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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 31, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION NO. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY</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 of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1449411</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5551 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>70808</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2009 Employee Stock Purchase 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: 12pt"><B>Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Lamar Advertising Company<BR>
5551 Corporate Boulevard<BR>
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(225)&nbsp;926-1000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Stacie S. Aarestad, Esq.<BR>
Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP<BR>
111 Huntington Avenue<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7613<BR>
(617)&nbsp;239-0100</B></DIV>

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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;accelerated filer,&#148;
&#147;large accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center"><br>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: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</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" colspan="3"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>share (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, $.001 par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">588,154 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18.475</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,866,145.15</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">606.34</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent additional shares of our
Class&nbsp;A Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other
distribution declared at any time by our Board of Directors while this Registration Statement
is in effect, this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional Class
A Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933. The price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low asked prices of the registrant&#146;s common
stock on July&nbsp;27, 2009 as reported on The Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement registers (i)&nbsp;500,000 shares issuable under our 2009 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2009 Plan&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;the 88,154 shares that were previously
registered but no longer remain available for purchase under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan due to its termination on June&nbsp;30, 2009 that have been added to the aggregate number of
shares of our Class&nbsp;A Common Stock that may be purchased under the 2009 Plan . We have
previously registered 924,032 shares issuable under our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the
predecessor of the 2009 Plan (Registration Statement Nos. 333-130267, 333-116007 and
333-34840).</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of documents by reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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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">The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed as part hereof:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;6, 2009, March&nbsp;19, 2009, March&nbsp;20, 2009, March&nbsp;27, 2009, April&nbsp;8,
2009, May&nbsp;29, 2009, July&nbsp;28, 2009 and the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June&nbsp;7, 1996, as amended by Forms 8-A/A
filed on July&nbsp;31, 1996 and July&nbsp;27, 1999, including any further amendment or report
filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents filed after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock offered hereunder have been sold
or that deregisters all shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants the Company the power to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with any such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful, provided, however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any proceeding
brought by or in the right of the Company where the person involved is adjudged to be liable to the
Company except to the extent approved by a court.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s By-Laws provide that any person who is made a party to any action, suit or proceeding
because such person is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Company will be
indemnified and held harmless
against all claims, liabilities and expenses, including those expenses incurred in defending a
claim and amounts paid
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">or agreed to be paid in connection with reasonable settlements made before
final adjudication with the approval of the Board of Directors, if such person has not acted, or in
the judgment or the shareholders or directors of the Company has not acted, with willful or
intentional misconduct. The indemnification provided for in the Company&#146;s By-Laws is expressly not
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled as a matter of
law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors of the Company will not be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, whether or not an individual continues to be a director at the time such
liability is asserted, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
the Company or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the repurchase or redemption
of stock, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">See Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately following signature pages.
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    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10 (a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement; <I>provided</I>,
<I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i)&nbsp;and (a) (1) (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the Registrant pursuant Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
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 initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions referred to in Item&nbsp;6 hereof, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
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 of 1933 and
will be governed by the final jurisdiction of such issue</TD>
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</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, 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 Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on July
31, 2009.
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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 align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY&nbsp;<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/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Lamar Advertising Company, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. and Keith A. Istre, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments
thereto), and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in our name and
behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Lamar Advertising Company to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <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/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer), and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ Keith A. Istre
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Keith A. Istre
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;(Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ John Maxwell Hamilton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Maxwell Hamilton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ John E. Koerner, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John E. Koerner, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ Edward H. McDermott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward H. McDermott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ Stephen P. Mumblow
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen P. Mumblow
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director &nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 31, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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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/ Anna Reilly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anna Reilly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ Wendell Reilly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wendell Reilly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</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/ Thomas Reifenheiser
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas Reifenheiser
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar Advertising Company (the &#147;Company&#148;).
Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.
0-30242) filed on February&nbsp;22, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;0-30242) filed on August&nbsp;27, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate for the shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock of the Company. Previously
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.
