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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November&nbsp;6, 2007</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 3pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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: 0pt"><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>GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.</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>Louisiana</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1212563</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8000 Global Drive<BR>
Carlyss, Louisiana 70665<BR>
(337)&nbsp;583-5000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area<BR>
code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Russell J. Robicheaux<BR>
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel<BR>
11490 Westheimer, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Houston, Texas 77077<BR>
(281)&nbsp;529-7979</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>share(3)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price(3)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,834,200&nbsp;shares(2)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$20.064</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$177,257,450</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,442</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the plans 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>5,035,250&nbsp;of the shares registered relate to the 2005
plan and 3,798,950 of the shares
registered relate to the 1998 plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933. The price per share and aggregate offering prices for
the shares registered hereby are calculated on the basis of (i)&nbsp;the exercise price per share
ranging from $3.61 to $27.64 with respect to 2,719,425&nbsp;shares of common stock subject to
previously granted options under the Plans and (ii) $24.01, which is the average of the high
and low prices reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October&nbsp;31, 2007 with respect to
the remaining 6,114,775&nbsp;shares of common stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h51212exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Global Industries, Ltd. (also referred to as the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;Registrant,&#148; &#147;Global Industries,&#148;
&#147;we&#148; or &#147;us&#148;) has filed this registration statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an aggregate of 8,834,200 shares of our
common stock which may be issued (including under outstanding options for 2,719,425 shares)
pursuant to our existing long-term incentive plans, the Global Industries, Inc. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan and the Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plans&#148;). Both
Plans have previously been approved by our shareholders.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we
have previously filed or furnished with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; provided, however,
that unless expressly listed below, no document or information that we have &#147;furnished&#148; or may in
the future &#147;furnish&#148; with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall
be incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, including
information incorporated by reference therein;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2007 and June&nbsp;30,
2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;14, 2007, March&nbsp;26, 2007, May&nbsp;21, 2007,
July&nbsp;25, 2007, July&nbsp;27, 2007, October&nbsp;24, 2007, and November&nbsp;2, 2007; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock contained on our Form 8-A registration statement
filed on July&nbsp;8, 1993.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after 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. Information contained in documents that we file later with the Securities
and Exchange Commission will automatically update and supersede the information contained in this
Registration Statement.
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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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;83 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Louisiana (the &#147;LBCL&#148;), a
Louisiana corporation has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including any action by
or in right of the corporation, brought against them by reason of the fact that they were or are
such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses, judgments, fines and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any such action, suit or
proceeding. Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s amended and restated articles of incorporation (the
&#147;articles of incorporation&#148;) provides that the Company shall indemnify its officers and directors
to the fullest extent permitted by law. Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s bylaws (the &#147;bylaws&#148;) provides
for indemnification of each person who is or was made a party to or was involved in any actual or
threatened civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding because such
person is, was or has agreed to become an officer or director of the Company or is a person who is
or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
trust, or other enterprise (including service with respect to employee benefit plans) to the
fullest extent permitted by the LBCL as it existed at the time the indemnification provisions of
the articles of incorporation and bylaws were adopted or as the LBCL may be thereafter amended.
Article&nbsp;VI of the bylaws expressly provides that it is not the exclusive method of indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, which
provide for our directors and officers to be named as insureds under any directors&#146; and officers&#146;
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. The indemnification agreements also provide
that the company will indemnify each director against losses and expenses resulting from a claim or
claims made against such director for any act, failure to act or neglect or breach of duty,
including: (1)&nbsp;any error, misstatement or misleading statement committed, suffered, permitted or
acquiesced in by the director, or (2)&nbsp;any of the foregoing alleged by any claimant, or any claim
against the director or executive officer solely by reason of such person being a director or
officer of the company, subject to certain exclusions. The indemnification agreements also provide
certain procedures regarding the right to indemnification and for the advancement of expenses.
