UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

SCHEDULE TO

(Rule 14d-100)

Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

ASPEN EXPLORATION CORPORATION

(Name of Subject Company)

 

ROYALE ENERGY, INC.

(Name of Filing Person – Offeror)

 

COMMON STOCK, $0.005 Par Value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

045295300

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

 

 

 

* Pursuant to Rules 0-11(d) and 0-11(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the market value of the securities to be received by Royale Energy, Inc, was calculated as the product of 3,992,792 shares of Aspen Exploration Corporation common stock, which is the maximum number of shares that may be purchased by Royale Energy, Inc., pursuant to its exchange offer, and (ii) the average of the high and low sales prices of Aspen Exploration Corporation common stock as reported by the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on November 20, 2008 ($0.96).

 

** The amount of the filing fee equals .0000393 of the transaction valuation. The entire amount of the filing fee has been offset by the amount of the filing fee paid by Royale Energy, Inc., as described below.

 

x Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing fee with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or Schedule and the date of filing.

 

 

 

o  Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

x  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

 

 

 

Items 1 through 9, and Item 11.

 

This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO is filed by Royale Energy, Inc., a California corporation (“Royale”). This Schedule TO relates to the offer by Royale to exchange its common stock for up to 3,992,792 shares of the issued and outstanding common stock of Aspen Exploration Corporation (“Aspen”) at an exchange ratio of one share of Royale common stock for each 2.75 shares of Aspen common stock.

 

Royale has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4, relating to the Royale common stock to be issued to holders of Aspen common stock in the exchange offer. The terms and conditions of the exchange offer, as well as a description of Royale and other information required by Schedule TO, are set forth in the prospectus which is part of that registration statement.

 

All of the information in the prospectus, and any prospectus supplement or other amendment or supplement thereto related to the exchange offer hereafter filed with the SEC by Royale, is hereby incorporated by reference into Items 1 through 9 and 11 of this schedule TO.

 

 

The information set forth in the prospectus under the sections entitled Summary Selected Financial Data of Royale, Summary Selected Consolidated Financial Data of Aspen, Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information of Royale and Aspen and the financial statements of each of Royale and Aspen beginning on page F-1 of the prospectus are incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

See Exhibit Index

 

SIGNATURES

 

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge an belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

* To be filed by amendment.