against these hazards. However, we do not have insurance against all foreseeable risks, either because insurance is not available or because of the high premium costs. The occurrence of an event not fully insured against, or the failure of an insurer to meet its insurance obligations, could result in substantial losses. In addition, we may not be able to maintain adequate insurance in the future at reasonable rates. Insurance may not be available to cover any or all of the risks to which we are subject, or, even if available, it may be inadequate, or insurance premiums or other costs could rise significantly in the future so as to make such insurance prohibitively expensive. It is likely that, in our insurance renewals, our premiums and deductibles will be higher, and certain insurance coverage either will be unavailable or considerably more expensive than it has been in the recent past. In addition, our insurance is subject to coverage limits, and some policies exclude coverage for damages resulting from environmental contamination.

We may not be successful in identifying, making and integrating business acquisitions, if any, in the future.

We anticipate that a component of our growth strategy may be to make geographically focused acquisitions aimed to strengthen our presence and expand services offered in selected regional markets. Pursuit of this strategy may be restricted by the on-going volatility and uncertainty within the credit markets which may significantly limit the availability of funds for such acquisitions. In addition to restricted funding availability, the success of this strategy will depend on our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates and to negotiate acceptable financial and other terms. There is no assurance that we will be able to do so. The success of an acquisition depends on our ability to perform adequate due diligence before the acquisition and on our ability to integrate the acquisition after it is completed. While the Company intends to commit significant resources to ensure that it conducts comprehensive due diligence, there can be no assurance that all potential risks and liabilities will be identified in connection with an acquisition. Similarly, while we expect to commit substantial resources, including management time and effort, to integrating acquired businesses into ours, there is no assurance that we will be successful integrating these businesses. In particular, it is important that the Company be able to retain both key personnel of the acquired business and its customer base. A loss of either key personnel or customers could negatively impact the future operating results of any acquired business.

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Compliance with climate change legislation or initiatives could negatively impact our business.

The U.S. Congress has considered legislation to mandate reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and certain states have already implemented, or may be in the process of implementing, similar legislation. Additionally, the U.S. Supreme Court has held in its decisions that carbon dioxide can be regulated as an “air pollutant” under the Clean Air Act, which could result in future regulations even if the U.S. Congress does not adopt new legislation regarding emissions. At this time, it is not possible to predict how legislation or new federal or state government mandates regarding the emission of greenhouse gases could impact our business; however, any such future laws or regulations could require us or our customers to devote potentially material amounts of capital or other resources in order to comply with such regulations. These expenditures could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

Debt Related Risks

Our indebtedness, which is currently collateralized by substantially all of our assets, could restrict our operations and make us more vulnerable to adverse economic conditions.

We currently have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of December 31, 2013, the Company owed approximately $13.8 million to banks and financial institutions under various collateralized debt facilities.

Our current and future indebtedness could have important consequences. For example, it could:

§Impair our ability to make investments and obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general corporate purposes,
 §Limit our ability to use operating cash flow in other areas of our business because we must dedicate a substantial portion of these funds to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness,
§Limit our ability to pay dividends to our stockholders,
§Make us more vulnerable to a downturn in our business, our industry or the economy in general as a substantial portion of our operating cash flow will be required to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, making it more difficult to react to changes in our business and in industry and market conditions,
§Put us at a competitive disadvantage to competitors that have less debt, or
§Increase our vulnerability to interest rate increases to the extent that we incur variable rate indebtedness.  

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If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or are otherwise unable to obtain the funds required to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various debt service covenants and/or reporting covenants in the business loan agreements or other instruments governing our current or any future indebtedness, we could be in default under the terms of our credit facilities or such other instruments.

The availability of borrowings under our credit facility is based on a borrowing base which is subject to redetermination by our lender based on a number of factors and the lender’s internal credit criteria. In the event the amount outstanding under our credit facility at any time exceeds the borrowing base at such time, we may be required to repay a portion of our outstanding borrowings on an accelerated basis.

In the event of a default, the holders of our indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed under those instruments to be due and payable together with accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders under our credit facility could elect to terminate their commitments there under and we or one or more of our subsidiaries could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. Any of the foregoing consequences could restrict our ability to grow our business and cause the value of our common stock to decline.

We may be unable to meet the obligations of various financial covenants that are contained in the terms of our loan agreements with our principal lender, PNC Bank, National Association.

The Company’s agreements with PNC impose various obligations and financial covenants on the Company. The outstanding amount under the Revolving Credit, Term Loan, and Security Agreement, entered into with PNC in November 2012, is due in full in November 2015. The term loan and revolving letter of credit with PNC have a variable interest rate, of which $3.5 million is guaranteed by the Company’s Chairman, and are collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Further, the related agreements with PNC impose various financial covenants on the Company including maintaining a prescribed fixed charge coverage ratio, minimum tangible net worth, and limit the Company’s ability to incur additional debt or operating lease obligations. If the Company is unable to comply with its obligations and covenants under the loan agreements and it declares an event of default, all of its obligations to PNC could be immediately due.

Although the Company has obtained waivers of financial covenants or modifications to our credit agreements in the past, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain these waivers or modifications in the future.

The variable rate indebtedness with PNC subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

The Company’s borrowings through PNC bear interest at variable rates, exposing the Company to interest rate risk. The Company entered into an Interest Rate Swap Agreement with a notional balance of $11 million in conjunction with the November 2012 Revolving Credit, Term Loan, and Security Agreement entered into with PNC, effectively hedging a portion of our risk at a fixed interest rate of 4.25% plus 0.64% for the duration of the PNC Term Loan. However, the Company decided not to hedge against the interest rate risk associated with the revolving line of credit (with a maximum available balance of $5 million). We may increase, decrease or terminate some or all of these hedging arrangements in the future. Depending on our overall hedging level, our debt service obligations could increase significantly in the event of large increases in interest rates.

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Our debt obligations, which may increase in the future, may reduce our financial and operating flexibility.

As of December 31, 2013, we had approximately $13.8 million of secured indebtedness. As of March 7, 2014, we have borrowed approximately $1.9 million under our credit facility, and have approximately $2.9 million of borrowing capacity available under our credit facility. In addition, we may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. If new debt or other liabilities are added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face would increase.

