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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2009</B></DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 2pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.</FONT></B></DIV>
<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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0517977</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>700 North Sam Houston Parkway West, Suite&nbsp;200</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77067</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Suzanne L. Johnson<BR>
Staff Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
700 North Sam Houston Parkway West<BR>
Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Houston, Texas 77067</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(832)&nbsp;353-1000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>John B. Clutterbuck<BR>
Timothy C. Langenkamp<BR>
Andrews Kurth LLP<BR>
600 Travis, Suite&nbsp;4200<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;220-4200</B></DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of  &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share(1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">510,585 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1.475</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$753,112.88</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$42.02</TD>
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    <TD>Includes ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence
of certain events, purchase rights for Junior
Participating Preferred Stock of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. will not be evidenced separately from
the Common Stock of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be necessary to adjust the number
of shares being offered or issued pursuant to the plan as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the
high and low sales prices of the shares as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;20,
2009.</TD>
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<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>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information required in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;). In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) shall maintain a file
of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon
request, the Company shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or all of the
documents included in the file.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents
and information previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;3, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-31300);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-31300);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;12,
2009, March&nbsp;27, 2009, April&nbsp;13, 2009, May&nbsp;12, 2009 and May&nbsp;20, 2009 and Current Report
on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;6, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-31300); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;<B>Common
Stock</B>&#148;) contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;001-31300), and any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating that description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B>Exchange Act</B>&#148;) (excluding any
information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K),
subsequent to the date of this registration statement and 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 be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference 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 subsequently filed document
that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby is being passed upon for us by Andrews Kurth
LLP.</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145 (&#147;<B>Section
145</B>&#148;) of Title 8 of the Delaware Code gives a corporation power to 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
such action, suit or proceeding 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, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 also gives a corporation power to 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 such
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 such 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 such 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, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Section&nbsp;145 further 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 such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 also authorizes a corporation 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 him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws provide for the
indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Code.
The Company maintains insurance policies indemnifying directors and officers against certain
liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#043;4.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the Certificated of
Amendment dated July&nbsp;1, 2008 and Certificated of Amendment dated October&nbsp;1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#043;4.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2007, File
No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#043;4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-64808).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>&#043;4.4(a)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement among the Company, Continental Airlines, Inc. (&#147;Continental&#148;) and
Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including form of Rights Certificate,
dated April&nbsp;1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</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">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>&#043;4.4(b)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated December&nbsp;13, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>&#043;4.4(c)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*4.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this registration statement; and</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;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 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;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 undersigned registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the undersigned 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 undersigned 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 22nd day of May, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                                   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Phung Ngo-Burns
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Phung Ngo-Burns&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, Finance and<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James B. Ream
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James B. Ream
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Phung Ngo-Burns
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Phung Ngo-Burns
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Finance and Chief<BR>
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert E. Bickmore
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert E. Bickmore
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Director and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Salvatore J. Badalamenti
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Salvatore J. Badalamenti
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George R. Bravante, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George R. Bravante, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Janet M. Clarke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Janet M. Clarke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kim A. Fadel
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Judith R. Haberkorn
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bonnie S. Reitz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan Freudenstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;22, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
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William F. Loftus
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T. Patrick Kelly
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the Certificated of
Amendment dated July&nbsp;1, 2008 and Certificated of Amendment dated October&nbsp;1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2007, File
No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-64808).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement among the Company, Continental Airlines, Inc. (&#147;Continental&#148;) and
Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including form of Rights Certificate,
dated April&nbsp;1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated December&nbsp;13, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;25, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-31300).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
76-0517977
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
700 North Sam Houston Parkway West, Suite 200
Houston, Texas
77067
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Suzanne L. Johnson
Staff Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
700 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77067
(Name and address of agent for service)
(832) 353-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
John B. Clutterbuck
Timothy C. Langenkamp
Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis, Suite 4200
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 220-4200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,  a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
þ
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (2)
per share (3)
price
fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share(1)
510,585 shares
$1.475
$753,112.88
$42.02
(1)
Includes ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence
of certain events, purchase rights for Junior
Participating Preferred Stock of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. will not be evidenced separately from
the Common Stock of ExpressJet Holdings, Inc.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be necessary to adjust the number
of shares being offered or issued pursuant to the plan as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act and based upon the average of the
high and low sales prices of the shares as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on May 20,
2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.5
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities Act
"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. (the "
Company
") shall maintain a file
of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon
request, the Company shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or all of the
documents included in the file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents
and information previously filed with the Commission:
•
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2009 (File No. 001-31300);
•
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May 7, 2009 (File No. 001-31300);
•
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 12,
2009, March 27, 2009, April 13, 2009, May 12, 2009 and May 20, 2009 and Current Report
on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on March 6, 2009 (File No. 001-31300); and
•
the description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "
Common
Stock
") contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on April 15, 2002 (File No. 001-31300), and any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating that description.
All documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") (excluding any
information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K),
subsequent to the date of this registration statement and 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 be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference 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 subsequently filed document
that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby is being passed upon for us by Andrews Kurth
LLP.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 ("
Section
145
") of Title 8 of the Delaware Code gives a corporation power to 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
such action, suit or proceeding 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, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 also gives a corporation power to 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 such
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 such 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 such 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, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of
Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Section 145 further 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 such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145 also authorizes a corporation 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 him and incurred by him in any such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
The Company's restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws provide for the
indemnification of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Code.
The Company maintains insurance policies indemnifying directors and officers against certain
liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
+4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the Certificated of
Amendment dated July 1, 2008 and Certificated of Amendment dated October 1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2008, File No. 1-31300).
+4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24, 2007, File
No. 1-31300).
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Exhibit
Number
Description
+4.3
Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Reg. No. 333-64808).
+4.4(a)
Rights Agreement among the Company, Continental Airlines, Inc. ("Continental") and
Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including form of Rights Certificate,
dated April 1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, File No. 1-31300).
+4.4(b)
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated December 13, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, File No. 1-31300).
+4.4(c)
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 25, 2008, File No. 1-31300).
*4.5
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
*5.1
Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP.
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+
Incorporated by reference.
*
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;
(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 hereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this registration statement; and
(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) 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.
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(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 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 undersigned registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the undersigned 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 undersigned 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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 22nd day of May, 2009.
By:
/s/ Phung Ngo-Burns
Phung Ngo-Burns
Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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/ James B. Ream
James B. Ream
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May 22, 2009
/s/ Phung Ngo-Burns
Phung Ngo-Burns
Vice President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
May 22, 2009
/s/ Robert E. Bickmore
Robert E. Bickmore
Senior Director and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 22, 2009
/s/ Salvatore J. Badalamenti
Salvatore J. Badalamenti
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ George R. Bravante, Jr.
George R. Bravante, Jr.
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Janet M. Clarke
Janet M. Clarke
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Kim A. Fadel
Kim A. Fadel
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Judith R. Haberkorn
Judith R. Haberkorn
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Bonnie S. Reitz
Bonnie S. Reitz
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ Alan Freudenstein
Alan Freudenstein
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ William F. Loftus
William F. Loftus
Director
May 22, 2009
/s/ T. Patrick Kelly
T. Patrick Kelly
Director
May 22, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
+4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended by the Certificated of
Amendment dated July 1, 2008 and Certificated of Amendment dated October 1, 2008
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2008, File No. 1-31300).
+4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 24, 2007, File
No. 1-31300).
+4.3
Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Reg. No. 333-64808).
+4.4(a)
Rights Agreement among the Company, Continental Airlines, Inc. ("Continental") and
Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including form of Rights Certificate,
dated April 1, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, File No. 1-31300).
+4.4(b)
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated December 13, 2006 (incorporated by
reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, File No. 1-31300).
+4.4(c)
Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2008 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 25, 2008, File No. 1-31300).
*4.5
ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
*5.1
Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP.
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+
Incorporated by reference.
*
Filed herewith
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