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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2014
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>20-0098515</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1700 Broadway, Suite 2300</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Denver, Colorado</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>80290-2300</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James J. Volker</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1700 Broadway, Suite 2300</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Denver, Colorado 80290-2300</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(303) 837-1661</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Benjamin F. Garmer, III, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John K. Wilson, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Foley &amp; Lardner LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>777 East Wisconsin Avenue</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(414) 271-2400</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
the definition of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering price<BR>per share</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration&nbsp;fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">978,161&nbsp;shares&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.55&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$37,708,106.55&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$4,381.68</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Preferred Share Purchase Rights</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">489,080.5&nbsp;rights</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Whiting Petroleum Corporation common stock (and preferred share purchase
rights) that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for Whiting Petroleum
Corporation Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange LLC on December 5, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The preferred share purchase rights are attached to and traded with the shares of common stock being registered. The value attributable to the preferred share purchase rights, if any, is reflected in the value
attributable to the common stock. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the Prospectus referred to herein also relates to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-190197). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 978,161 additional shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), and preferred share purchase rights attached thereto, that may be issued under the Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The shares of Common Stock registered on this Registration Statement may be issued from time to time under the Plan as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement
Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;13, 2014 (the &#147;Arrangement Agreement&#148;), among the Company, Kodiak Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas Corp. (&#147;Kodiak&#148;) and 1007695 B.C. Ltd. (&#147;Whiting Sub&#148;). Pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, on
December&nbsp;8, 2014, Kodiak amalgamated with and into Whiting Sub, with Kodiak surviving the amalgamation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the &#147;Arrangement&#148;). Each outstanding share of Kodiak Common Stock was converted into
0.177 (the &#147;Exchange Ratio&#148;) of a share of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Additionally, pursuant to the Arrangement, each outstanding option to purchase Kodiak Common Stock (a &#147;Kodiak Stock Option&#148;),
each restricted stock unit measured in relation to, or settleable in, Kodiak Common Stock (a &#147;Kodiak RSU&#148;) and each award of restricted stock relating to Kodiak Common Stock (a &#147;Kodiak Restricted Stock Award&#148;) (each such Kodiak
Stock Option, Kodiak RSU and Kodiak Restricted Stock Award, a &#147;Kodiak Compensatory Award&#148;), whether vested or unvested, was assumed by the Company under the Plan and converted automatically into an option, restricted stock unit or
restricted stock award, as the case may be, denominated in shares of Common Stock based on the Exchange Ratio and subject to terms and conditions substantially identical to those in effect at the time of the consummation of the Arrangement (each
such assumed award, an &#147;Assumed Award&#148;), except that (i)&nbsp;the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each such Assumed Award was determined by multiplying the number of shares of Kodiak Common Stock subject to such Assumed Award
by the Exchange Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (ii)&nbsp;to the extent applicable, the exercise or purchase price per share of each such Assumed Award equaled (A)&nbsp;the per share exercise or purchase price of each such
Assumed Award divided by (B)&nbsp;the Exchange Ratio (rounded upwards to the nearest whole cent). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8, the contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-190197), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as
set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Exhibits</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are
set forth in the attached Exhibit Index. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><U>Undertakings</U>. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) 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
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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on December&nbsp;8, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James J. Volker</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">James J. Volker</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December&nbsp;8, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:15.05pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Title</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James J. Volker</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James J. Volker</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael J. Stevens</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael J. Stevens</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brent P. Jensen</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brent P. Jensen</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Controller and Treasurer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Accounting
Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Thomas L. Aller</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">D. Sherwin Artus</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">James E. Catlin</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Philip E. Doty</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">William N. Hahne</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Allan R. Larson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Lynn A. Peterson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Michael B. Walen</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James J. Volker</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">James J. Volker</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan [Incorporated by reference to Annex A to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule&nbsp;14A
on March&nbsp;25, 2013 (File&nbsp;No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Whiting Petroleum Corporation [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;28, 2013 (File No.
001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, effective February 20, 2014 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2014
(File&nbsp;No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2014, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the
various other agents party thereto [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 27, 2014 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2014, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Kodiak Oil &amp; Gas Corp., Kodiak Oil &amp; Gas (USA) Inc., Kodiak Williston, LLC and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 8, 2014 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Subordinated Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2005, by and among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Whiting Programs, Inc., Equity Oil Company (succeeded to Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation) and The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2010 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.7)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated September 24, 2010, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 6.5% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2018 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2010 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.8)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum
Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.9)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2019
[Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.10)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021
[Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated September&nbsp;9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4.11)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2006, between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;23, 2006 (File No. 001-31899)].</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP (including consent of counsel).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(23.1)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(23.2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(23.3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Cawley, Gillespie &amp; Associates, Inc., Independent Petroleum Engineers.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(23.4)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP (filed as part of Exhibit (5)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(24)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-0098515
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1700 Broadway, Suite 2300
Denver, Colorado
80290-2300
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James J. Volker
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
1700 Broadway, Suite 2300
Denver, Colorado 80290-2300
(303) 837-1661
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Benjamin F. Garmer, III, Esq.
