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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2006.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-____________
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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<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.</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 Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>61-1500501</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Houston, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77060</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2006 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN,<BR>
AND<BR>
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Lisa Manget Buchanan<BR>
400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Houston, Texas 77060</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
<B>(281)&nbsp;618-0400</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service )<BR>
Copies to:<BR>
<B>Arthur H. Rogers, Esq.<BR>
Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
1301 McKinney, Suite&nbsp;5100<BR>
Houston, Texas 77010<BR>
Telephone: (713)&nbsp;651-5421<BR>
Facsimile: (713)&nbsp;651-5246</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.10</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers an additional indeterminable number of shares as may
be issued as a result of an adjustment in the shares in the event of a stock split, stock
dividend or similar capital adjustment, as required under the Cal Dive International, Inc.
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan or the Cal Dive International, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December
18, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h42175exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h42175exv23w2.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed by Cal Dive International, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>The prospectus of the Registrant filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, dated December&nbsp;14, 2006, with respect to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-134609).</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on December&nbsp;11, 2006, which incorporates by reference the description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock included in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description,
which is also hereby incorporated by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement 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 in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
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 that is also
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 4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides as follows:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action,
suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and
in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the amended and restated certificate of
incorporation of the Registrant includes a provision to eliminate the personal liability of its
directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, subject to
certain exceptions. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and bylaws provide that it is required to indemnify its officers and directors under
certain circumstances, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary, and that it is required to advance expenses to its officers and directors as
incurred in connection with proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                  <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cal Dive
International, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as
amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cal Dive International, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-134609)<B><I>, </I></B>initially
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate of Cal Dive International,
Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as
amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><I>&#151;</I>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="12" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purposes 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; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The 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 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
the 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 Securities Act and is, therefor,
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 final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</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, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on December&nbsp;19, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <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>CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.<BR>
(Registrant)</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Lisa Manget Buchanan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Lisa Manget Buchanan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary&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 MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Lisa Manget Buchanan and G. Kregg Lunsford and each of them to act without the other, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all 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 other act
on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in connection therewith.
</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 and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Owen Kratz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Martin R. Ferron
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martin R. Ferron</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William L. Transier&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William L. Transier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December&nbsp;19,&nbsp;2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Todd A. Dittmann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Todd A. Dittmann</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David E. Preng
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David E. Preng</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Quinn J. H&#233;bert
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Quinn J. H&#233;bert</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ G. Kregg Lunsford
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Kregg Lunsford</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Chief<BR>
Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting<BR>
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">December 19, 2006</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="12" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
                  <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cal Dive
International, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as
amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cal Dive International, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-134609)<B><I>, </I></B>initially
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate of Cal Dive International,
Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2006<B><I>, </I></B>as
amended).</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><I>&#151;</I>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Opinion of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><I>&#151;</I>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><I>&#151;</I>
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2006.
Registration No. 333-____________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
61-1500501
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 1000
Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
77060
(Zip Code)
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2006 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN,
AND
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Lisa Manget Buchanan
400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77060
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(281) 618-0400
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service )
Copies to:
Arthur H. Rogers, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77010
Telephone: (713) 651-5421
Facsimile: (713) 651-5246
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Each Class of
Proposed Maximum
Securities To Be
Offering Price Per
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Registered
Amount To Be Registered (1)
Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
8,500,000 shares
$12.10
$102,850,000
$11,004.95
(1)
This Registration Statement also covers an additional indeterminable number of shares as may
be issued as a result of an adjustment in the shares in the event of a stock split, stock
dividend or similar capital adjustment, as required under the Cal Dive International, Inc.
2006 Long Term Incentive Plan or the Cal Dive International, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December
18, 2006.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
ITEM 4. Description of Securities.
ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
ITEM 8. Exhibits.
ITEM 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Cal Dive International, Inc. (the
"Registrant"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The prospectus of the Registrant filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, dated December 14, 2006, with respect to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-134609).
(b)
The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on December 11, 2006, which incorporates by reference the description of the
Registrant's common stock included in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description,
which is also hereby incorporated by reference.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
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 that is also
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 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides as follows:
A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action,
suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and,
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with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and
in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the amended and restated certificate of
incorporation of the Registrant includes a provision to eliminate the personal liability of its
directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, subject to
certain exceptions. In addition, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and bylaws provide that it is required to indemnify its officers and directors under
certain circumstances, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary, and that it is required to advance expenses to its officers and directors as
incurred in connection with proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified.
The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cal Dive
International, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as
amended).
4.2
—
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cal Dive International, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-134609)
,
initially
filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as amended).
4.3
—
Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate of Cal Dive International,
Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as
amended).
5.1*
—
Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.
23.1*
—
Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
—
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24*
—
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
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ITEM 9. Undertakings.
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement 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;
(2) That, for the purposes 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; and
(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 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 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
the 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 Securities Act and is, therefor,
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 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 it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Houston, State of Texas, on December 19, 2006.
CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Lisa Manget Buchanan
Name:
Lisa Manget Buchanan
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Lisa Manget Buchanan and G. Kregg Lunsford and each of them to act without the other, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to sign any registration
statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all 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 other act
on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in connection therewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
Owen Kratz
Director
/s/ Martin R. Ferron
Martin R. Ferron
Director
December 19, 2006
/s/ William L. Transier
William L. Transier
Director
December 19, 2006
/s/ Todd A. Dittmann
Todd A. Dittmann
Director
December 19, 2006
/s/ David E. Preng
David E. Preng
Director
December 19, 2006
/s/ Quinn J. Hébert
Quinn J. Hébert
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 19, 2006
/s/ G. Kregg Lunsford
G. Kregg Lunsford
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
December 19, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Cal Dive
International, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as
amended).
4.2
—
Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cal Dive International, Inc.
(Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-134609)
,
initially
filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as amended).
4.3
—
Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate of Cal Dive International,
Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-134609), initially filed with the Commission on May 31, 2006
,
as
amended).
5.1*
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Opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. regarding the validity of the
securities being registered.
23.1*
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Consent of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3*
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24*
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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Filed herewith.