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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

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


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


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.</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>Texas</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0210849</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>8141 SH 75 South<BR>
P.O. Box 1175<BR>
Huntsville, Texas 77342<BR>
(281)&nbsp;353-4475</B><BR>
(Address, including Zip Code,<BR>
of Principal Executive Offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK AWARDS PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Christopher C. Siffert<BR>
Corporate Controller<BR>
8141 SH 75 South<BR>
P.O. Box 1175<BR>
Huntsville, Texas 77342<BR>
281-353-4475</B><BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, for Agent for Service)



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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>T. Mark Kelly<BR>
Christopher S. Collins<BR>
Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.<BR>
2300 First City Tower<BR>
1001 Fannin<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002-6760<BR>
(713)&nbsp;758-2222</B>



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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"> 400,000 Shares
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">7.90</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,160,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">401</TD>
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    <TD>This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock that become issuable under the Mitcham Industries, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan being registered pursuant to
this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based
upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation National Market System on November&nbsp;17, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;REGISTRATION OF<BR> ADDITIONAL SHARES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;REGISTRATION OF<BR>
ADDITIONAL SHARES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Mitcham
Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to register an additional 400,000 shares of
common stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), which may
be issued pursuant to awards granted to certain employees, consultants and
non-employee directors of the Company under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-67208, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;9, 2001, are hereby incorporated in
this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not replaced hereby.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the shares being registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hein &#038; Associates LLP</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Mitcham Industries,
Inc. 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 Huntsville, State of Texas, on
November&nbsp;22, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Christopher C. Siffert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Christopher C. Siffert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and
directors of MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby constitutes and
appoints Christopher C. Siffert and Billy F. Mitcham, Jr., or either of them
(with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign,
execute and file this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto 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 in and about the
premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on November&nbsp;22, 2004.

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Christopher C. Siffert<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Christopher C. Siffert
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Peter H. Blum<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Peter H. Blum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>

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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
R. Dean Lewis<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
R. Dean Lewis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
John F. Schwalbe<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
John F. Schwalbe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Robert P. Capps<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Robert P. Capps
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hein &#038; Associates LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2004
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
76-0210849
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
8141 SH 75 South
P.O. Box 1175
Huntsville, Texas 77342
(281) 353-4475
(Address, including Zip Code,
of Principal Executive Offices)
______________________
MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK AWARDS PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
______________________
Christopher C. Siffert
Corporate Controller
8141 SH 75 South
P.O. Box 1175
Huntsville, Texas 77342
281-353-4475
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, for Agent for Service)
______________________
Copy to:
T. Mark Kelly
Christopher S. Collins
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
2300 First City Tower
1001 Fannin
Houston, Texas 77002-6760
(713) 758-2222
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (1)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
400,000 Shares
$
7.90
$
3,160,000
$
401
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock that become issuable under the Mitcham Industries, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan being registered pursuant to
this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based
upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
Stock reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation National Market System on November 17, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SHARES
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SHARES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Mitcham
Industries, Inc. (the "Registrant") to register an additional 400,000 shares of
common stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), which may
be issued pursuant to awards granted to certain employees, consultants and
non-employee directors of the Company under the Registrant's Amended and
Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Registration No. 333-67208, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on August 9, 2001, are hereby incorporated in
this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not replaced hereby.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
No.
Description
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the shares being registered
23.1*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this
Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Mitcham Industries,
Inc. 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 Huntsville, State of Texas, on
November 22, 2004.
MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Christopher C. Siffert
Christopher C. Siffert
Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and
directors of MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and
appoints Christopher C. Siffert and Billy F. Mitcham, Jr., or either of them
(with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign,
execute and file this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto 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 in and about the
premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on November 22, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Christopher C. Siffert
Christopher C. Siffert
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
Peter H. Blum
Peter H. Blum
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/
R. Dean Lewis
R. Dean Lewis
Director
/s/
John F. Schwalbe
John F. Schwalbe
Director
/s/
Robert P. Capps
Robert P. Capps
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Description
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the shares being registered
23.1*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this
Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith