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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;18, 2005</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>GLACIER BANCORP, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>MONTANA</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>81-0519541</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>49 Commons Loop, Kalispell, Montana 59901 (406)&nbsp;456-4200</B><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</I>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies of communications to:


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">KIMBERLY F. STEPHAN, ESQ.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">MICHAEL J. BLODNICK</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Graham &#038; Dunn PC
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2801 Alaskan Way, Suite&nbsp;300
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">49 Commons Loop</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Seattle, Washington 98121
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kalispell, Montana</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(206) 340-9615
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(406) 756-4200</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">offering price</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">be registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">to be registered <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">per share <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common shares</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">2,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">27.64</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">69,100,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,133.07</TD>
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    <TD width="96%" style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:20px">1. Shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under the
Registrant&#146;s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), together with an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance under
the Plan as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding Common Stock, as provided in Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%" style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:20px">2. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#147;Securities Act&#148;), the price
per share is estimated to be $27.64 based upon the average of the high ($28.20) and the low
($27.08) trading prices of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;16, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> INDEX OF EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v09326exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v09326exv23w2.txt">EXHIBIT 23.2</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v09326exv99w1.txt">EXHIBIT 99.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (&#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;) will send or give the documents containing
the information required by Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) to each participant in the Company&#146;s Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents, and the documents incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1</B>. <B>Plan Information*</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">* Information required by Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) prior to Registrant&#146;s
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which contains audited financial
statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus dated February&nbsp;16, 2005, and included in the Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-122243) filed by Registrant on January&nbsp;21, 2005, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares offered pursuant to the Plan will be passed upon by Christensen,
Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &#038; Axelberg, P.C., Two Medicine Building, 160 Heritage Way, Suite&nbsp;104,
P.O. Box 7370, Kalispell, Montana 59904-0370.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;451 through 459 of Title 35, Chapter&nbsp;1 of the Montana Code and the Company&#146;s Bylaws,
taken together, provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is involved in any
manner or was or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of
the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or any
predecessor to the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any predecessor
to the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee employee or agent of another domestic or
foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity,
against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company, and with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. The Company may not, however, provide such indemnification on account of
acts or omissions finally adjudged to be the receipt of an improper personal benefit or in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Company in which the person was adjudged
liable to the Company. The indemnification provisions of the Montana Code and the Company&#146;s Bylaws
include the right of an indemnitee to receive payment of any expenses incurred in connection with a
proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding, consistent with applicable law.
The Montana Code and the Company&#146;s Bylaws specify certain procedures and conditions that apply with
respect to indemnification and the advancement of expenses.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of any person, as described in the preceding paragraph, is mandatory to the
extent that such person has been wholly successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the
subject action, suit or proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification rights described in the preceding paragraphs are not exclusive of other
rights to which any person seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled under current or
future laws or by agreement with the Company.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may also purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on
behalf of any present or past director or officer pursuant to which such person served in that
capacity at the Company&#146;s request. Such insurance or other financial arrangements may cover
liabilities asserted against or expenses incurred by, such person in any of the


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">aforementioned capacities, regardless of whether the Company would have the authority to indemnify
such person.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Besides indemnification, the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation contain a provision that
limits the personal liability of the Company&#146;s directors and officers to the Company or its
shareholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by the Montana Code.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &#038;
Axelberg, P.C., Registrant&#146;s Montana counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &#038;
Axelberg, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" 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 in the Signature Page)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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&nbsp;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;



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 of 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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Whitefish, State of Montana, on April&nbsp;27, 2005.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>GLACIER BANCORP, INC.</B></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>
    <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 align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Michael J. Blodnick</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Michael J. Blodnick</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Michael J.
Blodnick and James H. Strosahl, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to
act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or
her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and
in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,
including any and all post-effective amendments.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Power of Attorney has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities indicated on April&nbsp;27, 2005.

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title </TD>
</TR>

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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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Blodnick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer, and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael J. Blodnick</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">&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/ James H. Strosahl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James H. Strosahl</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">&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/ John S. MacMillan</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John S. MacMillan</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">&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/ William L. Bouchee</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William L. Bouchee</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title </TD>
</TR>