John K. Wilson, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306
(414) 271-2400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See
the definition of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
978,161 shares (1)
$38.55 (2)
$37,708,106.55 (2)
$4,381.68
Preferred Share Purchase Rights
489,080.5 rights
(3)
(3)
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Whiting Petroleum Corporation common stock (and preferred share purchase
rights) that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for Whiting Petroleum
Corporation Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange LLC on December 5, 2014.
(3)
The preferred share purchase rights are attached to and traded with the shares of common stock being registered. The value attributable to the preferred share purchase rights, if any, is reflected in the value
attributable to the common stock.
Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the Prospectus referred to herein also relates to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-190197).
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 978,161 additional shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common
Stock"), of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), and preferred share purchase rights attached thereto, that may be issued under the Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013
Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The shares of Common Stock registered on this Registration Statement may be issued from time to time under the Plan as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement
Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2014 (the "Arrangement Agreement"), among the Company, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. ("Kodiak") and 1007695 B.C. Ltd. ("Whiting Sub"). Pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, on
December 8, 2014, Kodiak amalgamated with and into Whiting Sub, with Kodiak surviving the amalgamation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the "Arrangement"). Each outstanding share of Kodiak Common Stock was converted into
0.177 (the "Exchange Ratio") of a share of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Additionally, pursuant to the Arrangement, each outstanding option to purchase Kodiak Common Stock (a "Kodiak Stock Option"),
each restricted stock unit measured in relation to, or settleable in, Kodiak Common Stock (a "Kodiak RSU") and each award of restricted stock relating to Kodiak Common Stock (a "Kodiak Restricted Stock Award") (each such Kodiak
Stock Option, Kodiak RSU and Kodiak Restricted Stock Award, a "Kodiak Compensatory Award"), whether vested or unvested, was assumed by the Company under the Plan and converted automatically into an option, restricted stock unit or
restricted stock award, as the case may be, denominated in shares of Common Stock based on the Exchange Ratio and subject to terms and conditions substantially identical to those in effect at the time of the consummation of the Arrangement (each
such assumed award, an "Assumed Award"), except that (i) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to each such Assumed Award was determined by multiplying the number of shares of Kodiak Common Stock subject to such Assumed Award
by the Exchange Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (ii) to the extent applicable, the exercise or purchase price per share of each such Assumed Award equaled (A) the per share exercise or purchase price of each such
Assumed Award divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio (rounded upwards to the nearest whole cent).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8, the contents of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-190197), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as
set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
None.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are
set forth in the attached Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The 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 Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(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;
1
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(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 herein, 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.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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
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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on December 8, 2014.
WHITING PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James J. Volker
James J. Volker
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 8, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/ James J. Volker
James J. Volker
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael J. Stevens
Michael J. Stevens
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Brent P. Jensen
Brent P. Jensen
Controller and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
*
Thomas L. Aller
Director
*
D. Sherwin Artus
Director
*
James E. Catlin
Director
*
Philip E. Doty
Director
*
William N. Hahne
Director
*
Allan R. Larson
Director
*
Lynn A. Peterson
Director
*
Michael B. Walen
Director
*
By:
/s/ James J. Volker
James J. Volker
Attorney-in-fact
S-1
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
(4.1)
Whiting Petroleum Corporation 2013 Equity Incentive Plan [Incorporated by reference to Annex A to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A
on March 25, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.2)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Whiting Petroleum Corporation [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 28, 2013 (File No.
001-31899)].
(4.3)
Amended and Restated By-laws of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, effective February 20, 2014 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2014
(File No. 001-31899)].
(4.4)
Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2014, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the
various other agents party thereto [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 27, 2014 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.5)
Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2014, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., Kodiak Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Kodiak Williston, LLC and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 8, 2014 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.6)
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2005, by and among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Whiting Programs, Inc., Equity Oil Company (succeeded to Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation) and The Bank
of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2010 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.7)
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated September 24, 2010, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 6.5% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2018 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2010 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.8)
Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.9)
First Supplemental Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 5.000% Senior Notes due 2019
[Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.10)
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated September 12, 2013, among Whiting Petroleum Corporation, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, creating the 5.750% Senior Notes due 2021
[Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 9, 2013 (File No. 001-31899)].
(4.11)
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2006, between Whiting Petroleum Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Whiting Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated February 23, 2006 (File No. 001-31899)].
(5)
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP (including consent of counsel).
(23.1)
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
(23.2)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
(23.3)
Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc., Independent Petroleum Engineers.
(23.4)
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (filed as part of Exhibit (5)).
(24)
Powers of Attorney.