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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 16, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TEJAS INCORPORATED</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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-3577716</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8226 Bee Caves Road<BR>
Austin, Texas 78746</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Restricted
Stock Unit Agreement for Phillip Roberson<BR>
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for John Porter<BR>
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for L. Zachary Landry</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kurt J. Rechner<BR>
President and Chief Operating Officer<BR>
8226 Bee Caves Road<BR>
Austin, Texas 78746<BR>
(512)&nbsp;306-8222</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>Michael&nbsp;F. Meskill<BR>
Jackson Walker L.L.P.<BR>
100 Congress, Suite&nbsp;1100<BR>
Austin, Texas 78701<BR>
(512)&nbsp;236-2253</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">320,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3.88</TD>

<TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,241,600</TD>

<TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">133</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Upon a future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving the common stock
of the Registrant and during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, the number of
securities registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional securities in
accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, based on average of the bid and ask price per share of
common stock on August 11, 2006, as reported by the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv5w1.htm">Opinion/Consent of Jackson Walker</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv23w1.htm">Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee & Wilkinson LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv23w2.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv99w1.htm">Restricted Stock Grant Agreement - Phillip Roberson</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv99w2.htm">Restrickted Stock Grant Agreement - John Porter</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d38277exv99w3.htm">Restricted Stock Grant Agreement - L. Zachary Landry</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement on
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants, as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents need not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 promulgated under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which previously have been filed with the Commission, are
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;31,2006;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2006 and June
30, 2006, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2006 and
August&nbsp;11, 2006, respectively;</TD>
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    <TD>Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;2, 2006; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 10-12(g) (File No.&nbsp;000-29235), as filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;31, 2000,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by us with the Commission 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;), subsequent to the date
hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall hereby be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws provide that we must indemnify to the fullest
extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in our right) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our
directors or officers or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The
rights to indemnification set forth above are not exclusive of any other rights to which such
person may be entitled under any statute, provision of our Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws,
agreements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws generally follow the language of Section&nbsp;145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) and specify certain circumstances in which a
finding is required that the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith, for purposes of
determining whether indemnification is available. Under the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws, determinations of good faith for purposes of determining whether indemnification is
available are made (1)&nbsp;by our board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion or (3)&nbsp;by the stockholders. We believe that indemnification under our
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws covers negligence and gross negligence on the part of
indemnified parties.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, we generally have the power to indemnify our current and
former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses and liabilities that they incur
in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of
their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and with respect to any criminal action,
they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The statute expressly provides
that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive of any rights granted under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. We also have the
power to purchase and maintain insurance for such persons.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The above discussion of our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws and Section&nbsp;145 of the
DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by each of those documents
and that statute.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the
registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;2, 2001.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;2, 2001.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee &#038; Wilkinson LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.3*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jackson Walker L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">99.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between Phillip Roberson and Tejas
Incorporated dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">99.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between John Porter and Tejas Incorporated
dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">99.3*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between L. Zachary Landry and Tejas
Incorporated dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>filed herewith</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings.</B></U>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
herein.
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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
<I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the 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 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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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 Austin, State of Texas, on August 16,
2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TEJAS INCORPORATED<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Kurt J. Rechner&nbsp;</TD>

