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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2004</B>



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2702753</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>5205 North O&#146;Connor Boulevard<BR>
Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Irving, Texas 75039</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC.<BR>
CARBON ENERGY CORPORATION 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
AND<BR>
EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC. INITIAL STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mark L. Withrow<BR>
Pioneer Natural Resources Company<BR>
5205 North O&#146;Connor Boulevard<BR>
Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Irving, Texas 75039<BR>
(972)&nbsp;444-9001</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Robert L. Kimball<BR>
Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.<BR>
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite&nbsp;3700<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201-2975<BR>
(214)&nbsp;220-7700</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price per share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common stock, $0.01 par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" nowrap>2,607,095 shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">34.05</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">88,771,584.75</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,247.36</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Rights to purchase
shares of Series&nbsp;A
Junior Participating
Preferred Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Also registered by this registration statement are such additional and
indeterminate number of shares of common stock and associated rights to
purchase shares of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as may
become issuable because of changes resulting from stock dividends, stock
splits and similar changes.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and, in
accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, based on the average of the high and low trading prices of the
registrant&#146;s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;27,
2004).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>A portion of the securities covered hereby were previously
registered on the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
S-4 (No. 333-116434). Of the 30,143,427 shares of Pioneer common stock
registered on such registration statement, 4,772,167 (15.83% of the registered
shares) will not be issued under such registration statement. As a result,
$18,233.39, or 15.83% of the $115,182.53 filing fee paid with respect to such
registration statement, is available to be applied to the fee otherwise payable
with respect to this registration statement. As a result, there is no fee
payable with respect to this registration statement.
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
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    <TD>These rights are initially carried and traded with the common stock of
the registrant. Value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of the common stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18724exv5w1.htm">Opinion/Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18724exv23w1.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18724exv23w3.htm">Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d18724exv23w4.htm">Consent of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Inc.</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement covers 2,607,095 shares of common stock and
associated rights to purchase shares of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), available for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options and
upon settlement of restricted stock awards granted under the 2000 Stock
Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc., the Carbon Energy Corporation 1999
Stock Option Plan, and the Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(as amended, the &#147;Plans&#148;), which the Company assumed pursuant to an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated May&nbsp;3, 2004, by and among the Company, BC Merger Sub,
Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Evergreen Resources, Inc., a Colorado
corporation (&#147;Evergreen&#148;), that closed on September&nbsp;28, 2004.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the Company and are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2004;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004 and June&nbsp;30, 2004, as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2004
and August&nbsp;4, 2004, and the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;18, 2004, May&nbsp;5, 2004, June&nbsp;10, 2004, June&nbsp;25, 2004,
July&nbsp;12, 2004 and July&nbsp;19, 2004;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, contained in Item&nbsp;1 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) on August&nbsp;8, 1997, as amended; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s rights to purchase shares of Series&nbsp;A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act on July&nbsp;24, 2001.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement. Upon the written or oral request of any person
to whom a copy of this Registration Statement has been delivered, the Company
will provide without charge to such person a copy of any and all documents
(excluding exhibits thereto unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference into such documents) that have been incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement but not delivered herewith. Requests for such
documents should be addressed to Pioneer Natural Resources Company, 5205 North
O&#146;Connor Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;900, Irving, Texas 75039, Attention: Corporate
Secretary, (972)&nbsp;444-9001.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Delaware General Corporation Law</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in
the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense
or settlement of the action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to
the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Section 145(a) and (b), or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, the person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection therewith.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that any
indemnification under Section 145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145(a) and (b). The
determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
officer at the time of such determination, (1)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though
less than a quorum, (2)&nbsp;by a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3)&nbsp;if there are no
such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (4)&nbsp;by the stockholders.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation as authorized in Section&nbsp;145. The expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents
may be so paid upon those terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation
deems appropriate.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
to, Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the
person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the
person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Twelfth of the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that each person who at any time is or was a director or
officer of the Company, or any person who, while a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving at the Company&#146;s request as a director, officer,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary
of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company,
association, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be entitled to (a)&nbsp;indemnification and
(b)&nbsp;the advancement of expenses incurred by such person from the Company as,
and to the fullest extent, permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or
any successor statutory provision, as from time to time amended. Any repeal or
modification of Article&nbsp;Twelfth of the Company&#146;s amended and restated
certificate of incorporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely
affect the rights of any director or officer or the obligations of the Company
