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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kirby Corporation</B>
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<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>Nevada</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>74-1884980</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>55 Waugh Drive, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Houston, Texas 77007</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>KIRBY 401(K) PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Joseph H. Pyne<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Kirby Corporation<BR>
55 Waugh Drive, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Houston, Texas 77007</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;435-1000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">copy to:<BR>
<B>Thomas G. Adler, Esq.<BR>
Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
2200 Ross Avenue<BR>
Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
(214)&nbsp;855-8000</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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value $0.10 per share
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<TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>500,000 shares
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">23,765,000</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the Kirby 401(k) Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The offering price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on the
New York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;26, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II<BR> 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>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;8, 1995, Kirby Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148;), filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-57625) (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;), which
registered shares of the Corporation&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.10 (the &#147;Shares&#148;), reserved for
issuance under the Kirby 401(k) Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). By this Registration Statement, the Corporation
is registering an additional 500,000 Shares for issuance under the Plan. The contents of the Prior
Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation and the Plan hereby incorporate by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents previously filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)(1) the Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2004;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)(2) the Plan&#146;s Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(1) the Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31,
2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(2) the Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(3)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;27, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(4) the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(5) the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;8, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(6)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;15, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(7) the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;28, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(8)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;29, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(9)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;12, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(10)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;19, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(11)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June&nbsp;2, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(12)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July&nbsp;28, 2005;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(13)* the Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October&nbsp;13, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) the description of the Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Corporation
(the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) set forth in the registration statement on Form 8-B, dated October&nbsp;14,
1976, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Corporation and the Plan pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement
from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>*</B>&nbsp;This asterisk indicates Reports submitted to the Commission which include information
&#147;furnished&#148; pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, which pursuant to General Instruction B of
Form 8-K is not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purpose of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act. The
information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 in such reports is not subject to the
liabilities of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act, is not incorporated into this Report on Form S-8 and
the Corporation does not intend to incorporate it by reference into any filing under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Nevada General Corporation Law</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the &#147;Nevada Law&#148;), the Corporation has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers, under certain circumstances, against
liabilities they may incur in such capacities. To the extent a director or officer of the
Corporation is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
brought against such director or officer in such capacity under paragraphs 1 or 2 of Section
78.7502 of the Nevada Law, the Corporation must indemnify him against expenses, including
attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation</U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">The Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for indemnification as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&#147;TWELFTH: 1. The corporation shall 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, except an action by or
in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he 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 him in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, has no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The corporation shall 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 he 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 amounts
paid in settlement and attorneys&#146; fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation. Indemnification shall not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which
such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of
all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to
the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was
brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of
all the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses as the court deems proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred
to in sections 1 and 2 of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he must be indemnified by the corporation against expenses, including attorneys&#146;
fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Any indemnification under sections 1 and 2 of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth, unless ordered
by a court or advanced pursuant to section 5 of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth, must be made by the
corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances.
The determination must be made:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) By the stockholders;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to the act, suit or proceeding;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who where not
parties to the act, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the act, suit
or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in
advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the directors or officer to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this section 5 of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth do
not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than
directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article&nbsp;Twelfth:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification
or advancement of expenses may be entitled under these articles of incorporation or
any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
for either an action in his official capacity or an action in another capacity while
holding his office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant
to section 2 of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth or for the advancement of expenses of any
director or officer, if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or omissions
involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was
material to the cause of action.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of
such person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial
arrangements 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 for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred
by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him against
such liability and expenses.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8. The other financial arrangements made by the corporation pursuant to this section 7
