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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 11, 2006.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;333
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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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: 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>Callon Petroleum Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>State of Deleware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>64-0844345</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>200 North Canal Street</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39120</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Natchez, Mississippi</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Fred L. Callon<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
200 North Canal Street<BR>
Natchez, Mississippi 39120<BR>
(Name and address of Agent for Service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(601)&nbsp;442-1601<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to</I></B><B>:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>George G. Young III<BR>
Haynes and Boone, LLP<BR>
1221 McKinney St., Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Houston, Texas 77010<BR>
(713)&nbsp;547-2081</B></DIV>


<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>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</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>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Share (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no par value (3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$18.48</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$9,240,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$988.68</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares
of common stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the Callon
Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, based on the
average of the high and low sale prices, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July
7th, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests offered or sold pursuant to the
Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h37751exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h37751exv23w1.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt; margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">*&nbsp;&nbsp; The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan as specified by
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents
need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act
Rule&nbsp;424. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form
S-8 and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3
of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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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"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
referred to in (a)&nbsp;above (to the extent these items were &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC and not
&#147;furnished&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-B
filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;3, 1994, including any future amendment or report 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides
generally and in pertinent part that a Delaware corporation may indemnify its directors and
officers against expenses, judgments, fines, and settlements actually and reasonably incurred by
them in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative suit or action except
actions by or in the right of the corporation if, in connection with the matters in issue, they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and in connection with any criminal suit or proceeding, if in
connection with the matters in issue, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that in connection with the defense or settlement of any
action by or in the right of the corporation, a Delaware corporation may indemnify its directors
and officers against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them if, in connection with the
matters in issue, they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person has been adjudged liable to the
corporation unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court in which such action or suit is
brought approves such indemnification. Section&nbsp;145 further permits a Delaware corporation to grant
its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification through bylaw provisions and
otherwise, and to purchase indemnity insurance on behalf of its directors and officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Eight of our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that we may, and
Article&nbsp;IX of our Bylaws, as amended, provides that we shall, indemnify our directors, officers,
employees and agents (or persons serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another entity) to the full extent of Delaware law.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate, no par value (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, filed
with the Commission on August&nbsp;4, 1994).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, Filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, filed August&nbsp;4, 1994, Reg. No.
33-82408).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., counsel to the Registrant (filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young (filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" 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="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ending on March&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2006).</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>We hereby undertake:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(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 us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 6pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of our 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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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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 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 Natchez, State of Mississippi, on July&nbsp;6, 2006.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Fred L. Callon&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fred L. Callon,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Fred L. Callon, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any
and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and/or any state securities department or any other federal or state
agency or governmental authority granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all extents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>TITLE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>DATE</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> /s/ Fred L. Callon&nbsp;</DIV>
Fred L. Callon<br><br>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chairman, President, Chief Executive<BR>
Officer and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive and Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 6, 2006</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> /s/ John C. Wallace</DIV>
John C. Wallace<br><br>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 6, 2006</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> /s/ B.F. Weatherly</DIV>
B.F. Weatherly<br><br>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 6, 2006</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> /s/ Richard O. Wilson</DIV>
Richard O. Wilson<br><br>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 6, 2006</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"> /s/ L. Richard Flury</DIV>
L. Richard Flury<br><br>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 6, 2006</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of Common Share Certificate, no par value, of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;4, 1994).</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" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15,
2004).</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" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the Commission on
August&nbsp;4, 1994).</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" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P, counsel to the Registrant(filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2006.
Registration
No. 333
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Callon Petroleum Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
State of Deleware
64-0844345
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
200 North Canal Street
39120
Natchez, Mississippi
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Fred L. Callon
President and Chief Executive Officer
200 North Canal Street
Natchez, Mississippi 39120
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
(601) 442-1601
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to
:
George G. Young III
Haynes and Boone, LLP
1221 McKinney St., Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 547-2081
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, no par value (3)
500,000
$18.48
$9,240,000
$988.68
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares
of common stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the Callon
Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan described herein.
(2)
Computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, based on the
average of the high and low sale prices, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July
7th, 2006.
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests offered or sold pursuant to the
Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*   The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents
need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act
Rule 424. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form
S-8 and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3
of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
(b)
All other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document
referred to in (a) above (to the extent these items were "filed" with the SEC and not
"furnished").
(c)
The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-B
filed with the Commission on October 3, 1994, including any future amendment or report for
the purpose of updating such description
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered under the plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides
generally and in pertinent part that a Delaware corporation may indemnify its directors and
officers against expenses, judgments, fines, and settlements actually and reasonably incurred by
them in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative suit or action except
actions by or in the right of the corporation if, in connection with the matters in issue, they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and in connection with any criminal suit or proceeding, if in
connection with the matters in issue, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. Section 145 further provides that in connection with the defense or settlement of any
action by or in the right of the corporation, a Delaware corporation may indemnify its directors
and officers against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them if, in connection with the
matters in issue, they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person has been adjudged liable to the
corporation unless the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court in which such action or suit is
brought approves such indemnification. Section 145 further permits a Delaware corporation to grant
its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification through bylaw provisions and
otherwise, and to purchase indemnity insurance on behalf of its directors and officers.
Article Eight of our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that we may, and
Article IX of our Bylaws, as amended, provides that we shall, indemnify our directors, officers,
employees and agents (or persons serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another entity) to the full extent of Delaware law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate, no par value (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed
with the Commission on August 4, 1994).
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2003, Filed with the Commission on March 15, 2004).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed August 4, 1994, Reg. No.
33-82408).
5.1
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., counsel to the Registrant (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending on March 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2006).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
We hereby undertake:
(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 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 a
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
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
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offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of our 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.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 Natchez, State of Mississippi, on July 6, 2006.
By:
/s/ Fred L. Callon
Fred L. Callon,
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer
Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Fred L. Callon, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any
and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and/or any state securities department or any other federal or state
agency or governmental authority granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all extents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Fred L. Callon
Fred L. Callon
Chairman, President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive and Financial Officer)
July 6, 2006
/s/ John C. Wallace
John C. Wallace
Director
July 6, 2006
/s/ B.F. Weatherly
B.F. Weatherly
Director
July 6, 2006
/s/ Richard O. Wilson
Richard O. Wilson
Director
July 6, 2006
/s/ L. Richard Flury
L. Richard Flury
Director
July 6, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Specimen of Common Share Certificate, no par value, of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on August 4, 1994).
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 15,
2004).
4.3
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on
August 4, 1994).
5.1
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P, counsel to the Registrant(filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., (included in exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
Callon Petroleum Company 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
from exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending on March 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2006).