with respect to any claim arising from the services of such director or officer
in the capacities described above prior to any such repeal or amendment of
Article&nbsp;Twelfth.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Thirteenth of the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that the Company&#146;s directors shall not be personally
liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director involving any act or omission of any
such director; provided, however, that such Article&nbsp;Thirteenth does not
eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1)&nbsp;for any breach of such
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (which relates to certain unlawful dividend payments or stock
purchases or redemptions), as the same exists or may hereafter be amended,
supplemented or replaced, or (4)&nbsp;for a transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law
is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability
of directors, then the liability of a director, in addition to the limitation
on personal liability described above, shall be limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended. Furthermore,
any repeal or modification of Article&nbsp;Thirteenth of the Company&#146;s amended and
restated certificate of incorporation by its stockholders shall be prospective
only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability
of a director existing at the time of such repeal or modification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Indemnification Agreements</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and certain of its officers. Under the terms of the indemnification
agreements, the Company has generally agreed to indemnify an officer or
director for liabilities incurred to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company must, within ten days of a
request, indemnify an officer or director for expenses incurred in the defense
of a claim or other proceeding. The obligation of the Company to provide the
indemnification does not apply if, before the date on which the Company must
provide the indemnification, the Company&#146;s board of directors, or a
representative chosen by the board of directors, concludes that indemnification
would be improper under the Delaware General Corporation Law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The above discussion of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the
indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively
qualified in its entirety by such statute and documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 dated June&nbsp;27, 1997, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
dated June&nbsp;27, 1997, Registration No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 dated June&nbsp;27,
1997, Registration No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated July&nbsp;24, 2001, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, File No.&nbsp;1-13245, filed with the
SEC on July&nbsp;24, 2001).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
A to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A, File No.&nbsp;1-13245, filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;24, 2001).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-48138, filed with the SEC on
October&nbsp;18, 2000).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Carbon Energy Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-110270, filed with the SEC on
November&nbsp;5, 2003).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-92831, filed with the SEC on
December&nbsp;15, 1999).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this registration statement).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gaffney, Cline &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">*</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed herewith</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:



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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
registration statement; and</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="6%" nowrap align="right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section
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 Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement.


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 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.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Dallas, State of Texas, on September&nbsp;28, 2004.

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Scott D. Sheffield</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="65%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott D. Sheffield</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark L. Withrow and Richard P.
Dealy and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments, including pre- and post-effective amendments, to this
Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering
covered by this registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Scott D. Sheffield<BR><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Scott D. Sheffield
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Timothy L. Dove<BR><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Timothy L. Dove
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Richard P. Dealy<BR><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Richard P. Dealy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
(principal accounting
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
James R. Baroffio<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James R. Baroffio</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>

</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Edison C. Buchanan<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edison C. Buchanan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. HARTWELL GARDNER<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
R. Hartwell Gardner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JAMES L. HOUGHTON<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
James L. Houghton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JERRY P. JONES<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Jerry P. Jones
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LINDA K. LAWSON<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Linda K. Lawson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ANDREW D. LUNDQUIST<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Andrew D. Lundquist
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CHARLES E. RAMSEY, JR.<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MARK S. SEXTON<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">Mark S. Sexton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT A. SOLBERG<HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Robert A. Solberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%">
Jim A. Watson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 dated June&nbsp;27, 1997, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
dated June&nbsp;27, 1997, Registration No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 dated June&nbsp;27,
1997, Registration No.&nbsp;333-26951).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated July&nbsp;24, 2001, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, File No.&nbsp;1-13245, filed with the
SEC on July&nbsp;24, 2001).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
A to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A, File No.&nbsp;1-13245, filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;24, 2001).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-48138, filed with the SEC on
October&nbsp;18, 2000).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Carbon Energy Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-110270, filed with the SEC on
November&nbsp;5, 2003).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99 to Evergreen&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-92831, filed with the SEC on
December&nbsp;15, 1999).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this registration statement).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gaffney, Cline &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2004
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
75-2702753
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5205 North O'Connor Boulevard
Suite 900
Irving, Texas 75039
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC.
