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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;13, 2008
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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 THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV> ENERGYSOUTH, INC.</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">Delaware<BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">58-2358943<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">2828 Dauphin Street<BR>
Mobile, Alabama 36606<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2008 INCENTIVE PLAN OF<BR>
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>G. EDGAR DOWNING, JR.</B><BR>
Senior Vice President, <BR>
General Counsel and Secretary <BR>
2828 Dauphin Street <BR>
Mobile, Alabama 36606<BR>
Telephone: (251)&nbsp;450-4774<BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, <BR>
including area code, <BR>
of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copies of all communications to:<br><br>
<B>E.B. PEEBLES III</B><BR>
Armbrecht Jackson LLP<BR>
P.O. Box 290<BR>
Mobile, Alabama 36601<BR>
(251)&nbsp;405-1300</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.01
par value
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>250,000 shares
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">50.15</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,537,500</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">492.72</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of securities to be offered or
issued pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low
prices for shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of EnergySouth, Inc. on the
NASDAQ Global Market on May&nbsp;9, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>
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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 order to register 250,000 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share, of EnergySouth, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), which may be sold
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2008 Incentive Plan of EnergySouth, Inc., as amended
(the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)
are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30,
2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since September&nbsp;30, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;14 of the Exchange
Act in connection with the Registrant&#146;s January&nbsp;25, 2008 annual meeting of stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s $.01 par value common stock contained in a
registration statement filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby
then unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein, or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated by
reference herein, shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which is also deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4: Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5: Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain legal matters with respect to the Plan and in connection with the issuance of common
stock of the Registrant (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) pursuant thereto have been passed upon for the
Registrant by Armbrecht Jackson LLP. Partners in such law firm who participated in the
representation of the Registrant and their spouses beneficially owned 24,703 shares of Common Stock
as of May&nbsp;12, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6: Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(a)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws contain provisions for indemnification of directors and officers as
follows:
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">ARTICLE VIII
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED MATTERS

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation and who was or is
a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, including appeals, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation as a matter of right against any
and all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him
and against any and all claims, judgments , fines, penalties, liabilities and
amounts paid in settlement actually incurred by him in defense of such claim,
action, suit or proceeding, including appeals, to the full extent permitted by
applicable law. The indemnification provided by this Section shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by a director or officer of the
Corporation with respect to the defense of any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding may be advanced by the Corporation prior to the final disposition of such
claim, action suit or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of Directors in the
specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if and to the extent it shall be ultimately determined
that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized under
this Article or applicable law; provided, however, that the advancement of such
expenses shall not be deemed to be indemnification unless and until it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">The Corporation shall make such reports to its Stockholders regarding
indemnification or advancement of expenses as may be required by law. The
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance at the expense of the Corporation on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any person who is or was serving at the request of
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">the
Corporation as a director (or the equivalent), officer, employee, agent or trustee
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise, against any liability or expense (including attorneys&#146; fees)
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liability or expense under this Section or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">The foregoing rights shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which such
director or officer may otherwise be entitled and shall be available whether or not
the director or officer continues to be a director or officer at the time of
incurring any such expenses and liabilities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">If any word, clause or provision of the Bylaws or any indemnification made under
Article&nbsp;VIII hereof shall for any reason be determined to be invalid, the provisions
of the Bylaws shall not otherwise be affected thereby but shall remain in full force
and effect.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(b)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan provides that members of the Committee will not be personally liable for any act,
omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in connection with the Plan in good
faith, and the members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and advancement of
expenses by the Corporation in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including attorneys&#146;
fees) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by the Corporation&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and as may be otherwise required by law and under any directors&#146; and
officers&#146; liability insurance that may be in effect from time to time, or as a majority of the
Board then in office may determine from time to time, as evidenced by a written resolution thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(c)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with directors and certain officers
of the Registrant which provide certain contractual rights to indemnification in addition to the
indemnification provisions of Delaware law and the Registrant&#146;s bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(d)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Act requires the Registrant to indemnify a
present or former director or officer who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defending any proceeding described in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145. The Delaware General
Corporation Law also provides that a court may order indemnification of a director if it determines
that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7: Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8: Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index elsewhere herein.
</DIV>

