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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;18, 2005.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Crosstex Energy, L.P.</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>16-1616605</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2501
Cedar Springs, Suite&nbsp;100, Dallas, Texas 75201</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>William W. Davis<BR>
Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.<BR>
2501 Cedar Springs<BR>
Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(214)&nbsp;953-9500</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Douglass M. Rayburn<BR>
Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
2001 Ross Avenue<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
(214)&nbsp;953-6500</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Units,
representing
limited partner
interests</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$43.005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17,202,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2024.68</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
common units that may be issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction
with respect to these common units are also being registered hereunder.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the
common units as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August&nbsp;12, 2005.</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 II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d28191exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts 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;This Registration Statement is being filed, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8, solely to register the issuance of up to 400,000 additional common units representing limited
partner interests of Crosstex Energy, L.P. authorized pursuant to an amendment to the Crosstex
Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) approved by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of Crosstex Energy GP, LLC, the general partner of our general partner, Crosstex
Energy GP, L.P., on May&nbsp;2, 2005. We previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;14, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;333-107025)
covering 700,000 of our common units representing limited partner interests (1,400,000 common units
following the two-for-one split of our outstanding limited partnership units on March&nbsp;16, 2004)
authorized for issuance under the Plan (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;). Except as
supplemented by the information set forth below, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement
are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We incorporate by reference the following documents filed by us with the Commission:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed on March
15, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2005 and June&nbsp;30, 2005,
filed on May&nbsp;13, 2005 and August&nbsp;8, 2005, respectively;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;6, 2005, May&nbsp;6, 2005, June&nbsp;24, 2005 and
June&nbsp;28, 2005, August&nbsp;8, 2005 and August&nbsp;11, 2005 (in each case to the extent filed and not
furnished); and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;the description of our common units contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A,
filed on November&nbsp;4, 2002.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently
filed supplement to this Registration Statement or any document that is also incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy,
L.P., dated as of June&nbsp;24, 2005 (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on June&nbsp;24, 2005 (File No.
000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., dated as of July
12, 2002 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-97779), filed on August&nbsp;7, 2002 and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Energy GP,
LLC, dated as of December&nbsp;17, 2002 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-106927), filed on July&nbsp;10, 2003
and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated July&nbsp;12, 2002 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002, filed on March&nbsp;25, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated May&nbsp;2, 2005
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
May&nbsp;6, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this
Registration Statement 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 Dallas, State of Texas, on
this 18th day of August, 2005.
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CROSSTEX ENERGY, L.P.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.,
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">its general partner&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">     Crosstex Energy GP, LLC,
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">its general partner&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&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/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William W. Davis</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">William W. Davis&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Barry E. Davis and William W. Davis, and each of them, any of whom
may act without the joinder of the other, as his lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power or substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign and file any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being understood
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, shall have full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and that each of
the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 date indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Barry E. Davis</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barry E. Davis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Rhys J. Best</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rhys J. Best</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Frank M. Burke</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank M. Burke</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">C. Roland Haden</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C. Roland Haden</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Bryan H. Lawrence</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bryan H. Lawrence</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Sheldon B. Lubar</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sheldon B. Lubar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert F. Murchison</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Robert F. Murchison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Stephen A. Wells</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen A. Wells</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William W. Davis</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William W. Davis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy,
L.P., dated as of June&nbsp;24, 2005 (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on June&nbsp;24, 2005 (File No.
000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., dated as of July
12, 2002 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-97779), filed on August&nbsp;7, 2002 and incorporated herein by
reference).</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Energy GP,
LLC, dated as of December&nbsp;17, 2002 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-106927), filed on July&nbsp;10, 2003
and incorporated herein by reference).</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated July&nbsp;12, 2002 (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002, filed on March&nbsp;25, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated May&nbsp;2, 2005
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
May&nbsp;6, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).</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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included 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="center" 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="center" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2005.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Crosstex Energy, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
16-1616605
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2501
Cedar Springs, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75201
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
William W. Davis
Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.