These provisions, however, do not alter the liability of officers and directors under federal
securities laws and do not affect the right to sue, nor to recover monetary damages, under federal
securities laws for violations thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the articles of incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI of the bylaws also provide that the
Company may maintain insurance, at its own expense, to protect itself and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents or any person serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power
to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the LBCL.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;24 of the LBCL permits the limitation of directors&#146; personal liability to the
corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
except in certain situations including breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or acts or omissions
not made in good faith. Article&nbsp;VI of the articles of incorporation limits directors&#146; personal
liability to the extent permitted by Section&nbsp;24 of the LBCL.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
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    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of registrant
as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and
3.3 to the Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement filed by the
registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement filed by the registrant (Reg. No.&nbsp;33-56600).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
November&nbsp;2, 2007(SEC File No. 000-21086).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;33-56600)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the
registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended March&nbsp;31, 1998 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Amendment to Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity
Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to
registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended March
31, 2001(SEC File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.42 to registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004 (SEC File No. 000-21086).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) 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: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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
November&nbsp;5, 2007.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.</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/ Peter A. Atkinson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Peter S. Atkinson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal
Financial and Accounting 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
November&nbsp;5, 2007.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B.K. Chin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>




<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px; border-top: 1px solid #000000">B.K. Chin</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal
Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A. Clerico *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A. Clerico</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lawrence R. Dickerson *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lawrence R. Dickerson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward P. Djerejian *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward P. Djerejian</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry E. Farmer *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry E. Farmer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edgar G. Hotard *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edgar G. Hotard</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard A. Pattarozzi *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard A. Pattarozzi</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James L. Payne *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Pollock *
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Russell J. Robicheaux
&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of registrant
as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and
3.3 to the Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement filed by the
registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).</TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement filed by the registrant (Reg. No.&nbsp;33-56600).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
November&nbsp;2, 2007(SEC File No. 000-21086).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;33-56600)).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the
registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended March&nbsp;31, 1998 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Amendment to Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity
Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to
registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended March
31, 2001(SEC File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.42 to registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;000-21086 ).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 6, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana
72-1212563
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
8000 Global Drive
Carlyss, Louisiana 70665
(337) 583-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Russell J. Robicheaux
Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
11490 Westheimer, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77077
(281) 529-7979
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount
of securities
to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
of
to be registered
registered (1)
share(3)
price(3)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
8,834,200 shares(2)
$20.064
$177,257,450
$5,442
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the plans 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)
5,035,250 of the shares registered relate to the 2005
plan and 3,798,950 of the shares
registered relate to the 1998 plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The price per share and aggregate offering prices for
the shares registered hereby are calculated on the basis of (i) the exercise price per share
ranging from $3.61 to $27.64 with respect to 2,719,425 shares of common stock subject to
previously granted options under the Plans and (ii) $24.01, which is the average of the high
and low prices reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 31, 2007 with respect to
the remaining 6,114,775 shares of common stock.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Powers of Attorney
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Global Industries, Ltd. (also referred to as the "Company," "Registrant," "Global Industries,"
"we" or "us") has filed this registration statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an aggregate of 8,834,200 shares of our
common stock which may be issued (including under outstanding options for 2,719,425 shares)
pursuant to our existing long-term incentive plans, the Global Industries, Inc. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan and the Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plans"). Both
Plans have previously been approved by our shareholders.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we
have previously filed or furnished with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; provided, however,
that unless expressly listed below, no document or information that we have "furnished" or may in
the future "furnish" with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall
be incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
•
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, including
information incorporated by reference therein;
•
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30,
2007;
•
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2007, March 26, 2007, May 21, 2007,
July 25, 2007, July 27, 2007, October 24, 2007, and November 2, 2007; and
•
The description of our common stock contained on our Form 8-A registration statement
filed on July 8, 1993.