of this Article&nbsp;Twelfth may include the following:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The creation of a trust fund.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The establishment of a program of self-insurance.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The securing of its obligation of indemnification by granting a security
interest or other lien on any assets of the corporation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The establishment of a letter of credit, guaranty or surety.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No financial arrangement made pursuant to this section may provide protection for a person
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to
be liable for intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, except with
respect to the advancement of expenses or indemnification ordered by a court.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9. Any insurance or other financial arrangement made on behalf of a person pursuant to
this Article&nbsp;Twelfth may be provided by the corporation or any other person approved by the
board of directors, even if all or part of the other person&#146;s stock or other securities is
owned by the corporation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10. In the absence of fraud:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The decision of the board of directors as to the propriety of the terms and
conditions of any insurance or other financial arrangement made pursuant to this
Article&nbsp;Twelfth and the choice of the person to provide the insurance or other
financial arrangement shall be conclusive; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The insurance or other financial arrangement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is not void or voidable; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 9%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) does not subject any director approving it to personal liability
for his action, even if a director approving the insurance or other
financial arrangement is a beneficiary of the insurance or other financial
arrangement.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Bylaws of the Corporation</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Corporation shall indemnify each and every present
and former director and officer of the Corporation, and each and every person who may have served
at the Corporation&#146;s request as a director or officer of another corporation in which the
Corporation owns shares of capital stock or of which the Corporation is a creditor (each of which
other corporations is individually referred to herein as an &#147;Other Enterprise&#148;), against any and
all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection
with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which he was or is a party by reason of being
of having been a director or officer of the Corporation or Other Enterprise to the fullest extent
permitted by law. The rights of indemnification provided in the Bylaws shall be in addition to any
other rights to which a person may otherwise be entitled by any other provisions of the
Corporation&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation, statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or
otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation&#146;s Bylaws further provide that the Corporation shall indemnify officers and
directors of the Corporation, as well as other persons who serve as agents and employees of the
Corporation, to the extent set forth in the Corporation&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, the Corporation&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of, and contractually agree to indemnify, 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, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have
the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the Bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors,
certain key officers, including C. Berdon Lawrence, Joseph H. Pyne, Norman W. Nolen, Mark R. Buese,
Jack M. Sims, Howard G. Runser, G. Stephen Holcomb, Ronald A. Dragg and Thomas G. Adler, and
certain officers of subsidiaries of the Corporation, including Steven P. Valerius and Dorman L.
Strahan. Such indemnity agreements contain provisions which are in some respects broader than the
specific indemnification provisions under the Nevada Law and provide for indemnification under
certain circumstances for acts and omissions which may not be covered by the Corporation&#146;s
liability insurance.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3, Reg. No.&nbsp;33-3082,
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;30, 1989).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1990, File No.&nbsp;001-07615).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the
Registrant&#146;s July&nbsp;20, 2000 Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8A (Reg. No.&nbsp;01-07615)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;18, 2000, between the Registrant and Fleet National Bank,
a national bank association, which includes the Form of Resolutions Establishing
Designations, Preference and Rights of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
Registrant, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;20, 2000, File No.&nbsp;001-07615).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included with signature page of this Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%"><B>(1) </B>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: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>i) </B>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>ii) </B>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>iii) </B>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>That paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%"><B>(2) </B>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%"><B>(3) </B>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>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(b) </B>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(h) </B>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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</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, as amended, the Corporation
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 October&nbsp;25,
2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">KIRBY CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Joseph H. Pyne
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Joseph H. Pyne&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Joseph H. Pyne and Norman W. Nolen, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph H. Pyne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph H. Pyne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer, Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Norman W. Nolen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Norman W. Nolen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald A. Dragg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald A. Dragg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Berdon Lawrence
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Berdon Lawrence
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Sean Day
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Sean Day
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bob G. Gower
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bob G. Gower
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Walter E. Johnson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter E. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William M. Lamont, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William M. Lamont, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George A. Peterkin, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George A. Peterkin, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert G. Stone, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert G. Stone, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard C. Webb
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard C. Webb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
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<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 administrator of the
Kirby 401(k) Plan has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas on October&nbsp;25, 2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">KIRBY 401(K) PLAN <BR>
By Kirby Corporation Benefit Plan<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Administrative Committee, Plan Administrator<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jack M. Sims
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jack M. Sims&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President-Human Resources
Kirby Corporation&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3, Reg. No.&nbsp;33-3082,
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;30, 1989).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1990, File No.&nbsp;001-07615).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the
Registrant&#146;s July&nbsp;20, 2000 Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8A (Reg. No.&nbsp;01-07615)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;18, 2000, between the Registrant and Fleet National Bank,
a national bank association, which includes the Form of Resolutions Establishing
Designations, Preference and Rights of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
