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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;29, 2007
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&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>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP</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>20-8456807</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>777 Main Street, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Fort Worth, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of principal
executive<BR> offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS GP LLC LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jon S. Brumley<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Encore Energy Partners GP LLC<BR>
777 Main Street, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Fort Worth, Texas 76102</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: <B>(817)&nbsp;877-9955</B></DIV>

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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 style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common units representing limited partner interests</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>1,150,000 common units</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">23,149,500</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">711</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall also cover any additional common units that become issuable under the plans by
reason of any dividend, split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s common units.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Units on the New
York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;26, 2007.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</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="d50856exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d50856exv23w1.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Note: The document(s) containing the plan information required by Item&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and the
statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item&nbsp;2 of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part
I of Form S-8, such documents are not being 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 under the Securities Act. Encore Energy Partners LP (the
&#147;Partnership&#148;) shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428. Upon request, the Partnership shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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 following documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership are hereby incorporated
in this Registration Statement by reference:
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    <TD>The Partnership&#146;s Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) on September&nbsp;12,
2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Partnership&#146;s common units contained in the
Partnership&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August&nbsp;28, 2007 as thereafter
amended from time to time for the purpose of updating, changing or modifying such
description; and</TD>
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    <TD>The Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September&nbsp;12, 2007 and September&nbsp;21,
2007 (to the extent filed and not furnished).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership pursuant to sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 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 which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware
limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all
claims and demands whatsoever. Section&nbsp;7.7(a) of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership (the &#147;Partnership Agreement&#148;) of the Partnership provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (a)&nbsp;Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (the &#147;General Partner&#148;), (b)&nbsp;any former
general partner (a &#147;Departing General Partner&#148;), (c)&nbsp;any individual, corporation, firm, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity (collectively, a &#147;Person&#148;) who
is or was an affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d)&nbsp;any Person who
is or was a member, partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of the Partnership or any of
its subsidiaries, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any affiliate of the
Partnership or any of its subsidiaries, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (e)
any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing General
Partner or any affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner as an officer,
director, member, partner, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided that a Person shall not
be included by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary, or custodial
services, and (f)&nbsp;any Person the General Partner designates as an &#147;Indemnitee&#148; for purposes of the
Partnership Agreement (collectively
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the &#147;Indemnitees&#148;), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees
and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any
and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party
or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee; <I>provided</I>, that the Indemnitee shall not be
indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee
is seeking indemnification pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.7 of the Partnership Agreement, the Indemnitee
acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter,
acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee&#146;s conduct was unlawful, <I>provided</I>, <I>further</I>, no
indemnification pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.7 of the Partnership Agreement shall be available to the
General Partner or its affiliates (other than the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries) with
respect to its or their obligations incurred pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Amended
and Restated Administrative Services Agreement or the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption
Agreement (other than obligations incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership).
Any indemnification pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.7 of the Partnership Agreement shall be made only out of
the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally
liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or
property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7.7(b) of the Partnership Agreement also states that to the fullest extent permitted
by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified
pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.7(a) of the Partnership Agreement in defending any claim, demand, action,
suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a
determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership
of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined
that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section&nbsp;7.7 of the
Partnership Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7.8(a) of the Partnership Agreement provides that no Indemnitee shall be liable for
monetary damages to the Partnership, the limited partners of the Partnership, assignees or any
other Persons who have acquired interests in the Partnership&#146;s securities, for losses sustained or
liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a
final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in
respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful
misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee&#146;s conduct
was criminal.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Underwriting Agreement entered into by the Partnership in connection with its initial
public offering provides for the indemnification of the directors and officers of the General
Partner in certain circumstances.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Partnership has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the directors and
certain officers of the General Partner that contractually provide for indemnification and expense
advancement and include related provisions meant to facilitate the Indemnitees&#146; receipt of such
benefits. These provisions cover, among other things: (i)&nbsp;specification of the method of
determining entitlement to indemnification and the selection of independent counsel that will in
some cases make such determination; (ii)&nbsp;specification of certain time periods by which certain
payments or determinations must be made and actions must be taken; and (iii)&nbsp;the establishment of
certain presumptions in favor of an Indemnitee. The foregoing discussion of the terms of the
indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such agreements.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Partnership may purchase directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
policies for the directors and officers of the General Partner.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See &#147;Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings&#148; for a description of the Commission&#146;s position regarding
indemnification.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement or incorporated by
reference herein:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Document Description</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">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Encore Energy Partners GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;21, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Encore Energy
Partners LP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;21, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Limited Liability Company Agreement of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-142847) filed on May&nbsp;11, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Phantom Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.10
to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (Registration No.&nbsp;333-142847) filed on
August&nbsp;10, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</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">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
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    <TD width="96"></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" 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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" 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;</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" 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 a prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" 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>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" 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>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions described under Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the 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 Fort Worth, State of Texas, on October&nbsp;29, 2007.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Encore Energy Partners GP LLC,<BR> its general partner
&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>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                            /s/ Jon S. Brumley
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jon S. Brumley&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below appoints
Jon S. Brumley and Robert C. Reeves, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement and any registration statement for this offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and desirable to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying, approving
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October&nbsp;29, 2007.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jon S. Brumley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jon S. Brumley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</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">/s/ I. Jon Brumley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
I. Jon Brumley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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Robert C. Reeves
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J. Luther King, Jr.