A high level of indebtedness subjects us to a number of adverse risks. In particular, a high level of indebtedness may make it more likely that a reduction in the borrowing base of our credit facility following a periodic redetermination could require us to repay a portion of outstanding borrowings, may impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the future, and increases the risk that we may default on our debt obligations. In addition, we must devote a significant portion of our cash flows to service our debt, and we are subject to interest rate risk under our credit facility, which bears interest at a variable rate. Any increase in our interest rates could have an adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

Our ability to meet our debt obligations and to reduce our level of indebtedness depends on our future performance. General economic conditions, oil and natural gas prices and financial, business and other factors affect our operations and our future performance. Many of these factors are beyond our control. If we do not have sufficient funds on hand to pay our debt when due, we may be required to seek a waiver or amendment from our lenders, refinance our indebtedness, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets or sell additional shares of securities. We may not be able to complete such transactions on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Our failure to generate sufficient funds to pay our debts or to undertake any of these actions successfully could result in a default on our debt obligations, which would materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Attendant with Principal Shareholder’s Guarantee of the Company’s Indebtedness to PNC.

Michael D. Herman is beneficial owner of 39.3% of the Company’s outstanding common stock and the chairman of its board of directors. Our prior principal lender had required Mr. Herman to guarantee substantially all of the Company’s indebtedness to that lender. As a condition of making the November 2012 loan to the Company, PNC required Mr. Herman to guarantee $3,500,000 of the amount borrowed from PNC. Although the guarantee is not collateralized by any of Mr. Herman’s assets, should the Company default on its obligations to PNC and the guarantor not meet his contractual obligations, it is possible that PNC may obtain possession and ownership of a controlling number of shares of the Company’s common stock. The fact of the guarantee and his potential liability thereunder is a potential conflict between Mr. Herman’s personal interests and those of the Company.

Risks Related to this Offering

Terms of subsequent financings may adversely impact your investment.

We may have to raise additional equity or debt in the future. In that event, your rights and the value of your investment in the common stock could be reduced. For example, if we issue debt securities, the holders of the debt would have a claim to our assets that would be prior to the rights of shareholders until the debt is paid. Interest on these debt securities would increase costs and could negatively impact operating results.

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Additionally, all borrowings under our debt facility with PNC are secured by our assets. Borrowings outside the debt facility may have to be unsecured, and accordingly, such borrowings, if obtainable, would have a higher interest rate, which would increase debt service and more negatively impact operating results.

Preferred stock could be issued in series from time to time with such designations, rights, preferences, and limitations as needed to raise capital. The terms of preferred stock will be determined by our Board of Directors and could be more advantageous to those investors than to the holders of common stock. In addition, if we need to raise more equity capital from sale of common stock, institutional or other investors may negotiate terms at least and possibly more favorable than the terms of this Offering.

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation does not provide shareholders the pre-emptive right to buy shares from the Company. As a result, you will not have the automatic ability to avoid dilution in your percentage ownership of the company.

Because we have no plans to pay dividends on our common stock, investors must look solely to stock appreciation for a return on their investment in us.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. Any payment of future dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applying to the payment of dividends and other considerations that the board of directors deems relevant.

Investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize a return on their investment. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock.

General Corporate Risks

Concentration of ownership in Mr. Herman makes it unlikely that any stockholder will be able to influence the election of directors or engage in a change of control transaction.

Because Mr. Herman directly and indirectly owns approximately 39.3% of the Company’s outstanding common stock,he has the ability to heavily influence the election of our directors when they again stand for reelection. Furthermore, it is likely that no person seeking control of the Company through stock ownership will be able to succeed in doing so without negotiating an arrangement to do so with Mr. Herman. For so long as Mr. Herman continues to own a significant percentage of the outstanding shares of the Company common stock, he will retain such influence over the election of the board of directors and the negotiation of any change of control transaction.

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Provisions in our charter documents could prevent or delay a change in control or a takeover.

Provisions in our bylaws provide certain requirements for the nomination of directors which preclude a stockholder from nominating a candidate to stand for election at any annual meeting. As described in Section 2.12 of the Company’s bylaws, nominations must be presented to the Company well in advance of a scheduled annual meeting, and the notification must include specific information as set forth in that section. The Company believes that such a provision provides reasonable notice of the nominees to the board of directors, but it may preclude stockholder nomination at a meeting where the stockholder is not familiar with nomination procedures and, therefore, may prevent or delay a change of control or takeover.

Although the Delaware General Corporation Law includes §112 which provides that bylaws of Delaware corporations may require the corporation to include in its proxy materials one or more nominees submitted by stockholders in addition to individuals nominated by the board of directors, the bylaws of the Company do not so provide. As a result, if any stockholder desires to nominate persons for election to the board of directors, the proponent will have to incur all of the costs normally associated with a proxy contest.

Indemnification of officers and directors may result in unanticipated expenses.

The Delaware General Corporation Law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors, officers, employees, and agents, under certain circumstances, against attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from their association with us or activities on our behalf. We also will bear the expenses of such litigation for any of our directors, officers, employees, or agents, upon such person’s promise to repay them if it is ultimately determined that any such person shall not have been entitled to indemnification. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditures by us that we may be unable to recoup and could direct funds away from our business and products (if any).

We have significant obligations under the Exchange Act.

Because we are a public company filing reports under the Securities Exchange Act of Exchange Act, we are subject to increased regulatory scrutiny and extensive and complex regulation. The Securities and Exchange Commission has the right to review the accuracy and completeness of our reports, press releases, and other public documents. In addition, we are subject to extensive requirements to institute and maintain financial accounting controls and for the accuracy and completeness of our books and records.

Forward-looking statements may prove to be inaccurate.

In our effort to make the information in this report more meaningful, this report contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meanings of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements in this report are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect the current expectations of our management concerning future results and events. It should be noted that because we are a “penny stock,” the protections provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act do not apply to us. We have attempted to qualify our forward-looking statements with appropriate cautionary language to take advantage of the judicially-created doctrine of “bespeaks caution” and other protections.

Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance and achievements to be different from any future results, performance and achievements expressed or implied by these statements. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements in this annual report. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our Common Stock by any Selling Security Holder named in such prospectus supplement.

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds we receive from the saleany sales of the shares from the shelf offeringsecurities by us under this prospectus for working capital to fund the expansion of the Company’s operations. Specific allocations of the proceeds for such purposes have not been made at this time.

SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS

Selling security holders are persons or entities that, directly or indirectly, have acquired shares, or will acquire shares from the Company from time to time upon exercise of certain warrants. This prospectus and any prospectus supplement will only permit the selling security holders to sell the shares identified in the column “Number of Shares of Common Stock Offered Hereby”.

The selling security holders may from time to time offer and sell the securities pursuant to this prospectus and any applicableaccompanying prospectus supplement. The selling security holderssupplement for general corporate purposes, which may offer all or some portioninclude, among other things:

reduction or refinancing of debt or other corporate obligations;

additions to our working capital;

capital expenditures associated with our oil and natural gas projects; and

potential future acquisitions of complementary businesses or corporate entities.

Any specific allocation of the net proceeds of an offering of securities they hold, but only sharesto a specific purpose will be determined at the time of Company common stock that are currently outstanding or are acquired upon the exercise of certain warrants,offering and will be described in either case included in the “Number of Shares of Common Stock Offered Hereby” column, may be sold pursuant to this prospectus or any applicablea prospectus supplement. To the extent that any

Description of the Securities Act.Capital Stock

General

 

The following table sets forthdescription summarizes certain important terms of our capital stock. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all the name of persons who are offering the resale of shares of common stock by this prospectus, the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each person, the number of shares of common stockinformation that may be soldimportant to you. For a complete description of the matters set forth in this offeringsection entitled “Description of Capital Stock,” you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and our amended and restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”), and to the numberapplicable provisions of Delaware law. Our authorized capital stock consists of 110,000,000 shares of commoncapital stock, each person will own after the offering, assuming they sell all$0.005 par value per share, of the shares offered. The information appearing in the table below is based on information provided by or on behalf of the named selling security holders. We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the common stock by the selling security holders.which:

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Name Number of Shares of 
Common Stock 
Beneficially Owned 
Prior to this Offering
 Number of Shares of 
Common Stock 
Offered Hereby(1)
 Number of Shares of 
Common Stock  
after Offering(2)
Michael Herman(3)  7,681,707   1,000,000   6,681,707 
Debra Herman(3)  6,533,660   6,533,660   0 
Cross River Partners LP(4)  2,665,447   2,665,447   0 
Rick D. Kasch(5)  2,909,424(5)  1,400,000   1,509,424(5)
R.V. Bailey and Mieko N. Bailey(6)  1,330,855(6)  1,230,855   100,000 
Kyle Krueger  596,551   596,551   0 
Gerard P. Laheney(7)  308,700(7)  108,700   200,000(7)
Geoff High(8)  224,153   203,153   21,000 
John “Jay” Pfeiffer(9)  189,888   189,888   0 
Scot Cohen  178,500   178,500   0 
Iroquois Master Fund Ltd(10)  140,895   140,895   0 
Jack Batalion  108,000   108,000   0 
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd(11)  102,063   102,063   0 
Tanglewood Capital Partners(12)  100,000   100,000   0 
Mark Rubin(13)  88,090   88,090   0 
Barry Honig  80,080   80,080   0 
Jason Diamond(14)  52,099   52,099   0 
Nicholas P.S. Killebrew(15)  50,650   50,650   0 
Ryan McGaver(16)  3,000   3,000   0 
Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC(17)  3,219   3,219   0 
TOTAL  23,346,981   14,834,850   8,512,131 

 

 (1)

The beneficial ownership of the

100,000,000 shares are designated as common stock by the selling security holder set forth in the table is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,stock; and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rule, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the selling security holder has sole or shared voting power or investment power and also any shares, which the selling security holder has the right to acquire within 60 days.

 

 (2)

Assumes that all securities registered will be sold. Upon this assumption none of the selling security holders will own more than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Company after the Offering, except Mr. Herman and Mr. Kasch, who will beneficially own 18.4% and 4.1%, respectively, after the offering, assuming that all of the shares that each is offering hereby are sold.

(3)Michael Herman and Debra Herman are husband and wife.  Each of their

10,000,000 shares are listed separately, but may be combined for the purposes of calculating beneficial ownership. Michael Herman is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Company.  Since April 1, 2010, Michael Herman has converted debt securities of the Company to equity securities, and has exercised underlying warrants for common shares of the Company

designated as preferred stock.

(4)Richard A. Murphy is the Managing Partner of Cross River Partners LP, and he holds the voting and dispositive power of the shares beneficially owned by Cross River Partners LP.

(5)Rick D. Kasch is President, CEO and a director of Enservco, and President of all subsidiaries of Enservco. Shares represented here include 1,325,000 shares underlying vested stock options and 37,500 shares underlying warrants.

 

16As of August 7, 2020, there were 55,005,663 shares of common stock issued, of which 54,902,063 were outstanding and 103,600 shares were held as treasury stock. As of August 7, 2020, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding. Our Board of Directors is authorized, without stockholder approval except as required by the listing standards of the NYSE American, to issue additional shares of capital stock.

 

Common Stock

Dividend Rights

Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available if our Board of Directors, in its discretion, determines to issue dividends and then only at the times and in the amounts that our Board of Directors may determine.

Voting Rights

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. We have not provided for cumulative voting for the election of directors in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each successor elected to replace a director whose term of office expires at an annual meeting will serve for a term of one year ending on the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified. The directors are subject to election by a majority of the votes cast at each annual meeting of stockholders. In the event that the number of nominees for director exceeds the number of directors to be elected, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast.

No Preemptive or Similar Rights

Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive rights, and is not subject to conversion, redemption or sinking fund provisions.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

If we become subject to a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders would be distributable ratably among the holders of common stock and any participating preferred stock outstanding at that time, subject to prior satisfaction of all outstanding debt and liabilities and the preferential rights of and the payment of liquidation preferences, if any, on any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

Fully Paid and Non-Assessable

All of the outstanding shares of common stock are fully paid and non-assessable and the shares offered hereby will be, upon issuance, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(6)R.V. Bailey and Mieko N. Bailey are husband and wife.  R.V. Bailey and R.V. Bailey, TTEE, RV Bailey Living Trust U/A DTD 10/19/2010 hold 942,656 shares, and Frederic Gerber, TTEE, RV & Mieko N Bailey IRRV TR I U/A DTD 03/06/2014 owns 375,000 shares. Mieko N. Bailey, TTEE, Mieko N. Bailey Living Trust U/A DTD 10/19/2010 owns 13,199 shares (for the purposes of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, R.V. Bailey disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Mieko N. Bailey, TTEE, Mieko N. Bailey Living Trust U/A DTD 10/19/2010).