Registrant, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;20, 2000, File No.&nbsp;001-07615).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included with signature page of this Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Kirby Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
74-1884980
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77007
KIRBY 401(K) PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Joseph H. Pyne
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kirby Corporation
55 Waugh Drive, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77007
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 435-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
copy to:
Thomas G. Adler, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
2200 Ross Avenue
Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 855-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
be registered (1)
price per share (2) (3)
offering price (2) (3)
registration fee (3)
Common Stock, par
value $0.10 per share
500,000 shares
$
47.53
$
23,765,000
$
2,797.14
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the Kirby 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The offering price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices reported on the
New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Consent of KPMG LLP
Table of Contents
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On February 8, 1995, Kirby Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Corporation"), filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-57625) (the "Prior Registration Statement"), which
registered shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.10 (the "Shares"), reserved for
issuance under the Kirby 401(k) Plan (the "Plan"). By this Registration Statement, the Corporation
is registering an additional 500,000 Shares for issuance under the Plan. The contents of the Prior
Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Corporation and the Plan hereby incorporate by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents previously filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)(1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2004;
(a)(2) the Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004;
(b)(1) the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
2005;
(b)(2) the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2005;
(b)(3)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2005;
(b)(4) the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2005;
(b)(5) the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2005;
(b)(6)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 2005;
(b)(7) the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2005;
(b)(8)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2005;
(b)(9)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 12, 2005;
(b)(10)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2005;
(b)(11)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 2, 2005;
(b)(12)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2005;
(b)(13)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2005;
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(b)(14)* the Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 27, 2005; and
(c) the description of the Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Corporation
(the "Common Stock") set forth in the registration statement on Form 8-B, dated October 14,
1976, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Corporation and the Plan pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement
from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
*
This asterisk indicates Reports submitted to the Commission which include information
"furnished" pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, which pursuant to General Instruction B of
Form 8-K is not deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. The
information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 in such reports is not subject to the
liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, is not incorporated into this Report on Form S-8 and
the Corporation does not intend to incorporate it by reference into any filing under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Nevada General Corporation Law
Under Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the "Nevada Law"), the Corporation has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers, under certain circumstances, against
liabilities they may incur in such capacities. To the extent a director or officer of the
Corporation is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
brought against such director or officer in such capacity under paragraphs 1 or 2 of Section
78.7502 of the Nevada Law, the Corporation must indemnify him against expenses, including
attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense.
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation
The Restated Articles of Incorporation provide for indemnification as follows:
"TWELFTH: 1. The corporation shall 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, except an action by or
in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he 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 him in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, has no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
2. The corporation shall 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 he 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 amounts
paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation. Indemnification shall not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which
such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of
all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to
the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was
brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of
all the
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circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses as the court deems proper.
3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred
to in sections 1 and 2 of this Article Twelfth, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he must be indemnified by the corporation against expenses, including attorneys'
fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
4. Any indemnification under sections 1 and 2 of this Article Twelfth, unless ordered
by a court or advanced pursuant to section 5 of this Article Twelfth, must be made by the
corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances.
The determination must be made:
(a) By the stockholders;
(b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to the act, suit or proceeding;
(c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who where not
parties to the act, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion; or
(d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the act, suit
or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
5. The expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal
action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in
advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the directors or officer to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this section 5 of this Article Twelfth do
not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than
directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
6. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article Twelfth:
(a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification
or advancement of expenses may be entitled under these articles of incorporation or
any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
for either an action in his official capacity or an action in another capacity while
holding his office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant
to section 2 of this Article Twelfth or for the advancement of expenses of any
director or officer, if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or omissions
involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was
material to the cause of action.
(b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of
such person.
7. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial
arrangements 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 for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred
by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the corporation has the authority to indemnify him against
such liability and expenses.
8. The other financial arrangements made by the corporation pursuant to this section 7
of this Article Twelfth may include the following:
(a) The creation of a trust fund.
(b) The establishment of a program of self-insurance.
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(c) The securing of its obligation of indemnification by granting a security
interest or other lien on any assets of the corporation.
(d) The establishment of a letter of credit, guaranty or surety.
No financial arrangement made pursuant to this section may provide protection for a person
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to
be liable for intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, except with
respect to the advancement of expenses or indemnification ordered by a court.
9. Any insurance or other financial arrangement made on behalf of a person pursuant to
this Article Twelfth may be provided by the corporation or any other person approved by the
board of directors, even if all or part of the other person's stock or other securities is
owned by the corporation.