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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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James M. English</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James M. English</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">&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/ Allen J. Fetscher</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Allen J. Fetscher</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">&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/ Fred J. Flanders</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fred J. Flanders</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">&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/ Jon W. Hippler</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jon W. Hippler</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">&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/ L. Peter Larson</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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">L. Peter Larson</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">&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"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Everit A. Sliter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &#038;
Axelberg, P.C., Registrant&#146;s Montana counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &#038;
Axelberg, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" 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>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" 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 in the Signature Page)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GLACIER BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MONTANA
81-0519541
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
incorporation or organization)
49 Commons Loop, Kalispell, Montana 59901 (406) 456-4200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
Copies of communications to:
KIMBERLY F. STEPHAN, ESQ.
MICHAEL J. BLODNICK
Graham & Dunn PC
President and Chief Executive Officer
2801 Alaskan Way, Suite 300
49 Commons Loop
Seattle, Washington 98121
Kalispell, Montana
(206) 340-9615
(406) 756-4200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to
Amount
offering price
Aggregate offering
Amount of
be registered
to be registered
(1)
per share
(2)
price
(2)
registration fee
Common shares
2,500,000
$
27.64
$
69,100,000
$
8,133.07
Notes:
1. Shares of Registrant's Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under the
Registrant's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), together with an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance under
the Plan as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
outstanding Common Stock, as provided in Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.
2. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), the price
per share is estimated to be $27.64 based upon the average of the high ($28.20) and the low
($27.08) trading prices of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 16, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
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 OF EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2
EXHIBIT 99.3
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. ("Company" or "Registrant") will send or give the documents containing
the information required by Part I of this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") to each participant in the Company's Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Such documents, and the documents incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 1
.
Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
*
* Information required by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") prior to Registrant's
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, which contains audited financial
statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus dated February 16, 2005, and included in the Registration Statement on Form
S-4 (Registration No. 333-122243) filed by Registrant on January 21, 2005, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares offered pursuant to the Plan will be passed upon by Christensen,
Moore, Cockrell, Cummings & Axelberg, P.C., Two Medicine Building, 160 Heritage Way, Suite 104,
P.O. Box 7370, Kalispell, Montana 59904-0370.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 451 through 459 of Title 35, Chapter 1 of the Montana Code and the Company's Bylaws,
taken together, provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is involved in any
manner or was or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of
the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or any
predecessor to the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any predecessor
to the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee employee or agent of another domestic or
foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity,
against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company, and with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. The Company may not, however, provide such indemnification on account of
acts or omissions finally adjudged to be the receipt of an improper personal benefit or in
connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the Company in which the person was adjudged
liable to the Company. The indemnification provisions of the Montana Code and the Company's Bylaws
include the right of an indemnitee to receive payment of any expenses incurred in connection with a
proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding, consistent with applicable law.
The Montana Code and the Company's Bylaws specify certain procedures and conditions that apply with
respect to indemnification and the advancement of expenses.
Indemnification of any person, as described in the preceding paragraph, is mandatory to the
extent that such person has been wholly successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the
subject action, suit or proceeding.
The indemnification rights described in the preceding paragraphs are not exclusive of other
rights to which any person seeking indemnification may otherwise be entitled under current or
future laws or by agreement with the Company.
The Company may also purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on
behalf of any present or past director or officer pursuant to which such person served in that
capacity at the Company's request. Such insurance or other financial arrangements may cover
liabilities asserted against or expenses incurred by, such person in any of the
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aforementioned capacities, regardless of whether the Company would have the authority to indemnify
such person.
Besides indemnification, the Company's Articles of Incorporation contain a provision that
limits the personal liability of the Company's directors and officers to the Company or its
shareholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by the Montana Code.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &
Axelberg, P.C., Registrant's Montana counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1
Consent of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &
Axelberg, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the Signature Page)
99.1
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
99.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement
99.3
Form of Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement
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
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registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
Provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities 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 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.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 of 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, 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 Whitefish, State of Montana, on April 27, 2005.
GLACIER BANCORP, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael J. Blodnick
Michael J. Blodnick
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Michael J.
Blodnick and James H. Strosahl, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to
act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or
her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and
in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,
including any and all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Power of Attorney has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 27, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Michael J. Blodnick
President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director
Michael J. Blodnick
/s/ James H. Strosahl
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
James H. Strosahl
/s/ John S. MacMillan
Chairman of the Board and Director
John S. MacMillan
/s/ William L. Bouchee
Director
William L. Bouchee
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Signature
Title
/s/ James M. English
Director
James M. English
/s/ Allen J. Fetscher
Director
Allen J. Fetscher
/s/ Fred J. Flanders
Director
Fred J. Flanders
/s/ Jon W. Hippler
Director
Jon W. Hippler
/s/ L. Peter Larson
Director
L. Peter Larson
Director
Everit A. Sliter
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &
Axelberg, P.C., Registrant's Montana counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1
Consent of Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings &
Axelberg, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in the Signature Page)
99.1
Glacier Bancorp, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
99.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement
99.3
Form of Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement
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