(7)

Gerard P. Laheney is a director of Enservco. Shares represented here include 200,000 shares underlying vested stock options.
(8)Geoff High is an affiliate of Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc., a consulting company which provides consulting services to Enservco.  
(9)John “Jay” Pfeiffer is an affiliate of Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc., a consulting company which provides consulting services to Enservco.

(10)Iroquois Capital Management L.L.C. is the investment manager of Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd. Consequently, Iroquois Capital Management L.L.C. has voting control and investment discretion over securities held by Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd. As managing members of Iroquois Capital Management L.L.C., Joshua Silverman and Richard Abbe hold the voting and dispositive power over the shares beneficially owned by Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd., and may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by Iroquois Master Fund, Ltd.

(11)Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, the investment manager of Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd., has voting and investment power over these securities. Sander Gerber is the managing member of Hudson Bay Capital GP LLC, which is the general partner of Hudson Bay Capital Management LP. Sander Gerber disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
(12)Samuel M. Chase, Jr. is the Managing Partner of Tanglewood Capital Partners, and he holds the voting and dispositive power of the shares beneficially owned by Tanglewood Capital Partners.

(13)Mark Rubin is an employee, and therefore an affiliate, of a registered broker-dealer (previously Kuhns Brothers Securities Corp. and currently Drexel Hamilton, LLC).  Mr. Rubin has represented to the Company that he received his warrants or shares on his own behalf in the ordinary course of business, and that at the time he received the shares and warrants and at the time he exercises the warrants, he had (or will have) no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any party to distribute the shares.
(14)Jason Diamond is an employee, and therefore an affiliate, of a registered broker-dealer (previously Kuhns Brothers Securities Corp. and currently Drexel Hamilton, LLC). Mr. Diamond has represented to the Company that he received his warrants or shares on his own behalf in the ordinary course of business, and that at the time he received the shares and warrants and at the time he exercises the warrants, he had (or will have) no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any party to distribute the shares.

Preferred Stock

 

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(15)Nicholas P.S. Killebrew was an employee, and therefore an affiliate, of a registered broker-dealer (Kuhns Brothers Securities Corp.) at the time he received his warrants.  Mr. Killebrew has represented to the Company that he received his warrants or shares on his own behalf in the ordinary course of business, and that at the time he received the shares and warrants and at the time he exercises the warrants, he had (or will have) no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any party to distribute the shares.

(16)Ryan McGaver is an employee, and therefore an affiliate, of a registered broker dealer (previously Kuhns Brothers Securities Corp. and currently Drexel Hamilton, LLC). Mr. McGaver has represented to the Company that he received his warrants or shares on his own behalf in the ordinary course of business, and that at the time he received the shares and warrants and at the time he exercises the warrants, he had (or will have) no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any party to distribute the shares.

(17)Joel Padowitz is the CEO of Palladium Capital Advisors, LLC (“Palladium”), and he holds the voting and dispositive power of the shares beneficially owned by Palladium. Palladium is a registered broker-dealer, and the shares held by it were received in exchange for investment banking services provided to Enservco. Palladium has represented to the Company that it received its warrants or shares on its own behalf in the ordinary course of business, and that at the time it received the warrants and at the time it exercises the warrants, it had (or will have) no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any party to distribute the shares.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Shares soldPursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, we are currently authorized to designate and issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.005 par value per share. Our Board of Directors is authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by Selling Security Holders.

Each Selling Security Holder and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may,Delaware law, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time sell any or allthe number of their shares onto be included in each series and to fix the trading market or any other stock exchange, market or trading facility on whichdesignation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares are tradedof each series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions, in private transactions. These saleseach case without further vote or action by our stockholders. Our Board of Directors can also increase or decrease the number of shares of any series of preferred stock, but not below the number of shares of that series then outstanding, without any further vote or action by our stockholders. Our Board of Directors may be at fixedauthorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or negotiated prices. A Selling Security Holder may use any oneconversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or moreother rights of the following methods when selling shares:

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
privately negotiated transactions;
settlement of short sales entered into after the date of this prospectus;
sale of a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share by agreement between the broker-dealer and the Selling Security Holder;
a combination of any such methods of sale;
through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

holders of common stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us and might adversely affect the market price of common stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of common stock. We have no current plan to issue any shares of preferred stock. We have no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.

  

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Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

The Selling Security Holdersmayprovisions of Delaware law, our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws, which are summarized below, may have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another person from acquiring control of our company. They are also sell shares under Rule 144 underdesigned, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our Board of Directors. We believe that the Securities Actbenefits of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than underincreased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the prospectus.disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Security Holders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Security Holders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaserAmended and Restated Certificate of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. Each Selling Security Holder does not expect these commissionsIncorporation and discounts relating to its sales of shares to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

The Selling Security HoldersCertificate of Incorporation and any broker-dealersthe Bylaws include a number of provisions that could deter hostile takeovers or agents that are involveddelay or prevent changes in sellingcontrol of our common stock may be deemed to be “underwriters” withinBoard of Directors or management team, including the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the common stock purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Security Holder has informed us that it does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the common stock.following:

 

Board of Directors Vacancies. The Resale Shares will be soldCertificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws authorize only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state or provincial securities laws. In addition, in certain states or provinces, the Resale Shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distributionour Board of the Resale Shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respectDirectors to our common stock for a period of two business days prior to the commencement of the distribution.fill vacant directorships, including newly created seats. In addition, the Selling Security Holdersnumber of directors constituting our Board of Directors will be subjectpermitted to applicablebe set only as provided in, or in the manner provided by the Bylaws. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the number of directors will be no fewer than three and no more than nine, as determined by resolution of our Board of Directors from time to time. These provisions would prevent a stockholder from increasing the size of our Board of Directors and then gaining control of our Board of Directors by filling the resulting vacancies with its own nominees. This will make it more difficult to change the composition of our Board of Directors and will promote continuity of management.