In addition, all documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after 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. Information contained in documents that we file later with the Securities
and Exchange Commission will automatically update and supersede the information contained in this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 83 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Louisiana (the "LBCL"), a
Louisiana corporation has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including any action by
or in right of the corporation, brought against them by reason of the fact that they were or are
such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses, judgments, fines and
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amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any such action, suit or
proceeding. Article VI of the Company's amended and restated articles of incorporation (the
"articles of incorporation") provides that the Company shall indemnify its officers and directors
to the fullest extent permitted by law. Article VI of the Company's bylaws (the "bylaws") provides
for indemnification of each person who is or was made a party to or was involved in any actual or
threatened civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding because such
person is, was or has agreed to become an officer or director of the Company or is a person who is
or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
trust, or other enterprise (including service with respect to employee benefit plans) to the
fullest extent permitted by the LBCL as it existed at the time the indemnification provisions of
the articles of incorporation and bylaws were adopted or as the LBCL may be thereafter amended.
Article VI of the bylaws expressly provides that it is not the exclusive method of indemnification.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, which
provide for our directors and officers to be named as insureds under any directors' and officers'
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. The indemnification agreements also provide
that the company will indemnify each director against losses and expenses resulting from a claim or
claims made against such director for any act, failure to act or neglect or breach of duty,
including: (1) any error, misstatement or misleading statement committed, suffered, permitted or
acquiesced in by the director, or (2) any of the foregoing alleged by any claimant, or any claim
against the director or executive officer solely by reason of such person being a director or
officer of the company, subject to certain exclusions. The indemnification agreements also provide
certain procedures regarding the right to indemnification and for the advancement of expenses.
These provisions, however, do not alter the liability of officers and directors under federal
securities laws and do not affect the right to sue, nor to recover monetary damages, under federal
securities laws for violations thereof.
Article VI of the articles of incorporation and Article VI of the bylaws also provide that the
Company may maintain insurance, at its own expense, to protect itself and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents or any person serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power
to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the LBCL.
Section 24 of the LBCL permits the limitation of directors' personal liability to the
corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
except in certain situations including breach of a director's duty of loyalty or acts or omissions
not made in good faith. Article VI of the articles of incorporation limits directors' personal
liability to the extent permitted by Section 24 of the LBCL.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
4.1
—
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of registrant
as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and
3.3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the
registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).
4.2
—
Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).
4.3
—
Amendment to Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K filed on
November 2, 2007(SEC File No. 000-21086).
4.4
—
Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 33-56600)).
4.5
—
Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the
registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1998 (SEC File No. 000-21086).
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4.6
—
2000 Amendment to Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity
Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
registrant's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended March
31, 2001(SEC File No. 000-21086).
4.7
—
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004 (SEC File No. 000-21086).
5.1*
—
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*
—
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
—
Powers of Attorney.
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) 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.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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
November 5, 2007.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
By:
/s/ Peter A. Atkinson
Peter S. Atkinson
President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
November 5, 2007.
Signature
Title
/s/ B.K. Chin
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
B.K. Chin
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ John A. Clerico *
Director
John A. Clerico
/s/ Lawrence R. Dickerson *
Director
Lawrence R. Dickerson
/s/ Edward P. Djerejian *
Director
Edward P. Djerejian
/s/ Larry E. Farmer *
Director
Larry E. Farmer
/s/ Edgar G. Hotard *
Director
Edgar G. Hotard
/s/ Richard A. Pattarozzi *
Director
Richard A. Pattarozzi
/s/ James L. Payne *
Director
James L. Payne
/s/ Michael J. Pollock *
Director
Michael J. Pollock
Director
Cindy B. Taylor
* By:
/s/ Russell J. Robicheaux
Russell J. Robicheaux
Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
—
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of registrant
as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and
3.3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the
registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).
4.2
—
Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the registrant (Reg. No. 33-56600).
4.3
—
Amendment to Bylaws of registrant, incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Form 8-K filed on
November 2, 2007(SEC File No. 000-21086).
4.4
—
Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 33-56600)).
4.5
—
Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the
registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 1998 (SEC File No. 000-21086).
4.6
—
2000 Amendment to Global Industries, Ltd. 1998 Equity
Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
registrant's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended March
31, 2001(SEC File No. 000-21086).
4.7
—
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 to registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004 (SEC File No. 000-21086 ).
5.1*
—
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*
—
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
—
Powers of Attorney.
*
Filed herewith.
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