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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;12, 2009
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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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Horizon Lines, 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="bottom"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4064 Colony Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Horizon Lines, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,<BR>
as amended and restated and as subsequently amended</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Robert S. Zuckerman<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
4064 Colony Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211</B><BR>
(704)&nbsp;973-7000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:<BR>
Jason H. Scott, Esq.<BR>
McGuireWoods LLP<BR>
201 North Tryon Street<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</DIV>

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<TR valign="top"><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 align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">600,000 shares
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.745
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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 also covers any
additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the
above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of
the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
June&nbsp;8,
2009 in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated by reference herein and in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration
Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;21, 2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;22,
2009; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January&nbsp;21, 2009, February&nbsp;4,
2009, March&nbsp;19, 2009, April&nbsp;29, 2009, May&nbsp;20, 2009, June&nbsp;5, 2009 and June&nbsp;12, 2009 (in each
case, other than information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that is contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;21, 2005,
incorporating such description from the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
initially filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;2, 2005 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-123073), as subsequently
amended by amendments to such Registration Statement filed with the SEC.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (other than any information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have
been filed) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto that either indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is 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 so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant will provide without charge to each participant in the 2009 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, on the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically
incorporated by reference in such documents). Written requests for such copies should be addressed
to: Horizon Lines, Inc., Attn: Office of the General Counsel, 4064 Colony Road, Suite&nbsp;200,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211. Telephone requests may be directed to 704.973.7000.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;Delaware Corporation Law&#148;)
provides, in general, that a corporation shall have 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), because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of any other enterprise. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have
reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145(b) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation shall have
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 or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of any other enterprise, against any expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation shall have
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any
liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person&#146;s status
as such, regardless of whether
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the
provisions of the law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Registrant expressly
provides that a director of the Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
such exemption from liability or such limitation thereof is not permitted by the Delaware
Corporation Law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Registrant provides
that each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of
the fact that such person (i)&nbsp;is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant or (ii)
serves or served as a director, officer, or employee of any other enterprise (as defined below)
either (x)&nbsp;at the request of the Registrant or (y)&nbsp;that is or was a direct or indirect subsidiary
(whether wholly owned or otherwise) of the Registrant at the time of such person&#146;s service as a
director, officer or employee of such other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, and not otherwise prohibited by applicable law; provided, however,
that except for proceedings by any such person to enforce rights to indemnification, the Registrant
shall not be obligated to indemnify such person (or the heirs, executors or administrators of such
person) in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such
person (or the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) unless such action, suit or
proceeding was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. For
purposes of Article&nbsp;VII of such certificate of incorporation, the term &#147;other enterprise&#148; shall
include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, Article&nbsp;VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the
Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, and not otherwise prohibited by applicable law, may advance to any
person who is or was an officer, director or employee of the Registrant (and the heirs, executors
and administrators of such person) any and all expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys
fees and disbursements and court costs) reasonably incurred by such person in respect of defending
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
such person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, by reason of the fact that
such person (i)&nbsp;is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or (ii)&nbsp;serves or served as a
director, officer, or employee of any other enterprise either (x)&nbsp;at the request of the Registrant
or (y)&nbsp;that is or was a direct or indirect subsidiary (whether wholly owned or otherwise) of the
Registrant at the time of such person&#146;s service as a director, officer or employee of such other
enterprise; provided, however, that, to the extent the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Registrant of
an undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified against such expense
under such Article&nbsp;VII or otherwise. The Registrant, by provisions in its Bylaws or by agreement,
may accord any such person the right to, or regulate the manner of providing to any such person,
such advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with certain officers and directors of
the Registrant and its subsidiaries. The indemnification agreements will provide indemnification to
such individuals under certain circumstances for acts or omissions which may not be covered by
directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance, and may, in some cases, be broader than the specific
indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. The Registrant has also obtained
directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance, which insures against liabilities that its directors
or officers may incur in such capacities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and the Registrant&#146;s
certificate of incorporation dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not
purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of
Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Corporation Law and Article&nbsp;VII of the amended and restated certificate
of incorporation of the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Horizon Lines, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed by the Registrant on
April&nbsp;16, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5(a)
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP as to the legality of the securities being
registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5(a))</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(1)&nbsp;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 of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;); (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
(notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement); and (iii)&nbsp;to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(2)&nbsp;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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(3)&nbsp;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; margin-left: 2%">(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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(c)&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 SEC 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 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 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">SIGNATURES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on this 12th day of
June, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">HORIZON LINES, INC.<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 G. Raymond
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles G. Raymond&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles G. Raymond and Robert S. Zuckerman, and each of them, severally
(with full power to act alone) as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place, and
stead of the undersigned in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the
registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto and any registration statements
filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits hereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles G. Raymond
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Charles G. Raymond
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;12, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael T. Avara
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael T. Avara
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer <br>(Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;12, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Norman Y. Mineta
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Norman Y. Mineta
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dan A. Colussy
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dan A. Colussy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James G. Cameron
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James G. Cameron
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William J. Flynn
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William J. Flynn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James W. Down
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Down
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Vern Clark
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Vern Clark
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alex J. Mandl
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alex J. Mandl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;5, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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HORIZON LINES, INC.
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 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
Horizon Lines, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
4064 Colony Road, Suite 200
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
74-3123672
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Horizon Lines, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
as amended and restated and as subsequently amended
(Full title of the plan)
Robert S. Zuckerman
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
4064 Colony Road, Suite 200
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
(704) 973-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jason H. Scott, Esq.