Special Meeting of Stockholders. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called by our Board of Directors, our President or by our President or upon request to do so by holders of at least 10% of our outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Shareholders requesting such action must also provide all of the information that would be required to be included in a proxy statement under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of our common stock by the Selling Security Holders or any other person.Act.

 

Shares sold pursuantAdvance Notice Requirements for Director Nominations. The Bylaws provide advance notice procedures for stockholders seeking to Shelf Offeringnominate candidates for election as directors at our annual meeting of stockholders. The Bylaws also specify certain requirements regarding the form and content of a stockholder’s notice of such nominations. These provisions might preclude our stockholders from making nominations for directors at our annual meeting of stockholders if the proper procedures are not followed. We expect that these provisions may also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of the Company.

No Cumulative Voting. The Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), provides that stockholders are not entitled to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless a corporation’s certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. The Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.

 

The Company may sellAmendment of Certificate of Incorporation Provisions. Any amendment of the Shelf Shares offered under this prospectus through agents, through underwriters or dealers, or directlyabove provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation requires approval by holders of at least a majority of the voting power of our then outstanding capital stock except for Article VII governing director liability and indemnification which requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of our outstanding stock entitled to one or more purchasers.vote thereon.

 

Underwriters, dealers,Issuance of Undesignated Preferred Stock. Our Board of Directors has the authority, without further action by our stockholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with rights and agents that participate in the distribution of the Shelf Shares may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933 and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the Shelf Shares by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any underwriters or agents will be identified and their compensation,preferences, including any underwriting discount or commission, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also describe other terms of the offering, including the initial public offering price, any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers, and any securities exchanges on which these securities may be listed.

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The distribution of these securities may occurvoting rights, designated from time to time in oneby our Board of Directors. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock would enable our Board of Directors to render more difficult or more transactions atto discourage an attempt to obtain control of our Company by means of a fixed pricemerger, tender offer, proxy contest or prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices.other means.

 

INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIESTransfer Agent and Registrar

 

We have the authority under the Delaware General Corporation Law to indemnifyThe transfer agent and registrar for our directors and officers to the extent provided for in such statute. Set forth belowcommon stock is a discussion of Delaware law regarding indemnification that we believe discloses the material aspects of such law on this subject. The Delaware law provides, in part, that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer or other person who was,Computershare, Inc., 350 Indiana Street, Suite 800, Golden, Colorado 80401. Its telephone number is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, if it is determined that such person:

conducted himself or herself in good faith;
reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity as a director or officer of the corporation, that his or her conduct was in the corporation’s best interest and, in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests; and
in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

A corporation may indemnify a person under the Delaware law against judgments, penalties, including excise and similar taxes, fines, settlement, and unreasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding. If the person is found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the person, the indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, and shall not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the person shall have been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. The corporation may also pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a person in connection with his or her appearance as a witness or other participation in a proceeding at a time when the person is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.(303) 262-0600.

 

Our amendedLimitations of Liability and restated certificateIndemnification

The Certificate of incorporation providesIncorporation contains provisions that nonelimit the liability of our directors shallfor monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Consequently, our directors are not to be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of a fiduciary dutyduties as a director,directors, except for: (a) a breach ofliability for the directors’ duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; (b) an act or omission not in good faith that constitutes a breach of duty of the director to us or an act or omission that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (c) for violations of Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (d) a transaction from which the director received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director’s office. Limitations on liability provided for in our Certificate of Incorporation do not restrict the availability of non-monetary remedies and do not affect a director’s responsibility under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.following:

 

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any breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

 

any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or

any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit.

 

We believe thatAny amendment to, or repeal of, these provisions will assist us in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as executive officers and directors. The inclusionnot eliminate or reduce the effect of these provisions in respect of any act, omission or claim that occurred or arose prior to that amendment or repeal. If the DGCL is amended to provide for further limitations on the personal liability of directors of corporations, then the personal liability of our directors will be further limited to the greatest extent permitted by the DGCL.

The Bylaws provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our directors or officers or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Bylaws provide that we may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our employees or agents or is or was serving at its request as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Bylaws also provide that we must advance expenses incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding, subject to limited exceptions.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions included in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and in indemnification agreements that we have entered into or will enter into with our directors and executive officers may have the effectdiscourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and executive officers for breach of reducingtheir fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and may discourage or deter stockholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their duty of care,executive officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise have benefittedbenefit us orand our stockholders.

Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors to the fullest extent provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law and we Further, a stockholder’s investment may if andbe adversely affected to the extent authorizedthat we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and executive officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, we are not aware of any pending litigation or proceeding involving any person who is or was one of our Board, so indemnify ourdirectors, officers, and other persons whom we have the power to indemnify against liability, reasonable expenseemployees or other matters.

In February 2014, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company’s officers, and directors. These agreements provide that subject to limited exceptions the Company will indemnify the person named in the agreement from any actual or threatened legal actions related to the fact that such person wasagents or is anor was serving at our request as a director, officer, director,employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for which indemnification is sought, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

We have obtained or will obtain insurance policies under which, subject to the Company while that person was servinglimitations of the policies, coverage is provided to our directors and executive officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or other wrongful acts as an officer,a director or agentexecutive officer, including claims relating to public securities matters, and to us with respect to payments that may be made by us to these directors and executive officers pursuant to its indemnification obligations or otherwise as a matter of the Company law.

Certain of our non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers, be insured and/or for a related party at the requestindemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of the Company.our Board of Directors.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers andor persons controlling persons of us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advisedinformed that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange CommissionSEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE American under the symbol “ENSV.” See “Risk Factors” in this prospectus for disclosure regarding our non-compliance with the listing requirements of the NYSE American and our plan in seeking to regain compliance.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants that entitle the holder to purchase common stock, preferred stock, or other securities. Warrants may be issued independently or together with common stock, preferred stock, or other securities offered by any prospectus supplement and may be attached to or separate from any such offered securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as will be set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of warrants. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders of warrants or beneficial owners of warrants.

The following summary of certain provisions of the warrants does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all provisions of the warrant agreements.