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Clayton E. Melton
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George W. Passela
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Encore Energy Partners GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;21, 2007).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Encore Energy
Partners LP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;21, 2007).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Limited Liability Company Agreement of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-142847) filed on May&nbsp;11, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Phantom Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.10
to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (Registration No.&nbsp;333-142847) filed on
August&nbsp;10, 2007).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-8456807
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
777 Main Street, Suite 1400
Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of principal
executive
offices)
76102
(Zip Code)
ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS GP LLC LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jon S. Brumley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Encore Energy Partners GP LLC
777 Main Street, Suite 1400
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(817) 877-9955
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Unit (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common units representing limited partner interests
1,150,000 common units
$
20.13
$
23,149,500
$
711
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall also cover any additional common units that become issuable under the plans by
reason of any dividend, split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant's common units.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Units on the New
York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2007.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note: The document(s) containing the plan information required by Item 1 of Form S-8 and the
statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item 2 of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part
I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Encore Energy Partners LP (the
"Partnership") shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428. Upon request, the Partnership shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership are hereby incorporated
in this Registration Statement by reference:
(1)
The Partnership's Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) on September 12,
2007;
(2)
The description of the Partnership's common units contained in the
Partnership's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2007 as thereafter
amended from time to time for the purpose of updating, changing or modifying such
description; and
(3)
The Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2007 and September 21,
2007 (to the extent filed and not furnished).
All documents filed with the Commission by the Partnership pursuant to sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 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 which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.
Section 17-108 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act empowers a Delaware
limited partnership to indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against all
claims and demands whatsoever. Section 7.7(a) of the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement") of the Partnership provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by law, (a) Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (the "General Partner"), (b) any former
general partner (a "Departing General Partner"), (c) any individual, corporation, firm, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity (collectively, a "Person") who
is or was an affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (d) any Person who
is or was a member, partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of the Partnership or any of
its subsidiaries, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner or any affiliate of the
Partnership or any of its subsidiaries, the General Partner or any Departing General Partner, (e)
any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any Departing General
Partner or any affiliate of the General Partner or any Departing General Partner as an officer,
director, member, partner, fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided that a Person shall not
be included by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary, or custodial
services, and (f) any Person the General Partner designates as an "Indemnitee" for purposes of the
Partnership Agreement (collectively
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the "Indemnitees"), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees
and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any
and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party
or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee;
provided
, that the Indemnitee shall not be
indemnified and held harmless if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee
is seeking indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Partnership Agreement, the Indemnitee
acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter,
acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful,
provided
,
further
, no
indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Partnership Agreement shall be available to the
General Partner or its affiliates (other than the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries) with
respect to its or their obligations incurred pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Amended
and Restated Administrative Services Agreement or the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption
Agreement (other than obligations incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership).
Any indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Partnership Agreement shall be made only out of
the assets of the Partnership, it being agreed that the General Partner shall not be personally
liable for such indemnification and shall have no obligation to contribute or loan any monies or
property to the Partnership to enable it to effectuate such indemnification.
Section 7.7(b) of the Partnership Agreement also states that to the fullest extent permitted
by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified
pursuant to Section 7.7(a) of the Partnership Agreement in defending any claim, demand, action,
suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a
determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership
of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined
that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 7.7 of the
Partnership Agreement.
Section 7.8(a) of the Partnership Agreement provides that no Indemnitee shall be liable for
monetary damages to the Partnership, the limited partners of the Partnership, assignees or any
other Persons who have acquired interests in the Partnership's securities, for losses sustained or
liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a
final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in
respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful
misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee's conduct
was criminal.
The Underwriting Agreement entered into by the Partnership in connection with its initial
public offering provides for the indemnification of the directors and officers of the General
Partner in certain circumstances.
The Partnership has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the directors and
certain officers of the General Partner that contractually provide for indemnification and expense
advancement and include related provisions meant to facilitate the Indemnitees' receipt of such
benefits. These provisions cover, among other things: (i) specification of the method of
determining entitlement to indemnification and the selection of independent counsel that will in
some cases make such determination; (ii) specification of certain time periods by which certain
payments or determinations must be made and actions must be taken; and (iii) the establishment of
certain presumptions in favor of an Indemnitee. The foregoing discussion of the terms of the
indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such agreements.
In addition, the Partnership may purchase directors' and officers' liability insurance
policies for the directors and officers of the General Partner.
See "Item 9. Undertakings" for a description of the Commission's position regarding
indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement or incorporated by
reference herein:
Exhibit
Number
Document Description
4.1*
Encore Energy Partners GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2007).
4.2*
Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Encore Energy
Partners LP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2007).
4.3*
Limited Liability Company Agreement of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-142847) filed on May 11, 2007).
4.4*
Form of Phantom Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.10
to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-142847) filed on
August 10, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
23.4
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of 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 a prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
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(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 the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, on October 29, 2007.
ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS LP
(Registrant)
By:
Encore Energy Partners GP LLC,
its general partner
By:
/s/ Jon S. Brumley
Jon S. Brumley
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below appoints
Jon S. Brumley and Robert C. Reeves, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement and any registration statement for this offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary and desirable to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying, approving
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes 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 by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 29, 2007.
Signature
Title
/s/ Jon S. Brumley
Jon S. Brumley
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ I. Jon Brumley
I. Jon Brumley
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Robert C. Reeves
Robert C. Reeves
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ J. Luther King. Jr.
J. Luther King, Jr.
Director
Table of Contents
Signature
Title
/s/ Clayton E. Melton
Clayton E. Melton
Director
George W. Passela
Director
Table of Contents
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Document Description
4.1*
Encore Energy Partners GP LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2007).
4.2*
Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Encore Energy
Partners LP (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2007).
4.3*
Limited Liability Company Agreement of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-142847) filed on May 11, 2007).
4.4*
Form of Phantom Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.10
to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-142847) filed on
August 10, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
23.4
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.