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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2006
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.</B></DIV>

<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="bottom"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>06-1215192</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>700 Louisiana Street <BR>
Suite&nbsp;4300<BR>
Houston, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>77002</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.<BR>
2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(formerly known as the &#147;2001 Employee Stock Option Plan&#148;)</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Michael Y. McGovern<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Pioneer Companies, Inc.<BR>
700 Louisiana Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;4300<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;570-3200</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>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>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><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: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$28.84</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$28,840,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,085.88</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plan as a
result of the antidilution provisions of the plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for purposes of computing the registration
fee and based on the average of the high and low sales prices reported on the Nasdaq
Global-Market on December&nbsp;6, 2006.</TD>
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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 pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-106210) filed by Pioneer Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2003 are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pioneer Companies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex B of Pioneer&#146;s Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;6, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;001-09859)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Locke Liddell &#038; Sapp LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on December&nbsp;8, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ MICHAEL Y. MCGOVERN
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael Y. McGovern&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below appoints Michael Y. McGovern, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Pioneer, Gary L. Pittman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Pioneer, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact
and agent or agents, each of whom shall be authorized to act with or without the other, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in
his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of Pioneer, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and all documents
or instruments necessary or appropriate to enable Pioneer to comply with the Securities Act, and to
file the same with the Commission, with full power and authority to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each such director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, each and every act whatsoever that is necessary, appropriate or advisable in
connection with any or all of the above-described matters and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on December&nbsp;8, 2006.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL Y. MCGOVERN <br>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Michael Y. McGovern)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ GARY L. PITTMAN<br>
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(Gary L. Pittman)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CARL MONTICONE<br>
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(Carl Monticone)
</DIV></TD>
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(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Marvin E. Lesser)
</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert E. Allen)
</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Charles L. Mears)
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(David A. Scholes)
</DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Richard L. Urbanowski)
</DIV></TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pioneer Companies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex B of Pioneer&#146;s Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;6, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;001-09859)).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2006
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
06-1215192
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
700 Louisiana Street
Suite 4300
Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
77002
(Zip Code)
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(formerly known as the "2001 Employee Stock Option Plan")
(Full title of the plan)
Michael Y. McGovern
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pioneer Companies, Inc.
700 Louisiana Street
Suite 4300
Houston, Texas 77002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 570-3200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,000,000
$28.84
$28,840,000
$3,085.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plan as a
result of the antidilution provisions of the plan.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of computing the registration
fee and based on the average of the high and low sales prices reported on the Nasdaq
Global-Market on December 6, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-106210) filed by Pioneer Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2003 are incorporated herein by reference.
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Document Description
*4.1
—
Pioneer Companies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex B of Pioneer's Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on April 6, 2006 (File No. 001-09859)).
5.1
—
Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
23.1
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on December 8, 2006.
PIONEER COMPANIES, INC.
By:
/s/ MICHAEL Y. MCGOVERN
Michael Y. McGovern
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Michael Y. McGovern, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Pioneer, Gary L. Pittman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Pioneer, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact
and agent or agents, each of whom shall be authorized to act with or without the other, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in
his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case may be, of Pioneer, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and all documents
or instruments necessary or appropriate to enable Pioneer to comply with the Securities Act, and to
file the same with the Commission, with full power and authority to each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each such director or officer, or both,
as the case may be, each and every act whatsoever that is necessary, appropriate or advisable in
connection with any or all of the above-described matters and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on December 8, 2006.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
/s/ MICHAEL Y. MCGOVERN
(Michael Y. McGovern)
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ GARY L. PITTMAN
(Gary L. Pittman)
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ CARL MONTICONE
(Carl Monticone)
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ MARVIN E. LESSER
(Marvin E. Lesser)
Director
/s/ ROBERT E. ALLEN
(Robert E. Allen)
Director
/s/ CHARLES L. MEARS
(Charles L. Mears)
Director
/s/ DAVID A. SCHOLES
(David A. Scholes)
Vice President, Manufacturing and Director
/s/ RICHARD L. URBANOWSKI
(Richard L. Urbanowski)
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Document Description
*4.1
—
Pioneer Companies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Annex B of Pioneer's Definitive
Proxy Statement filed on April 6, 2006 (File No. 001-09859)).
5.1
—
Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP.
23.1
—
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
—
Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
*
Incorporated herein by reference as indicated.