Reference is made to the prospectus supplement relating to the particular issue of warrants offered pursuant to such prospectus supplement for the terms of and information relating to such warrants, including, where applicable:

the number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and the price at which such number of shares of common stock may be purchased upon such exercise;

the number of shares and series of preferred stock purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase preferred stock and the price at which such number of shares of such series of preferred stock may be purchased upon such exercise;

the number of other securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants to purchase such other securities and the price at which such securities may be purchased upon exercise;

the date on which the right to exercise such warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire;

United States federal income tax consequences applicable to such warrants;

the amount of warrants outstanding as of the most recent practicable date; and

any other terms of such warrants.

Warrants will be offered and exercisable for United States dollars only. Warrants will be issued in registered form only. The exercise price for warrants will be subject to adjustment in accordance with the applicable prospectus supplement.

Each warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase such number of shares of common stock, preferred stock or other securities at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth in, or calculable from, the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants, which exercise price may be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in such prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, or such later date to which such expiration date may be extended by us, unexercised warrants will become void. The place or places where, and the manner in which, warrants may be exercised shall be specified in the prospectus supplement relating to such warrants.

Prior to the exercise of any warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or other securities, holders of such warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of such common stock, preferred stock or other securities, as the case may be, purchasable upon such exercise, including the right to receive payments of dividends, if any, on the common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon such exercise.

DESCRIPTION OF RIGHTS

We may issue rights to purchase our common stock or preferred stock. These rights may be offered independently or together with any other security offered hereby and may or may not be transferable by the stockholder receiving the rights in such offering. In connection with any offering of rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.

The prospectus supplement relating to any rights we offer, if any, will, to the extent applicable, include specific terms relating to the offering, including some or all of the following:

the price, if any, for the rights;

the exercise price payable for our common stock or preferred stock upon the exercise of the rights;

the number of rights to be issued to each stockholder;

the number and terms of our common stock or preferred stock which may be purchased per each right;

the extent to which the rights are transferable;

any other terms of the rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the rights;

the date on which the right to exercise the rights shall commence, and the date on which the rights shall expire;

the extent to which the rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities or an over-allotment privilege to the extent the securities are fully subscribed; and

if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement which may be entered into by the Company in connection with the offering of rights.

The description in the applicable prospectus supplement of any rights we offer will not necessarily be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the applicable rights certificate, which will be filed with the SEC if we offer rights. We urge you to read the applicable rights certificate and any applicable prospectus supplement in their entirety.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other classes of securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The units may be issued under unit agreements to be entered into between us and a unit agent, as detailed in the prospectus supplement relating to the units being offered. The prospectus supplement will describe:

the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be held or transferred separately;

a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units;

a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units;

a discussion of material federal income tax considerations, if applicable; and

whether the units if issued as a separate security will be issued in fully registered form.

The descriptions of the units in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements. These descriptions do not restate those agreements in their entirety and may not contain all the information that you may find useful. We urge you to read the applicable agreements because they, and not the summaries, define your rights as holders of the units. For more information, please review the forms of the relevant agreements, which will be filed with the SEC promptly after the offering of units and will be available as described in the section titled “Where You Can Find More Information.”  

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the offered securities in and outside the United States (1) through underwriters or dealers, (2) directly to purchasers, including our affiliates and stockholders, (3) through agents or (4) through a combination of any of these methods. The prospectus supplement will include the following information:

the terms of the offering;

the names of any underwriters or agents;

the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters;

the purchase price of the securities;

the estimated net proceeds to us from the sale of the securities;

any delayed delivery arrangements;

any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters' compensation;

any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

any commissions paid to agents.

Sale Through Underwriters or Dealers

If underwriters are used in the sale, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account for resale to the public, either on a firm commitment basis or a best efforts basis. The underwriters may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement and except as described below, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters may change from time to time any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers.

During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell the securities in the open market. These transactions may include overallotment and stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the offering. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, which means that selling concessions allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue these activities at any time.

If dealers are used, we will sell the securities to them as principals. The dealers may then resell that securities to the public at varying prices determined by the dealers at the time of resale. The dealers participating in any sale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any sale of those securities. We will include in the prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction.

At-the-Market Offerings

Underwriters or agents could makes sales in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which includes sales made directly on or through the NYSE American, the existing trading market for our common stock, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange.

To the extent that we make sales through one or more underwriters or agents in “at-the-market” offerings, we will do so pursuant to the terms of a sales agency financing agreement or other “at-the-market” offering arrangement with such underwriters or agents. If we engage in at-the-market sales pursuant to any such agreement, we will issue and sell securities through one or more underwriters or agents, which may act on an agency basis or on a principal basis. During the term of any such agreement, we may sell securities on a daily basis in exchange transactions or otherwise as we agree with the underwriters or agents. The agreement will provide that any securities sold will be sold at prices related to the then prevailing market prices for such securities. Therefore, exact figures regarding proceeds that will be raised or commissions to be paid cannot be determined at this time. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we also may agree to sell, and the relevant underwriters or agents may agree to solicit offers to purchase, blocks of securities. The terms of each such agreement will be set forth in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. In the event that a claim for indemnification againstany underwriter or agent acts as principal, or any broker-dealer acts as underwriter, it may engage in certain transactions that stabilize, maintain, or otherwise affect the price of the securities. Any such liabilities (other thanactivities will be described in the paymentprospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus relating to the transaction.

Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents

We may sell the securities directly. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be involved. We may also sell the securities through agents we designate from time to time. In the prospectus supplement, we will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered securities, and we will describe any commissions payable by us to the agent. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of expenses incurredits appointment.

We may sell the securities directly to institutional investors or paid by a director, officer or controlling personothers who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the CompanySecurities Act with respect to any sale of those securities. We will describe the terms of any such sales in the successful defenseprospectus supplement.

Equity Line of Credit

We may also sell securities from time to time pursuant to an equity line of credit. In such event, we will enter into a common stock purchase agreement with the purchaser to be named therein who may be deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, the terms of which will be described in a Current Report on Form 8-K that we will file with the SEC. In that Form 8-K, we will describe the total amount of securities that we may require the purchaser to purchase under the purchase agreement and the other terms of purchase, and any action, suitrights that the purchaser is granted to purchase securities from us. In addition to our issuance of shares of common stock to the equity line purchaser pursuant to the purchase agreement, this prospectus (and the applicable prospectus supplement or proceeding)post-effective amendment) also covers the resale of those shares from time to time by the equity line purchaser to the public. The purchaser’s resales may be effected through a number of methods, including without limitation, ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers and block trades in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction.  