McGuireWoods LLP
201 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
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
Proposed
maximum
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
price per share (2)
offering price (2)
registration fee (2)
Common Stock
600,000 shares
$4.745
$2,847,000
$159
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any
additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the
above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction.
(2)
Determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of
the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
June 8,
2009 in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.(A) OPINION OF MCGUIREWOODS LLP
EX-23.(B) CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
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
"SEC") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference herein and in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration
Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 21, 2008;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 22,
2009; and
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January 21, 2009, February 4,
2009, March 19, 2009, April 29, 2009, May 20, 2009, June 5, 2009 and June 12, 2009 (in each
case, other than information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed).
(d) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock that is contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September 21, 2005,
incorporating such description from the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
initially filed with the SEC on March 2, 2005 (Registration No. 333-123073), as subsequently
amended by amendments to such Registration Statement filed with the SEC.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (other than any information that is furnished but that is deemed not to have
been filed) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto that either indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a
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statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is 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 so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
The Registrant will provide without charge to each participant in the 2009 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, on the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents
incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically
incorporated by reference in such documents). Written requests for such copies should be addressed
to: Horizon Lines, Inc., Attn: Office of the General Counsel, 4064 Colony Road, Suite 200,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28211. Telephone requests may be directed to 704.973.7000.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("Delaware Corporation Law")
provides, in general, that a corporation shall have 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), because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of any other enterprise. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person did not have
reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation shall have
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 or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of any other enterprise, against any expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation shall have
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any
liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person's status
as such, regardless of whether
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the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the
provisions of the law.
Article VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Registrant expressly
provides that a director of the Registrant shall not be liable to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent
such exemption from liability or such limitation thereof is not permitted by the Delaware
Corporation Law.
Article VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Registrant provides
that each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of
the fact that such person (i) is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant or (ii)
serves or served as a director, officer, or employee of any other enterprise (as defined below)
either (x) at the request of the Registrant or (y) that is or was a direct or indirect subsidiary
(whether wholly owned or otherwise) of the Registrant at the time of such person's service as a
director, officer or employee of such other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, and not otherwise prohibited by applicable law; provided, however,
that except for proceedings by any such person to enforce rights to indemnification, the Registrant
shall not be obligated to indemnify such person (or the heirs, executors or administrators of such
person) in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such
person (or the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) unless such action, suit or
proceeding was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Registrant. For
purposes of Article VII of such certificate of incorporation, the term "other enterprise" shall
include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise.
In addition, Article VII of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the
Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, and not otherwise prohibited by applicable law, may advance to any
person who is or was an officer, director or employee of the Registrant (and the heirs, executors
and administrators of such person) any and all expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys
fees and disbursements and court costs) reasonably incurred by such person in respect of defending
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
such person was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, by reason of the fact that
such person (i) is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or (ii) serves or served as a
director, officer, or employee of any other enterprise either (x) at the request of the Registrant
or (y) that is or was a direct or indirect subsidiary (whether wholly owned or otherwise) of the
Registrant at the time of such person's service as a director, officer or employee of such other
enterprise; provided, however, that, to the extent the Delaware Corporation Law, as amended or
supplemented from time to time, requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Registrant of
an undertaking, by or on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified against such expense
under such Article VII or otherwise. The Registrant, by provisions in its Bylaws or by agreement,
may accord any such person the right to, or regulate the manner of providing to any such person,
such advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation Law, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
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The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with certain officers and directors of
the Registrant and its subsidiaries. The indemnification agreements will provide indemnification to
such individuals under certain circumstances for acts or omissions which may not be covered by
directors' and officers' liability insurance, and may, in some cases, be broader than the specific
indemnification provisions contained under Delaware law. The Registrant has also obtained
directors' and officers' liability insurance, which insures against liabilities that its directors
or officers may incur in such capacities.
The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and the Registrant's
certificate of incorporation dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not
purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of
Section 145 of the Delaware Corporation Law and Article VII of the amended and restated certificate
of incorporation of the Registrant.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
Horizon Lines, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Registrant on
April 16, 2009
5(a)
Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP as to the legality of the securities being
registered
23(a)
Consent of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit 5(a))
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24(a)
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration
Statement)
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, as amended
(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
(notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be
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reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement); and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, that are
incorporated by reference in the 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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) 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 SEC 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 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 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, 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 Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on this 12th day of
June, 2009.
HORIZON LINES, INC.
By:
/s/ Charles G. Raymond
Charles G. Raymond
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles G. Raymond and Robert S. Zuckerman, and each of them, severally
(with full power to act alone) as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place, and
stead of the undersigned in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the
registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto and any registration statements
filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits hereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their
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 the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles G. Raymond
Charles G. Raymond
Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
June 12, 2009
/s/ Michael T. Avara
Michael T. Avara
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 12, 2009
/s/ Norman Y. Mineta
Norman Y. Mineta
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Dan A. Colussy
Dan A. Colussy
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ James G. Cameron
James G. Cameron
Director
June 5, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William J. Flynn
William J. Flynn
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ James W. Down
James W. Down
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Vern Clark
Vern Clark
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Alex J. Mandl
Alex J. Mandl
Director
June 5, 2009
/s/ Thomas P. Storrs
Thomas P. Storrs
Director
June 5, 2009
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4(a)
Horizon Lines, Inc. 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed by the Registrant on
April 16, 2009
5(a)
Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP as to the legality of the securities being
registered
23(a)
Consent of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit 5(a))
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24(a)
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration
Statement)