CARBON ENERGY CORPORATION 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
AND
EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC. INITIAL STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mark L. Withrow
Pioneer Natural Resources Company
5205 North O'Connor Boulevard
Suite 900
Irving, Texas 75039
(972) 444-9001
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
copy to:
Robert L. Kimball
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201-2975
(214) 220-7700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
price per share
offering price
registration fee
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share
2,607,095 shares
$
34.05
(2)
$
88,771,584.75
(2)
$
11,247.36
(3)
Rights to purchase
shares of Series A
Junior Participating
Preferred Stock
(4
)
(4
)
(4
)
(4
)
(1)
Also registered by this registration statement are such additional and
indeterminate number of shares of common stock and associated rights to
purchase shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as may
become issuable because of changes resulting from stock dividends, stock
splits and similar changes.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and, in
accordance with Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, based on the average of the high and low trading prices of the
registrant's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on September 27,
2004).
(3)
A portion of the securities covered hereby were previously
registered on the registrant's registration statement on Form
S-4 (No. 333-116434). Of the 30,143,427 shares of Pioneer common stock
registered on such registration statement, 4,772,167 (15.83% of the registered
shares) will not be issued under such registration statement. As a result,
$18,233.39, or 15.83% of the $115,182.53 filing fee paid with respect to such
registration statement, is available to be applied to the fee otherwise payable
with respect to this registration statement. As a result, there is no fee
payable with respect to this registration statement.
(4)
These rights are initially carried and traded with the common stock of
the registrant. Value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected
in the market price of the common stock.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion/Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
Consent of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Inc.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement covers 2,607,095 shares of common stock and
associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), available for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options and
upon settlement of restricted stock awards granted under the 2000 Stock
Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc., the Carbon Energy Corporation 1999
Stock Option Plan, and the Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(as amended, the "Plans"), which the Company assumed pursuant to an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated May 3, 2004, by and among the Company, BC Merger Sub,
Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Evergreen Resources, Inc., a Colorado
corporation ("Evergreen"), that closed on September 28, 2004.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by the Company and are incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, as filed with the Commission on February 3, 2004;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004, as filed with the Commission on May 7, 2004
and August 4, 2004, and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with
the Commission on February 18, 2004, May 5, 2004, June 10, 2004, June 25, 2004,
July 12, 2004 and July 19, 2004;
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, contained in Item 1 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") on August 8, 1997, as amended; and
(d) The description of the Company's rights to purchase shares of Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act on July 24, 2001.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement. Upon the written or oral request of any person
to whom a copy of this Registration Statement has been delivered, the Company
will provide without charge to such person a copy of any and all documents
(excluding exhibits thereto unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference into such documents) that have been incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement but not delivered herewith. Requests for such
documents should be addressed to Pioneer Natural Resources Company, 5205 North
O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 900, Irving, Texas 75039, Attention: Corporate
Secretary, (972) 444-9001.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in
the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense
or settlement of the action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to
the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Section 145(a) and (b), or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, the person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection therewith.
Section 145(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that any
indemnification under Section 145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145(a) and (b). The
determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though
less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no
such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
Section 145(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation as authorized in Section 145. The expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents
may be so paid upon those terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation
deems appropriate.
Section 145(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
to, Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
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other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses
may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the
person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the
person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145.
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Article Twelfth of the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that each person who at any time is or was a director or
officer of the Company, or any person who, while a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving at the Company's request as a director, officer,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary
of another foreign or domestic corporation, limited liability company,
association, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be entitled to (a) indemnification and
(b) the advancement of expenses incurred by such person from the Company as,
and to the fullest extent, permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or
any successor statutory provision, as from time to time amended. Any repeal or
modification of Article Twelfth of the Company's amended and restated
certificate of incorporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely
affect the rights of any director or officer or the obligations of the Company
with respect to any claim arising from the services of such director or officer
in the capacities described above prior to any such repeal or amendment of
Article Twelfth.