Remarketing Arrangements

Offered securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. Any remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its agreements, if any, with us and its compensation will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters, as that term is asserted by such director, officer or controlling persondefined in the Securities Act, in connection with the securities being registered,remarketed.

Delayed Delivery Contracts

If we will, unlessso indicate in the opinionprospectus supplement, we may authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of our counselinstitutions to purchase securities from us at the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submitpublic offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These contracts would provide for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to a courtthose conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will describe the commission payable for solicitation of appropriate jurisdictionthose contracts.

General Information

We may have agreements with the question whether such indemnification by the Company isagents, dealers, underwriters and remarketing firms to indemnify them against public policy as expressed incertain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments that the agents, dealers, underwriters or remarketing firms may be required to make. Agents, dealers, underwriters and remarketing firms may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of our securities offered by this prospectus will be governedpassed upon for us by the final adjudication of such issue.Jones & Keller, P.C., Denver, Colorado.

 

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The audited financial statements of Enservco Corporation as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the two years then ended, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in this registration statement, have been so incorporated by reference in reliance on the report of Plante & Moran, PLLC, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are required to file annual and quarterly reports and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C., 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the site is http://www.sec.gov.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information that we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to documents previously filed with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus except for any information that is superseded by information included directly in this prospectus, and the information that we file later with the SEC will automatically supersede this information. Any statement contained in this prospectus or a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or in any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or superseded the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is current as of the date other than the date on the cover page of this prospectus.

The following documents previously filed by us with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this prospectus:

 

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020, and its Amendment Number 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on May 19, 2020;

 

Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on June 12, 2020;

Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2020;

Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 16, 2020 (Items 1.01, 2.03 and 3.01 only), April 28, 2020June 2, 2020, and June 29, 2020 (Items 5.02 and 5.07); and

The description of our common stock is contained in our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 4, 2011, our Certificate of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the SEC on June 25, 2014, and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.1 thereto, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2020, including any amendment that we may file in the future for the purpose of updating the description of our common stock.

We are also incorporating by reference into this prospectus any additional documents that we may file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished and not filed with the SEC) after the date on which the registration statement that includes this prospectus was initially filed with the SEC (including all such documents that we may file with the SEC after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement) and until all offerings under this registration statement are terminated shall be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial holder, to whom a prospectus is delivered, at no cost, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. You should direct any requests for documents to the following address or telephone number:

Enservco Corporation

Attention: Richard A. Murphy

Principal Executive Officer

14133 County Rd 9½

Longmont, CO 80504

(303) 333-3678

You may access the documents incorporated by reference on our website at www.enservco.com, although our website shall not be deemed to be a part of this prospectus.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUSInformation Not Required in Prospectus

 

ITEMItem 14.      OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth an itemizationitemized statement of the amounts of all estimated expenses all of which we will pay,(excluding underwriting discounts and commissions) payable by us in connection with the issuance and distributionregistration of the securities being registered:offered hereby.

 

NATURE OF EXPENSE AND AMOUNT

SEC registration fee

 $1,038.40 

FINRA filing fee

  * 

Accountants’ fees and expenses

  * 

Legal fees and expenses

  * 

Transfer agent and registrar fees and expenses

  * 

Reserve report engineering fees

  * 

Printing and engraving expenses

  * 

Miscellaneous

  * 

Total

  * 

 

SEC

*

The above expenses cannot currently be estimated because we have not yet determined the terms or amounts of any securities to be offered and sold under this registration fee

$10,749*
Legal fees and expenses †
Accounting fees and expenses †
NYSE MKT fees †
Miscellaneous †
TOTAL †statement or the number of offerings that will be made under this registration statement.

* Estimated.

† Estimated expenses are not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that Enservco anticipates it will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this Registration Statement. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

ITEMItem 15.         INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

We have the authority underEnservco Corporation

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), authorizes a corporation’s board of directors to indemnify ourgrant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and officers to the extent provided for in such statute. Set forth below is a discussion of Delaware law regarding indemnification that we believe discloses the material aspects of such law on this subject. The Delaware law provides, in part, that a corporation may indemnify a director or officer or other person who was, is or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding because such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, if it is determined that such person:corporate agents.

conducted himself or herself in good faith;
reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity as a director or officer of the corporation, that his or her conduct was in the corporation’s best interest and, in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests; and
in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

A corporation may indemnify a person under the Delaware law against judgments, penalties, including excise and similar taxes, fines, settlement, and unreasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding. If the person is found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the person, the indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, and shall not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the person shall have been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation. The corporation may also pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a person in connection with his or her appearance as a witness or other participation in a proceeding at a time when the person is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

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Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, certificatecontains provisions that limit the liability of incorporation provides that none ofits directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Consequently, our directors shallwill not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for the following:

any breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or

any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit.

Any amendment to, or repeal of, these provisions will not eliminate or reduce the effect of these provisions in respect of any act, omission or claim that occurred or arose prior to that amendment or repeal. If the DGCL is amended to provide for further limitations on the personal liability of directors of corporations, then the personal liability of our directors will be further limited to the greatest extent permitted by the DGCL.

In addition, our Bylaws, as amended and restated, provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person who is or was a fiduciary dutyparty or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our directors or officers or is or was serving at our request as a director except for: (a)or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Bylaws provide that we may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person who is or was a breachparty or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the directors’ dutyfact that he or she is or was one of loyalty to usour employees or our stockholders; (b)agents or is or was serving at its request as an actemployee or omission notagent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Bylaws also provide that we must advance expenses incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer in good faith that constitutes a breach of dutyadvance of the directorfinal disposition of any action or proceeding, subject to limited exceptions.

These indemnification agreements require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and executive officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or an actservice. These indemnification agreements also require us to advance all expenses incurred by the directors and executive officers in investigating or omissiondefending any such action, suit or proceeding. We believe that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violationthese agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers.

The limitation of the law; (c) for violations of Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (d) a transaction from which the director received an improper benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the director’s office. Limitations on liability provided forand indemnification provisions that are included in our Certificate of Incorporation, do not restrict the availability of non-monetary remediesour Bylaws and do not affect a director’s responsibility under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.