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


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;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; (iii)&nbsp;to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or 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 the post-effective amendment to those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling persons of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceedings)
is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Mobile, State of Alabama, on May&nbsp;12, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ENERGYSOUTH, INC.</B><BR>
Registrant<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Charles P. Huffman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles P. Huffman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and<bR>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<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 constitutes and
appoints C.S. Liollio, Charles P. Huffman, and G. Edgar Downing, Jr., and each of them, 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 any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to make any and all state securities law or blue sky filings, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully 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 or his 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 on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. Hope, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John C. Hope, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas B. Van Antwerp
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Vice-Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">Thomas B. Van Antwerp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C.S. Liollio
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
C.S. Liollio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles P. Huffman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles P. Huffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Walter A. Bell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter A. Bell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Judy A. Marston
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Judy A. Marston
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ S. Felton Mitchell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Felton Mitchell, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harris V. Morrissette
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harris V. Morrissette
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert H. Rouse
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert H. Rouse
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J.D. Woodward
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.D. Woodward
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2008 Incentive Plan of EnergySouth, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of
the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;17, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and Consent of Armbrecht Jackson LLP with respect to legality of securities
registered.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Armbrecht Jackson LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included with signature page in Part II of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2008
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
58-2358943
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
(Address of principal executive offices)
2008 INCENTIVE PLAN OF
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
(Full title of the plan)
G. EDGAR DOWNING, JR.
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
Telephone: (251) 450-4774
(Name, address, and telephone number,
including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
E.B. PEEBLES III
Armbrecht Jackson LLP
P.O. Box 290
Mobile, Alabama 36601
(251) 405-1300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration fee
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
(2)
Common Stock, $.01
par value
250,000 shares
$
50.15
$
12,537,500
$
492.72
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate amount of securities to be offered or
issued pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Plan described herein.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act, the offering price is estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low
prices for shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of EnergySouth, Inc. on the
NASDAQ Global Market on May 9, 2008.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement is being filed in order to register 250,000 shares of common
stock, $.01 par value per share, of EnergySouth, Inc. (the "Registrant"), which may be sold
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2008 Incentive Plan of EnergySouth, Inc., as amended
(the "Plan").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a) The Registrant's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2007.
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since September 30, 2007.
(c) The Registrant's definitive proxy statement filed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange
Act in connection with the Registrant's January 25, 2008 annual meeting of stockholders.
(d) The description of the Registrant's $.01 par value common stock contained in a
registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby
then unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein, or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated by
reference herein, shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which is also deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4: Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
2
Item 5: Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the Plan and in connection with the issuance of common
stock of the Registrant (the "Common Stock") pursuant thereto have been passed upon for the
Registrant by Armbrecht Jackson LLP. Partners in such law firm who participated in the
representation of the Registrant and their spouses beneficially owned 24,703 shares of Common Stock
as of May 12, 2008.
Item 6: Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a)
The Registrant's Bylaws contain provisions for indemnification of directors and officers as
follows:
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION AND RELATED MATTERS
Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation and who was or is
a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, including appeals, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation as a matter of right against any
and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him
and against any and all claims, judgments , fines, penalties, liabilities and
amounts paid in settlement actually incurred by him in defense of such claim,
action, suit or proceeding, including appeals, to the full extent permitted by
applicable law. The indemnification provided by this Section shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a director or officer of the
Corporation with respect to the defense of any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding may be advanced by the Corporation prior to the final disposition of such
claim, action suit or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of Directors in the
specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or
officer to repay such amount if and to the extent it shall be ultimately determined
that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized under
this Article or applicable law; provided, however, that the advancement of such
expenses shall not be deemed to be indemnification unless and until it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation.
The Corporation shall make such reports to its Stockholders regarding
indemnification or advancement of expenses as may be required by law. The
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance at the expense of the Corporation on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any person who is or was serving at the request of
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the
Corporation as a director (or the equivalent), officer, employee, agent or trustee
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise, against any liability or expense (including attorneys' fees)
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liability or expense under this Section or otherwise.
The foregoing rights shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which such
director or officer may otherwise be entitled and shall be available whether or not
the director or officer continues to be a director or officer at the time of
incurring any such expenses and liabilities.
If any word, clause or provision of the Bylaws or any indemnification made under
Article VIII hereof shall for any reason be determined to be invalid, the provisions
of the Bylaws shall not otherwise be affected thereby but shall remain in full force
and effect.
(b)
The Plan provides that members of the Committee will not be personally liable for any act,
omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in connection with the Plan in good
faith, and the members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and advancement of
expenses by the Corporation in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including attorneys'
fees) arising therefrom to the full extent permitted by the Corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws and as may be otherwise required by law and under any directors' and
officers' liability insurance that may be in effect from time to time, or as a majority of the
Board then in office may determine from time to time, as evidenced by a written resolution thereof.
(c)
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with directors and certain officers
of the Registrant which provide certain contractual rights to indemnification in addition to the
indemnification provisions of Delaware law and the Registrant's bylaws.
(d)
Section 145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Act requires the Registrant to indemnify a
present or former director or officer who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defending any proceeding described in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. The Delaware General
Corporation Law also provides that a court may order indemnification of a director if it determines
that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnification.
Item 7: Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8: Exhibits.
The exhibits to the Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index elsewhere herein.
Item 9: Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of 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; (iii) to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or 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 the post-effective amendment to those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling persons of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceedings)
is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Mobile, State of Alabama, on May 12, 2008.
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
Registrant
By:
/s/ Charles P. Huffman
Charles P. Huffman
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints C.S. Liollio, Charles P. Huffman, and G. Edgar Downing, Jr., and each of them, 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 any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and to make any and all state securities law or blue sky filings, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully 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 or his 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 on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John C. Hope, III
Director, Chairman
May 12, 2008
John C. Hope, III
/s/ Thomas B. Van Antwerp
Director, Vice-Chairman
May 12, 2008
Thomas B. Van Antwerp
/s/ C.S. Liollio
C.S. Liollio
Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 12, 2008
/s/ Charles P. Huffman
Charles P. Huffman
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 12, 2008
/s/ Walter A. Bell
Walter A. Bell
Director
May 12, 2008
/s/ Judy A. Marston
Judy A. Marston
Director
May 12, 2008
/s/ S. Felton Mitchell, Jr.
S. Felton Mitchell, Jr.
Director
May 12, 2008
/s/ Harris V. Morrissette
Harris V. Morrissette
Director
May 12, 2008
/s/ Robert H. Rouse
Robert H. Rouse
Director
May 12, 2008
/s/ J.D. Woodward
J.D. Woodward
Director
May 12, 2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4
2008 Incentive Plan of EnergySouth, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A of
the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 17, 2007).
5
Opinion and Consent of Armbrecht Jackson LLP with respect to legality of securities
registered.
23.1
Consent of Armbrecht Jackson LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Power of Attorney (included with signature page in Part II of this Registration Statement).
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