2501 Cedar Springs
Suite 100
Dallas, Texas 75201
(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 953-9500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Douglass M. Rayburn
Baker Botts L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 953-6500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price
registration fee
Common Units,
representing
limited partner
interests
400,000 units
$43.005
$17,202,000
$2024.68
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
common units that may be issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction
with respect to these common units are also being registered hereunder.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the
common units as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 12, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
Consent of KPMG LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8, solely to register the issuance of up to 400,000 additional common units representing limited
partner interests of Crosstex Energy, L.P. authorized pursuant to an amendment to the Crosstex
Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") approved by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of Crosstex Energy GP, LLC, the general partner of our general partner, Crosstex
Energy GP, L.P., on May 2, 2005. We previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 14, 2003 (File No. 333-107025)
covering 700,000 of our common units representing limited partner interests (1,400,000 common units
following the two-for-one split of our outstanding limited partnership units on March 16, 2004)
authorized for issuance under the Plan (the "Prior Registration Statement"). Except as
supplemented by the information set forth below, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement
are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We incorporate by reference the following documents filed by us with the Commission:
(1) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March
15, 2005;
(2) our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005,
filed on May 13, 2005 and August 8, 2005, respectively;
(3) our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 6, 2005, May 6, 2005, June 24, 2005 and
June 28, 2005, August 8, 2005 and August 11, 2005 (in each case to the extent filed and not
furnished); and
(4) the description of our common units contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A,
filed on November 4, 2002.
All documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, in an amendment hereto or in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently
filed supplement to this Registration Statement or any document that is also incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
—
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy,
L.P., dated as of June 24, 2005 (the "Registrant") (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2005 (File No.
000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
—
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., dated as of July
12, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-97779), filed on August 7, 2002 and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
—
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Energy GP,
LLC, dated as of December 17, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.8 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-106927), filed on July 10, 2003
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
—
Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated July 12, 2002 (filed as
Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002, filed on March 25, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
—
Amendment to Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated May 2, 2005
(filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May 6, 2005 (File No. 000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
—
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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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 this
Registration Statement 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 Dallas, State of Texas, on
this 18th day of August, 2005.
CROSSTEX ENERGY, L.P.
By:
Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.,
its general partner
By:
Crosstex Energy GP, LLC,
its general partner
By:
/s/
William W. Davis
William W. Davis
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints Barry E. Davis and William W. Davis, and each of them, any of whom
may act without the joinder of the other, as his lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power or substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign and file any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being understood
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, shall have full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and that each of
the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Barry E. Davis
Barry E. Davis
President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
August 18, 2005
/s/
Rhys J. Best
Rhys J. Best
Director
August 18, 2005
/s/
Frank M. Burke
Frank M. Burke
Director
August 18, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/
C. Roland Haden
C. Roland Haden
Director
August 18, 2005
/s/
Bryan H. Lawrence
Bryan H. Lawrence
Chairman of the Board
August 18, 2005
/s/
Sheldon B. Lubar
Sheldon B. Lubar
Director
August 18, 2005
/s/
Robert F. Murchison
Director
August 18, 2005
Robert F. Murchison
/s/
Stephen A. Wells
Stephen A. Wells
Director
August 18, 2005
/s/
William W. Davis
William W. Davis
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting
Officer)
August 18, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
—
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy,
L.P., dated as of June 24, 2005 (the "Registrant") (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 24, 2005 (File No.
000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
—
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P., dated as of July
12, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-97779), filed on August 7, 2002 and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
—
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Energy GP,
LLC, dated as of December 17, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 3.8 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-106927), filed on July 10, 2003
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
—
Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated July 12, 2002 (filed as
Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002, filed on March 25, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
—
Amendment to Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated May 2, 2005
(filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May 6, 2005 (File No. 000-50067) and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
—
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).