We believein indemnification agreements that these provisions will assist us in attractingwe have entered into with our directors and retaining qualified individuals to serve as executive officers may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and directors. The inclusionexecutive officers for breach of these provisions in our Certificate of Incorporationtheir fiduciary duties. They may havealso reduce the effect of reducing a likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and may discourage or deter stockholders or management from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their duty of care,executive officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise have benefittedbenefit us or ourand other stockholders.

Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors to the fullest extent provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law and we Further, a stockholder’s investment may if andbe adversely affected to the extent authorizedthat we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and executive officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, we are not aware of any pending litigation or proceeding involving any person who is or was one of our Board, so indemnify ourdirectors, officers, and other persons whom we have the power to indemnify against liability, reasonable expenseemployees or other matters.

In February 2014, the Company entered into an indemnification agreement with each of the Company’s officers and directors. In February 2014, the Company entered into new indemnification agreements with each director and its executive officers who were not directors, including Austin Peitz (Vice President of Field Operations), Robert Devers (Chief Financial Officer), and Amanda Dalbey (corporate Secretary). These agreements provide that subject to limited exceptions the Company will indemnify the person named in the agreement from any actual or threatened legal actions related to the fact that such person wasagents or is anor was serving at our request as a director, officer, director,employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for which indemnification is sought, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

We have obtained insurance policies under which, subject to the Company while that person was servinglimitations of the policies, coverage is provided to our directors and executive officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or other wrongful acts as an officer,a director or agentexecutive officer, including claims relating to public securities matters, and to us with respect to payments that may be made by us to these directors and executive officers pursuant to its indemnification obligations or otherwise as a matter of law.

Certain of our non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers, be insured and/or indemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of our Board of Directors.

Item 16.         Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page hereto, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

Item 17.         Undertakings.

(a)

Each 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 CompanySecurities Act;

(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or for a related party atevents arising after the requesteffective date of the Company.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising underregistration statement (or the Securities Actmost 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 the 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 permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised thatreflected in the opinionform of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressedpursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the Securities Actaggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent 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 the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is therefore, unenforceable. Incontained in reports filed with or furnished to the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other thanCommission by the payment by us of expenses incurredregistrant pursuant to section 13 or paid by a director, officer or controlling personsection 15(d) of the CompanySecurities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the successful defenseregistration statement, or is contained in a form of any action, suit or proceeding)prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection withpart of the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by the Company is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.registration statement.

 

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ITEM 16.EXHIBITS

5.1Opinion of Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., filed herewith.
23.1Consent of EKS&H LLLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed herewith.
23.2Consent of Burns, Figa & Will, P.C., included in Exhibit 5.1.

24.1Power of Attorney, filed herewith.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) [Paragraph omitted]

(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 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 which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) [Paragraph omitted]

(5)(4)     That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

(A)(i)     Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B)

(ii)     Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.Provided,thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; ordate.

 

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(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness.Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(6)(5)     That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

Thesecurities, 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

(iv)     Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, of 1933, each filing of the registrant'sregistrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan'splan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to bea 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.

 

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(c), (d) [paragraphs omitted]

(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

(f), (g) [paragraphs omitted]

(h)     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 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.

(i) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
Exhibit No.Description

1.1

Form of Underwriting Agreement †

3.1

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation  (Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 30, 2010, and filed on January 4, 2011.)

3.2

Certificate of Amendment of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation  (Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 20, 2014, and filed on June 25, 2014.)

3.3

Amended and Restated Bylaws  (Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 27, 2010, and filed on July 28, 2010.)

4.1

Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference from Commission File No. 2-69324.)

4.2

Form of Warrant Agreement, including Form of Warrant Certificate†

4.3

Form of Unit Agreement†

4.4

Form of Preferred Stock Certificate†

4.5

Form of Certificate of Designation with respect to Preferred Stock†

4.6

Rights Agreement, including Form of Rights Certificate†

5.1

Opinion of Jones & Keller, P.C. regarding the legality of the common stock being registered*

23.1

Consent of Plante & Moran, PLLC*

23.3

Consent of Jones & Keller, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)*

24.1

Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)

 

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

*

Filed with the Form S-3 Registration Statement, File No. 333-240093, filed with the SEC on July 24, 2020.

 

(j), (k), (l) [paragraphs omitted]

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If applicable, to be subsequently filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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 Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 and has duly caused this amended Registration Statementregistration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Denver, Coloradothe City of Ridgefield, State of Connecticut, on April 16, 2014.August 7, 2020.

 

ENSERVCO CORPORATION

(Registrant)

  
 

By:

/s/ Rick D. KaschRichard A. Murphy

 Rick D. Kasch
President

Richard A. Murphy

Director and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)
By: /s/   Robert J. Devers
Robert J. Devers
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)Chairman

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this pre-effective amendment number 1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 20, 2020.

The undersigned directors and officers of Enservco Corporation (the “Company”) hereby constitute and appoint Richard A. Murphy and Marjorie Hargrave, or either of them acting singly, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned, with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact to act in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Company in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 24, 2020 to sign any and all amendments, including any Post-Effective Amendments, to such Registration Statement, to perform any and all such acts necessary or proper in connection with the filing of such Registration Statement, and, generally, to act for and in the name of the undersigned with respect to such filing.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statementthe Power of Attorney has been signed below, effective as of August 7, 2020, by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Rick D. Kasch and Michael D. Herman, or either of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and any or all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments and Registration Statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 and otherwise), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing, as to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.indicated below.

 

/s/ Michael D. Herman

Michael D. HermanSignature

Chairman of the Board

April 16, 2014Title

   

/s/ Rick D. Kasch

Rick D. KaschRichard A. Murphy

PresidentDirector and Chief Executive OfficerChairman (Principal Executive Officer)

April 16, 2014Richard A. Murphy

  

/s/ Steven P. Oppenheim

Steven P. Oppenheim

Director

April 16, 2014

   

/s/ Gerard Laheney

Gerard LaheneyMarjorie Hargrave

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

Marjorie Hargrave

/s/ Keith Behrens

Director

Keith Behrens

April 16, 2014/s/ Robert S. Herlin

Director

Robert S. Herlin

/s/ William A. Jolly

Director

William A. Jolly

/s/ Christopher Haymons

Director

Christopher Haymons

 

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