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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2006.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">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: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2379388</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>of incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1105 Peters Road<BR>
Harvey, Louisiana 70058</B><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code, of<BR>
Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</I>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Amended and Restated Superior Energy Services, Inc.<BR>
2004 Directors Restricted Stock Units Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Robert S. Taylor<BR>
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer<BR>
1105 Peters Road<BR>
Harvey, Louisiana 70058<BR>
(504)&nbsp;362-4321</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</I><BR>
Copy to:

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Margaret F. Murphy<BR>
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re &#038; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P.<BR>
201 St. Charles Avenue<BR>
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per unit</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering price</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
($0.001 par value per share)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100,000 shares<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$32.13<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$3,213,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$343.79</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction in the future and during the
effectiveness of this Registration Statement
involving Common Stock of the Company, the number of
shares registered shall be automatically increased
to cover the additional shares in accordance with
Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents the number of additional shares of
the Common Stock of the Company reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2004
Directors Restricted Stock Units Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
200,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Plan were
previously registered on Registration Statement No.
333-116078.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (3)</SUP> </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on
the average of the high and low price per share of
the Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange on
August&nbsp;18, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h39099exv5w1.htm">Opinion/Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;2, 2004, Superior Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
registered 200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be
offered or sold to participants under the Superior Energy Services, Inc. 2004 Directors Restricted
Stock Units Plan, as amended from time to time (the &#147;Plan&#148;) pursuant to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-116078). The Plan was amended by the Company&#146;s stockholders on May&nbsp;23,
2006, to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan by 100,000 shares of
Common Stock. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8 (Registration of Additional Securities) in order to register such additional 100,000 shares of
Common Stock which may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-116078) with respect to
200,000 shares of Common Stock are hereby incorporated by reference.
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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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    <TD>Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re &#038; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P.</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carr&#232;re &#038; Den&#232;gre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Harvey, Louisiana, on August&nbsp;22, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Terence E. Hall
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Terence E. Hall&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Chairman of the Board 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;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears immediately below
constitutes and appoints Terence E. Hall and Robert S. Taylor, and each of them acting
individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, 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, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent 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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on August&nbsp;22, 2006.
</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Terence E. Hall
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Terence E. Hall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert S. Taylor
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert S. Taylor</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Executive Vice President,<br>
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and<br>
Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James M. Funk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Funk</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ernest E. Howard, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ernest E. Howard, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Pattarozzi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Pattarozzi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Justin L. Sullivan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Justin L. Sullivan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Enoch L. Dawkins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Enoch L. Dawkins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2006.
Registration No. 333-__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2379388
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
(Address, including zip code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
Amended and Restated Superior Energy Services, Inc.
2004 Directors Restricted Stock Units Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert S. Taylor
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
1105 Peters Road
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
(504) 362-4321
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Margaret F. Murphy
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
Registered
(1)
offering price per unit
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common Stock
($0.001 par value per share)
100,000 shares
(2)
$32.13
(3)
$3,213,000
$343.79
(1)
Upon a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction in the future and during the
effectiveness of this Registration Statement
involving Common Stock of the Company, the number of
shares registered shall be automatically increased
to cover the additional shares in accordance with
Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Represents the number of additional shares of
the Common Stock of the Company reserved for
issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2004
Directors Restricted Stock Units Plan (the "Plan").
200,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Plan were
previously registered on Registration Statement No.
333-116078.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on
the average of the high and low price per share of
the Common Stock on The New York Stock Exchange on
August 18, 2006.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
Opinion/Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
On June 2, 2004, Superior Energy Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company")
registered 200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), to be
offered or sold to participants under the Superior Energy Services, Inc. 2004 Directors Restricted
Stock Units Plan, as amended from time to time (the "Plan") pursuant to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (File No. 333-116078). The Plan was amended by the Company's stockholders on May 23,
2006, to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan by 100,000 shares of
Common Stock. This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8 (Registration of Additional Securities) in order to register such additional 100,000 shares of
Common Stock which may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-116078) with respect to
200,000 shares of Common Stock are hereby incorporated by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Harvey, Louisiana, on August 22, 2006.
SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ Terence E. Hall
Terence E. Hall
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears immediately below
constitutes and appoints Terence E. Hall and Robert S. Taylor, and each of them acting
individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, 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, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent 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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on August 22, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ Terence E. Hall
Terence E. Hall
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert S. Taylor
Robert S. Taylor
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ James M. Funk
James M. Funk
Director
/s/ Ernest E. Howard, III
Ernest E. Howard, III
Director
/s/ Richard A. Pattarozzi
Richard A. Pattarozzi
Director
/s/ Justin L. Sullivan
Justin L. Sullivan
Director
/s/ Enoch L. Dawkins
Enoch L. Dawkins
Director
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Exhibit Index
Exhibits
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)