   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="left">Kurt J. Rechner, President and Chief Operating Officer&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. Each of such persons appoints Kurt J. Rechner and John F. Garber, or either of them,
with full power to act, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of him and on his behalf and
in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, with full and several power of
substitution, to sign and file with the proper authorities any and all documents in connection with
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including amendments thereto, granting unto said
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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
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    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</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="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Mark Salter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, and Director of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark Salter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Sales
and Trading</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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Kurt J. Rechner</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Operating Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kurt J. Rechner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John F. Garber</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John F. Garber
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John J. Gorman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John J. Gorman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Michael F. Dura</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice-Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael F. Dura
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Charles H. Mayer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles H. Mayer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William A. Inglehart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;William A. Inglehart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Dennis G. Punches
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dennis G. Punches
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Clark N. Wilson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Clark N. Wilson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese, Sr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jared E. Abbruzzese, Sr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Kurt E. Morales
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 16, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kurt E. Morales
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the
registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;2, 2001.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;2, 2001.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee &#038; Wilkinson LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jackson Walker L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between Phillip Roberson and Tejas
Incorporated dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between John Porter and Tejas Incorporated
dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3*&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restricted stock unit agreement between L. Zachary Landry and Tejas
Incorporated dated July&nbsp;17, 2006.</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TEJAS INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3577716
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
8226 Bee Caves Road
Austin, Texas 78746
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Restricted
Stock Unit Agreement for Phillip Roberson
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for John Porter
Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for L. Zachary Landry
(Full Title of the Plans)
Kurt J. Rechner
President and Chief Operating Officer
8226 Bee Caves Road
Austin, Texas 78746
(512) 306-8222
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Michael F. Meskill
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
100 Congress, Suite 1100
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 236-2253
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
(1)
Registered
Share
Price
Fee
Common Stock
320,000
$
3.88
(2)
$
1,241,600
(2)
$
133
(1)
Upon a future stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving the common stock
of the Registrant and during the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, the number of
securities registered shall be automatically increased to cover the additional securities in
accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on average of the bid and ask price per share of
common stock on August 11, 2006, as reported by the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board.
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion/Consent of Jackson Walker
Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee & Wilkinson LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Restricted Stock Grant Agreement - Phillip Roberson
Restrickted Stock Grant Agreement - John Porter
Restricted Stock Grant Agreement - L. Zachary Landry
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this registration statement on
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants, as required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed with the Commission, are
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the
Commission on March 31,2006;
2.
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June
30, 2006, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2006 and
August 11, 2006, respectively;
3.
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
February 2, 2006; and
4.
The description of our Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 10-12(g) (File No. 000-29235), as filed with the Commission on January 31, 2000,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date
hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall hereby be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws provide that we must indemnify to the fullest
extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed
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action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in our right) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of our
directors or officers or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The
rights to indemnification set forth above are not exclusive of any other rights to which such
person may be entitled under any statute, provision of our Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws,
agreements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws generally follow the language of Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") and specify certain circumstances in which a
finding is required that the person seeking indemnification acted in good faith, for purposes of
determining whether indemnification is available. Under the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws, determinations of good faith for purposes of determining whether indemnification is
available are made (1) by our board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion or (3) by the stockholders. We believe that indemnification under our
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws covers negligence and gross negligence on the part of
indemnified parties.
Pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL, we generally have the power to indemnify our current and
former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses and liabilities that they incur
in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of
their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and with respect to any criminal action,
they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The statute expressly provides
that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive of any rights granted under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. We also have the
power to purchase and maintain insurance for such persons.
The above discussion of our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws and Section 145 of the
DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by each of those documents
and that statute.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2001.
4.2
By-Laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2001.
5.1*
Opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee & Wilkinson LLP
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
Consent of Jackson Walker L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1*
Restricted stock unit agreement between Phillip Roberson and Tejas
Incorporated dated July 17, 2006.
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No.
Description
99.2*
Restricted stock unit agreement between John Porter and Tejas Incorporated
dated July 17, 2006.
99.3*
Restricted stock unit agreement between L. Zachary Landry and Tejas
Incorporated dated July 17, 2006.
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filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(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 20
percent 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) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
herein.
(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 the 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 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.
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(c)
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 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 Austin, State of Texas, on August 16,
2006.
TEJAS INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Kurt J. Rechner
Kurt J. Rechner, President and Chief Operating Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. Each of such persons appoints Kurt J. Rechner and John F. Garber, or either of them,
with full power to act, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of him and on his behalf and
in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, with full and several power of
substitution, to sign and file with the proper authorities any and all documents in connection with
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including amendments thereto, granting unto said
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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Mark Salter
Chief Executive Officer, and Director of
August 16, 2006
Mark Salter
Sales
and Trading
/s/ Kurt J. Rechner
President and Chief Operating Officer
August 16, 2006
Kurt J. Rechner
/s/ John F. Garber
Chief Financial Officer
August 16, 2006
John F. Garber
/s/ John J. Gorman
Chairman of the Board
August 16, 2006
John J. Gorman
/s/ Michael F. Dura
Vice-Chairman of the Board
August 16, 2006
Michael F. Dura
/s/ Charles H. Mayer
Director
August 16, 2006
Charles H. Mayer
/s/ William A. Inglehart
Director
August 16, 2006
William A. Inglehart
/s/ Dennis G. Punches
Director
August 16, 2006
Dennis G. Punches
/s/ Clark N. Wilson
Director
August 16, 2006
Clark N. Wilson
/s/ Jared E. Abbruzzese, Sr.
Director
August 16, 2006
Jared E. Abbruzzese, Sr.
/s/ Kurt E. Morales
Chief Accounting Officer
August 16, 2006
Kurt E. Morales
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Description
4.3
Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2001.
4.4
By-Laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2001.
5.1*
Opinion of Jackson Walker L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Helin, Donovan, Trubee & Wilkinson LLP
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
Consent of Jackson Walker L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1*
Restricted stock unit agreement between Phillip Roberson and Tejas
Incorporated dated July 17, 2006.
99.2*
Restricted stock unit agreement between John Porter and Tejas Incorporated
dated July 17, 2006.
99.3*
Restricted stock unit agreement between L. Zachary Landry and Tejas
Incorporated dated July 17, 2006.
*
filed herewith
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