Article Thirteenth of the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation provides that the Company's directors shall not be personally
liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director involving any act or omission of any
such director; provided, however, that such Article Thirteenth does not
eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any breach of such
director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (which relates to certain unlawful dividend payments or stock
purchases or redemptions), as the same exists or may hereafter be amended,
supplemented or replaced, or (4) for a transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law
is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability
of directors, then the liability of a director, in addition to the limitation
on personal liability described above, shall be limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended. Furthermore,
any repeal or modification of Article Thirteenth of the Company's amended and
restated certificate of incorporation by its stockholders shall be prospective
only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability
of a director existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
Indemnification Agreements
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and certain of its officers. Under the terms of the indemnification
agreements, the Company has generally agreed to indemnify an officer or
director for liabilities incurred to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company must, within ten days of a
request, indemnify an officer or director for expenses incurred in the defense
of a claim or other proceeding. The obligation of the Company to provide the
indemnification does not apply if, before the date on which the Company must
provide the indemnification, the Company's board of directors, or a
representative chosen by the board of directors, concludes that indemnification
would be improper under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The above discussion of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the
indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively
qualified in its entirety by such statute and documents.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following
exhibits is filed herewith:
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated June 27, 1997, Registration
No. 333-26951).
3.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4
dated June 27, 1997, Registration No. 333-26951).
4.1
Form of Certificate of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated June 27,
1997, Registration No. 333-26951).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated July 24, 2001, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, File No. 1-13245, filed with the
SEC on July 24, 2001).
4.3
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
A to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on July 24, 2001).
4.4
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-48138, filed with the SEC on
October 18, 2000).
4.5
Carbon Energy Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-110270, filed with the SEC on
November 5, 2003).
4.6
Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-92831, filed with the SEC on
December 15, 1999).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).
23.3*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.4*
Consent of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Inc.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith
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 (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
registration statement; and
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(iii)
To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section
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 Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 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.
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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 Dallas, State of Texas, on September 28, 2004.
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY
By:
/s/ Scott D. Sheffield
Scott D. Sheffield
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark L. Withrow and Richard P.
Dealy and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments, including pre- and post-effective amendments, to this
Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering
covered by this registration statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Scott D. Sheffield
Scott D. Sheffield
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive
officer)
September 28, 2004
/s/
Timothy L. Dove
Timothy L. Dove
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial
officer)
September 28, 2004
/s/
Richard P. Dealy
Richard P. Dealy
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
(principal accounting
officer)
September 28, 2004
/s/
James R. Baroffio
Director
James R. Baroffio
September 28, 2004
/s/
Edison C. Buchanan
Director
Edison C. Buchanan
September 28, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ R. HARTWELL GARDNER
R. Hartwell Gardner
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ JAMES L. HOUGHTON
James L. Houghton
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ JERRY P. JONES
Jerry P. Jones
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ LINDA K. LAWSON
Linda K. Lawson
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ ANDREW D. LUNDQUIST
Andrew D. Lundquist
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ CHARLES E. RAMSEY, JR.
Charles E. Ramsey, Jr.
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ MARK S. SEXTON
Mark S. Sexton
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ ROBERT A. SOLBERG
Robert A. Solberg
Director
September 28, 2004
Jim A. Watson
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated June 27, 1997, Registration
No. 333-26951).
3.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4
dated June 27, 1997, Registration No. 333-26951).
4.1
Form of Certificate of Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated June 27,
1997, Registration No. 333-26951).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated July 24, 2001, between the Company and
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, File No. 1-13245, filed with the
SEC on July 24, 2001).
4.3
Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
A to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A, File No. 1-13245, filed with the SEC on July 24, 2001).
4.4
2000 Stock Incentive Plan of Evergreen Resources, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-48138, filed with the SEC on
October 18, 2000).
4.5
Carbon Energy Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-110270, filed with the SEC on
November 5, 2003).
4.6
Evergreen Resources, Inc. Initial Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to Evergreen's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-92831, filed with the SEC on
December 15, 1999).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).
23.3*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.4*
Consent of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Inc.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith