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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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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, DC 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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY</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>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1133047</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Newfield Exploration Company<BR>
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;2020<BR>
Houston Texas 77060</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>___________________________</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan<BR>
Newfield Exploration Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Terry W. Rathert<BR>
Newfield Exploration Company<BR>
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;2020<BR>
Houston, Texas 77060<BR>
(281)&nbsp;847-6000</B><BR>
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Copies requested to:<BR>
James H. Wilson<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
1100 Louisiana, Suite&nbsp;4000<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;751-3207
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>___________________________</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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                    <TD valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock (including<BR>
attached preferred share<BR>
rights)
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30,478,000</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the antidilution provision of the plans being registered pursuant to
this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>A total of 400,000 shares of common stock issuable under the Newfield Exploration
Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and a total of 100,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
Plan were previously registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-55110).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate
offering price for the unissued stock options of common stock are based upon the average of
the high and low prices of registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on August&nbsp;3, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On February&nbsp;6, 2001, Newfield Exploration Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed a registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-55110) with respect to an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of
common stock (as adjusted for the two-for-one stock split effected on May&nbsp;25, 2005) of the Company
issuable under the Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Omnibus Stock Plan, the Newfield Exploration
Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan and the Newfield Exploration Company 2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. On February&nbsp;8, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company amended
the Newfield Exploration Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan principally to increase the
number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 400,000 to 1,000,000. On
March&nbsp;7, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Newfield Exploration Company 2000
Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock
authorized for issuance thereunder from 100,000 to 200,000. The stockholders of the Company
approved the amendments to both plans at the Company&#146;s annual meeting of stockholders held on May
4, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this registration statement is to register an additional 700,000 shares of
common stock of the Company that are available for issuance pursuant to the plans and consists only
of those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Experts</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements and
management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in
Management&#146;s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Registration Statement by
reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 have been so incorporated in
reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>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 registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-55110, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>SIGNATURES</B></U>
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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, as amended, 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 this the
26<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of July&nbsp;2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY</B><BR>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Terry W. Rathert
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Terry W. Rathert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints David A. Trice, Terry W. Rathert and Brian L. Rickmers, or any of them, as 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 to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute, 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, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 26<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
of July&nbsp;2006.
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DAVID A. TRICE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David A. Trice
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TERRY W. RATHERT
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terry W. Rathert
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BRIAN L. RICKMERS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian L. Rickmers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PHILIP J. BURGUIERES
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip J. Burguieres
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PAMELA J. GARDNER
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Pamela J. Gardner
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DENNIS R. HENDRIX
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis R. Hendrix
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOHN RANDOLPH KEMP III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Randolph Kemp III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. MICHAEL LACEY
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Michael Lacey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOSEPH H. NETHERLAND
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph H. Netherland
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ HOWARD H. NEWMAN
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Howard H. Newman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ THOMAS G. RICKS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas G. Ricks
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JUANITA F. ROMANS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Juanita F. Romans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DAVID F. SCHAIBLE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David F. Schaible
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. E. SHULTZ
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. E. Shultz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. TERRY STRANGE
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Terry Strange
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
72-1133047
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Newfield Exploration Company
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 2020
Houston Texas 77060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
___________________________
Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan
Newfield Exploration Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Terry W. Rathert
Newfield Exploration Company
363 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 2020
Houston, Texas 77060
(281) 847-6000
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies requested to:
James H. Wilson
King & Spalding LLP
1100 Louisiana, Suite 4000
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 751-3207
___________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock (including
attached preferred share
rights)
700,000 (1)(2)
$
43.54
(3)
$
30,478,000
$
3,261.15
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the antidilution provision of the plans being registered pursuant to
this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
A total of 400,000 shares of common stock issuable under the Newfield Exploration
Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and a total of 100,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock
Plan were previously registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-55110).
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate
offering price for the unissued stock options of common stock are based upon the average of
the high and low prices of registrant's common stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on August 3, 2006.
Explanatory Note
On February 6, 2001, Newfield Exploration Company (the "Company") filed a registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-55110) with respect to an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of
common stock (as adjusted for the two-for-one stock split effected on May 25, 2005) of the Company
issuable under the Newfield Exploration Company 2000 Omnibus Stock Plan, the Newfield Exploration
Company 2000 Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan and the Newfield Exploration Company 2001
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. On February 8, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company amended
the Newfield Exploration Company 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan principally to increase the
number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 400,000 to 1,000,000. On
March 7, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Newfield Exploration Company 2000
Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock
authorized for issuance thereunder from 100,000 to 200,000. The stockholders of the Company
approved the amendments to both plans at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held on May
4, 2006.
The purpose of this registration statement is to register an additional 700,000 shares of
common stock of the Company that are available for issuance pursuant to the plans and consists only
of those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
Experts
The financial statements and
management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in
Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this Registration Statement by
reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 have been so incorporated in
reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The registrant's registration statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-55110, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this registration statement)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 this the
26
th
day of July 2006.
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY
By:
/s/ Terry W. Rathert
Terry W. Rathert
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints David A. Trice, Terry W. Rathert and Brian L. Rickmers, or any of them, as 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 to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 26
th
day
of July 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ DAVID A. TRICE
David A. Trice
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ TERRY W. RATHERT
Terry W. Rathert
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ BRIAN L. RICKMERS
Brian L. Rickmers
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ PHILIP J. BURGUIERES
Philip J. Burguieres
Director
/s/ PAMELA J. GARDNER
Pamela J. Gardner
Director
/s/ DENNIS R. HENDRIX
Dennis R. Hendrix
Director
/s/ JOHN RANDOLPH KEMP III
John Randolph Kemp III
Director
/s/ J. MICHAEL LACEY
J. Michael Lacey
Director
/s/ JOSEPH H. NETHERLAND
Joseph H. Netherland
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/ HOWARD H. NEWMAN
Howard H. Newman
Director
/s/ THOMAS G. RICKS
Thomas G. Ricks
Director
/s/ JUANITA F. ROMANS
Juanita F. Romans
Director
/s/ DAVID F. SCHAIBLE
David F. Schaible
Director
/s/ C. E. SHULTZ
C. E. Shultz
Director
/s/ J. TERRY STRANGE
J. Terry Strange
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this registration statement)
5