10. In the absence of fraud:
(a) The decision of the board of directors as to the propriety of the terms and
conditions of any insurance or other financial arrangement made pursuant to this
Article Twelfth and the choice of the person to provide the insurance or other
financial arrangement shall be conclusive; and
(b) The insurance or other financial arrangement:
(1) is not void or voidable; and
(2) does not subject any director approving it to personal liability
for his action, even if a director approving the insurance or other
financial arrangement is a beneficiary of the insurance or other financial
arrangement."
Bylaws of the Corporation
The Corporation's Bylaws provide that the Corporation shall indemnify each and every present
and former director and officer of the Corporation, and each and every person who may have served
at the Corporation's request as a director or officer of another corporation in which the
Corporation owns shares of capital stock or of which the Corporation is a creditor (each of which
other corporations is individually referred to herein as an "Other Enterprise"), against any and
all expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection
with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which he was or is a party by reason of being
of having been a director or officer of the Corporation or Other Enterprise to the fullest extent
permitted by law. The rights of indemnification provided in the Bylaws shall be in addition to any
other rights to which a person may otherwise be entitled by any other provisions of the
Corporation's Restated Articles of Incorporation, statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or
otherwise.
The Corporation's Bylaws further provide that the Corporation shall indemnify officers and
directors of the Corporation, as well as other persons who serve as agents and employees of the
Corporation, to the extent set forth in the Corporation's Restated Articles of Incorporation.
Additionally, the Corporation's Bylaws provide that the Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of, and contractually agree to indemnify, 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, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have
the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the Bylaws.
The Corporation has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors,
certain key officers, including C. Berdon Lawrence, Joseph H. Pyne, Norman W. Nolen, Mark R. Buese,
Jack M. Sims, Howard G. Runser, G. Stephen Holcomb, Ronald A. Dragg and Thomas G. Adler, and
certain officers of subsidiaries of the Corporation, including Steven P. Valerius and Dorman L.
Strahan. Such indemnity agreements contain provisions which are in some respects broader than the
specific indemnification provisions under the Nevada Law and provide for indemnification under
certain circumstances for acts and omissions which may not be covered by the Corporation's
liability insurance.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Reg. No. 33-3082,
filed with the Commission on August 30, 1989).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 001-07615).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the
Registrant's July 20, 2000 Registration Statement on Form 8A (Reg. No. 01-07615)).
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2000, between the Registrant and Fleet National Bank,
a national bank association, which includes the Form of Resolutions Establishing
Designations, Preference and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
Registrant, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 20, 2000, File No. 001-07615).
5.1*
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2*
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included with signature page 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 or
1933;
(
ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(
iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
That paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to
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the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered 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 of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) 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.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Corporation
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 October 25,
2005.
KIRBY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Joseph H. Pyne
Joseph H. Pyne
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Joseph H. Pyne and Norman W. Nolen, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each such
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Joseph H. Pyne
Joseph H. Pyne
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 25, 2005
/s/ Norman W. Nolen
Norman W. Nolen
Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
October 25, 2005
/s/ Ronald A. Dragg
Ronald A. Dragg
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
October 25, 2005
/s/ C. Berdon Lawrence
C. Berdon Lawrence
Chairman of the Board of Directors
October 25, 2005
/s/ C. Sean Day
C. Sean Day
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ Bob G. Gower
Bob G. Gower
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ Walter E. Johnson
Walter E. Johnson
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ William M. Lamont, Jr.
William M. Lamont, Jr.
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ George A. Peterkin, Jr.
George A. Peterkin, Jr.
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ Robert G. Stone, Jr.
Robert G. Stone, Jr.
Director
October 25, 2005
/s/ Richard C. Webb
Richard C. Webb
Director
October 25, 2005
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of the
Kirby 401(k) Plan has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas on October 25, 2005.
KIRBY 401(K) PLAN
By Kirby Corporation Benefit Plan
Administrative Committee, Plan Administrator
By
/s/ Jack M. Sims
Jack M. Sims
Vice President-Human Resources
Kirby Corporation
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Reg. No. 33-3082,
filed with the Commission on August 30, 1989).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1990, File No. 001-07615).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the
Registrant's July 20, 2000 Registration Statement on Form 8A (Reg. No. 01-07615)).
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2000, between the Registrant and Fleet National Bank,
a national bank association, which includes the Form of Resolutions Establishing
Designations, Preference and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
Registrant, the form of Rights Certificate and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 20, 2000, File No. 001-07615).
5.1*
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2*
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included with signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith
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