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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;19, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0625124</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>12001 North Houston Rosslyn Road<BR>
Houston, Texas 77086</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Gary M. Wilson, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
12001 North Houston Rosslyn<BR>
Houston, Texas 77086</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(281)&nbsp;447-8787</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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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 nowrap align="center"><B>registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.13</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$102,780,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$10,998</TD>
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    <TD>This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan being
registered pursuant to this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding
shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;18, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents that we filed (File No.&nbsp;001-13071) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;12, 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this
registration statement:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form&nbsp;10-K/A (Amendment No.&nbsp;1) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>our Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or
7.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;10, 2006, January&nbsp;26, 2006, March&nbsp;28,
2006, March&nbsp;31, 2006 and May&nbsp;1, 2006; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;9, 1997 (including any amendments or reports filed for
the purpose of updating such description).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents we file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K)
subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement indicating that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are a Delaware corporation and are empowered by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), subject to the procedures and limitations stated therein, 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 by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of our company, or is or was serving at the request of our
company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise,
against reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our company and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. We are required by Section&nbsp;145 to indemnify any person against reasonable expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with an action, suit or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">proceeding in which such person is a party because such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of our company or is or was serving at the request of our company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, if such person has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the action, suit or proceeding. Section
145 also allows a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person
against any liability asserted against such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such
person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under the provisions of Section&nbsp;145. In addition, Section&nbsp;145
provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of
indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Eight of our charter and Article&nbsp;VII of our bylaws generally provide that we shall
indemnify and hold harmless all of our officers and directors and advance expenses reasonably
incurred by such officers and directors in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by
Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL. We maintain directors and officers insurance covering them for certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the securities laws.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Hanover Compressor Holding Co.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Holding Co., dated December&nbsp;8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</TD>
</TR>
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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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Company, dated July&nbsp;11, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to our Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</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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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated March&nbsp;10, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2004.</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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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.11 to our
Registration Statement (File No.&nbsp;333-24953) on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Appendix&nbsp;C to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;24, 2006.</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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;5.1*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</TD>
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<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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    <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 PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.</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>
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    <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 Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</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.</TD>
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</DIV>

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    <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>

</TABLE>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">2
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this 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 this registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration statement;
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="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 that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 19th day of July, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY<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/ John E. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John E. Jackson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<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 date 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" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John E. Jackson<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John E. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Lee E. Beckelman<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lee E. Beckelman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Anita H. Colglazier<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anita H. Colglazier</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller
(Principal&nbsp;Accounting&nbsp;Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July  19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
I. Jon Brumley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ted Collins, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Margaret K. Dorman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert R. Furgason</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Victor E. Grijalva</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gordon T. Hall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">4
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <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" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen M. Pazuk</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. Ali Sheikh</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

    <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">*By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John E. Jackson<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 0">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">John E. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 0">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Attorney in Fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="0%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<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">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Hanover Compressor Holding Co.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Holding Co., dated December&nbsp;8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Company, dated July&nbsp;11, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to our Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2001.</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">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated March&nbsp;10, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2004.</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">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.11 to our
Registration Statement (File No.&nbsp;333-24953) on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended.</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">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Appendix&nbsp;C to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;24, 2006.</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">&nbsp;5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</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 PricewaterhouseCoopers, 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">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</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.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>filed herewith</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 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
HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
76-0625124
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
12001 North Houston Rosslyn Road
Houston, Texas 77086
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Gary M. Wilson, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
12001 North Houston Rosslyn
Houston, Texas 77086
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 447-8787
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
fee
Common Stock, par
value $.001 per share
6,000,000
$17.13
$102,780,000
$10,998
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan being
registered pursuant to this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding
shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on July 18, 2006.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents that we filed (File No. 001-13071) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Sections 12, 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this
registration statement:
•
our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) for the year ended December 31, 2005;
•
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006;
•
our Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or
7.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on January 10, 2006, January 26, 2006, March 28,
2006, March 31, 2006 and May 1, 2006; and
•
the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on June 9, 1997 (including any amendments or reports filed for
the purpose of updating such description).
All documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K)
subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement indicating that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this
registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
We are a Delaware corporation and are empowered by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), subject to the procedures and limitations stated therein, 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 by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of our company, or is or was serving at the request of our
company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise,
against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if
such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our company and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was
unlawful. We are required by Section 145 to indemnify any person against reasonable expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with an action, suit or
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proceeding in which such person is a party because such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of our company or is or was serving at the request of our company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, if such person has been
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the action, suit or proceeding. Section
145 also allows a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person
against any liability asserted against such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such
person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under the provisions of Section 145. In addition, Section 145
provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of
indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
Article Eight of our charter and Article VII of our bylaws generally provide that we shall
indemnify and hold harmless all of our officers and directors and advance expenses reasonably
incurred by such officers and directors in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding, in accordance with and to the fullest extent permitted by
Section 145 of the DGCL. We maintain directors and officers insurance covering them for certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the securities laws.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Hanover Compressor Holding Co.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Holding Co., dated December 8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Company, dated July 11, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated March 10, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2004.
4.5
Specimen Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to our
Registration Statement (File No. 333-24953) on Form S-1, as amended.
4.6
Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Appendix C to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the
Commission on March 24, 2006.
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney.
*
filed herewith
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Item 9.
Undertakings
.
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 this 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 this registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
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.
(4) 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.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 19th day of July, 2006.
HANOVER COMPRESSOR COMPANY
By:
/s/ John E. Jackson
John E. Jackson
President and Chief Executive Officer
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 date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John E. Jackson
John E. Jackson
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 19, 2006
/s/ Lee E. Beckelman
Lee E. Beckelman
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 19, 2006
/s/ Anita H. Colglazier
Anita H. Colglazier
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
July  19, 2006
*
I. Jon Brumley
Director
July 19, 2006
*
Ted Collins, Jr.
Director
July 19, 2006
*
Margaret K. Dorman
Director
July 19, 2006
*
Robert R. Furgason
Director
July 19, 2006
*
Victor E. Grijalva
Director
July 19, 2006
*
Gordon T. Hall
Director
July 19, 2006
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Stephen M. Pazuk
Director
July 19, 2006
*
L. Ali Sheikh
Director
July 19, 2006
*By:
/s/ John E. Jackson
John E. Jackson
Attorney in Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Hanover Compressor Holding Co.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Holding Co., dated December 8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Hanover Compressor
Company, dated July 11, 2000, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 5, 2001.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated March 10, 2004,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2004.
4.5
Specimen Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to our
Registration Statement (File No. 333-24953) on Form S-1, as amended.
4.6
Hanover Compressor Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference
to Appendix C to our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the
Commission on March 24, 2006.
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney.
*
filed herewith