333-5479), and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP as to the legality of the securities
registered hereunder. Filed herewith.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP. Included in its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 31, 2009
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
72-1449411
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5551 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
70808
(Zip Code)
2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lamar Advertising Company
5551 Corporate Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
(Name and address of agent for service)
(225) 926-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Stacie S. Aarestad, Esq.
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7613
(617) 239-0100
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 "accelerated filer,"
"large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
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 to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price(3)
registration fee
Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value per share
588,154 shares
$
18.475
$
10,866,145.15
$
606.34
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent additional shares of our
Class A Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other
distribution declared at any time by our Board of Directors while this Registration Statement
is in effect, this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional Class
A Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933. The price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low asked prices of the registrant's common
stock on July 27, 2009 as reported on The Nasdaq National Market.
(3)
This Registration Statement registers (i) 500,000 shares issuable under our 2009 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the "2009 Plan"), and (ii) the 88,154 shares that were previously
registered but no longer remain available for purchase under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan due to its termination on June 30, 2009 that have been added to the aggregate number of
shares of our Class A Common Stock that may be purchased under the 2009 Plan . We have
previously registered 924,032 shares issuable under our 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the
predecessor of the 2009 Plan (Registration Statement Nos. 333-130267, 333-116007 and
333-34840).
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of documents by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of documents by reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed as part hereof:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008;
(b)
The Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange
Commission on March 6, 2009, March 19, 2009, March 20, 2009, March 27, 2009, April 8,
2009, May 29, 2009, July 28, 2009 and the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 7, 1996, as amended by Forms 8-A/A
filed on July 31, 1996 and July 27, 1999, including any further amendment or report
filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all shares of Class A common stock offered hereunder have been sold
or that deregisters all shares of Class A common stock remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants the Company the power to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with any such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful, provided, however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any proceeding
brought by or in the right of the Company where the person involved is adjudged to be liable to the
Company except to the extent approved by a court.
The Company's By-Laws provide that any person who is made a party to any action, suit or proceeding
because such person is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Company will be
indemnified and held harmless
against all claims, liabilities and expenses, including those expenses incurred in defending a
claim and amounts paid
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or agreed to be paid in connection with reasonable settlements made before
final adjudication with the approval of the Board of Directors, if such person has not acted, or in
the judgment or the shareholders or directors of the Company has not acted, with willful or
intentional misconduct. The indemnification provided for in the Company's By-Laws is expressly not
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled as a matter of
law.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors of the Company will not be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, whether or not an individual continues to be a director at the time such
liability is asserted, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the repurchase or redemption
of stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index immediately following signature pages.
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 of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the Registrant pursuant Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities 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 of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section
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15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
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 initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions referred to in Item 6 hereof, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
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 of 1933 and
will be governed by the final jurisdiction of such issue
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on July
31, 2009.
LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
By:
/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Lamar Advertising Company, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Kevin P. Reilly, Jr. and Keith A. Istre, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments
thereto), and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in our name and
behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Lamar Advertising Company to comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact may 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.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer), and Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Keith A. Istre
Keith A. Istre
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
July 31, 2009
/s/ John Maxwell Hamilton
John Maxwell Hamilton
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ John E. Koerner, III
John E. Koerner, III
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Edward H. McDermott
Edward H. McDermott
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Stephen P. Mumblow
Stephen P. Mumblow
Director
July 31, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Anna Reilly
Anna Reilly
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Wendell Reilly
Wendell Reilly
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Thomas Reifenheiser
Thomas Reifenheiser
Director
July 31, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar Advertising Company (the "Company").
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.
0-30242) filed on February 22, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 0-30242) filed on August 27, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Specimen certificate for the shares of Class A common stock of the Company. Previously
filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-5479), and incorporated herein by reference.
5.1
Opinion of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP as to the legality of the securities
registered hereunder. Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. Included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).
99.1
2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Previously filed as Appendix B to the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement, filed on April 24, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.