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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;24, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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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>SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-2535684</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>1380 Rt. 286 East, Suite #121<BR>
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701<BR>
(724)&nbsp;465-8904</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Copy to:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>David E. Wallace <BR>
Chief Executive Officer <BR>
1380 Rt. 286 East, Suite #121<BR>
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701<BR>
(724)&nbsp;465-8904</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Brett E. Braden<BR>
Regina Schlatter<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
717 Texas Avenue, 16th floor<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;546-5400</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF THE REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Common Stock, par value $0.01</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$16.83</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$10,098,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
Superior Well Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), are being registered
hereunder. Such number represents shares that may be purchased in the open market pursuant to
the Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration
Statement shall automatically cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
purchasable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar
transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457. The
maximum aggregate offering price per share and aggregate offering price is based on the
average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock
Market on June&nbsp;21, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Proposed sale to take place from time to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is not being prepared with or included in
this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents that the Company filed with the Commission are incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;9, 2010,
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6,
2010, for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;19,
2010 and May 5, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;15, 2005, including any subsequently filed
amendments and reports updating such description.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. A report furnished on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. 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 to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which 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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a
corporation may 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 he 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
another 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 him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that a corporation similarly may
indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity 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 by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Superior Well
Services, Inc.&#146;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that indemnification shall be to
the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL for all current or former directors or officers of
Superior Well Services, Inc. As permitted by the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation provides
that directors of Superior Well Services, Inc. shall have no personal liability to Superior Well
Services, Inc. or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Superior Well Services, Inc. or its
stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from
which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and
directors.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits on page 7.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will submit a request for a determination letter with the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the Plan in a timely manner and will timely make all changes required by the Internal
Revenue Service in order to qualify the Plans under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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, 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 reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective 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="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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 the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall 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</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to the Commission 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.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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, 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 herein, 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="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling 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.</TD>
</TR>







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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant</I>: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Superior Well Services,
Inc. 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 Indiana, State of Pennsylvania on
June&nbsp;24, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, INC.<BR>
(Registrant)</B><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/ David E. Wallace&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David E. Wallace&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of<br>
the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints David E. Wallace and
Thomas W. Stoelk, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in the capacities
stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this
Registration Statement and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting
to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of
the undersigned required to be done in the premises.
</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 below by the following persons in the capacities indicated
below on June&nbsp;24, 2010.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="70%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David E. Wallace&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David E. Wallace
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas W. Stoelk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas W. Stoelk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David E. Snyder&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David E. Snyder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark A. Snyder&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Snyder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles C. Neal&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles C. Neal
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A. Staley&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John A. Staley, IV
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward J. DiPaolo&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward J. DiPaolo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony J. Mendicino&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony J. Mendicino
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Plan</I>: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustee (or other persons
who administer the Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan) has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Indiana, State of Pennsylvania on June&nbsp;24, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, LTD.<BR>
401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN</B><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/ Thomas W. Stoelk&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Thomas W. Stoelk&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <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>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B>                                        </TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Stock Certificate representing our common stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A (Registration No.&nbsp;333-124674) filed on
June&nbsp;24, 2005)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Schneider Downs &#038; Co., Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this
Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Filed herewith</B></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
20-2535684
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1380 Rt. 286 East, Suite #121
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701
(724) 465-8904
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Copy to:
David E. Wallace
Chief Executive Officer
1380 Rt. 286 East, Suite #121
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701
(724) 465-8904
Brett E. Braden
Regina Schlatter
Latham & Watkins LLP
717 Texas Avenue, 16th floor
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 546-5400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
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CALCULATION OF THE REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01
600,000 Shares
$16.83
$10,098,000
$719.99
(1)
600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Superior Well Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), are being registered
hereunder. Such number represents shares that may be purchased in the open market pursuant to
the Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement shall automatically cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
purchasable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar
transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457. The
maximum aggregate offering price per share and aggregate offering price is based on the
average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock
Market on June 21, 2010.
Proposed sale to take place from time to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being prepared with or included in
this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents that the Company filed with the Commission are incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Registration Statement:
•
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 9, 2010,
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009;
•
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 6,
2010, for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010;
•
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 19,
2010 and May 5, 2010; and
•
The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the Commission on July 15, 2005, including any subsequently filed
amendments and reports updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. A report furnished on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. 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 to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which 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.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL") provides that a
corporation may 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 he 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
another 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 him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly may
indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity 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 by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent
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of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Superior Well
Services, Inc.'s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that indemnification shall be to
the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL for all current or former directors or officers of
Superior Well Services, Inc. As permitted by the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation provides
that directors of Superior Well Services, Inc. shall have no personal liability to Superior Well
Services, Inc. or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Superior Well Services, Inc. or its
stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (4) for any transaction from
which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and
directors.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See the Index to Exhibits on page 7.
The Company will submit a request for a determination letter with the Internal Revenue Service
regarding the Plan in a timely manner and will timely make all changes required by the Internal
Revenue Service in order to qualify the Plans under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement;
(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) shall 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
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to the Commission 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 herein, 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling 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
The Registrant
: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Superior Well Services,
Inc. 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 Indiana, State of Pennsylvania on
June 24, 2010.
SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ David E. Wallace
David E. Wallace
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Board of Directors
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints David E. Wallace and
Thomas W. Stoelk, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in the capacities
stated below, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this
Registration Statement and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting
to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of
the undersigned required to be done in the premises.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated
below on June 24, 2010.
Signature
Capacity
/s/ David E. Wallace
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
David E. Wallace
/s/ Thomas W. Stoelk
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Thomas W. Stoelk
/s/ David E. Snyder
Director
David E. Snyder
/s/ Mark A. Snyder
Director
Mark A. Snyder
/s/ Charles C. Neal
Director
Charles C. Neal
/s/ John A. Staley
Director
John A. Staley, IV
/s/ Edward J. DiPaolo
Director
Edward J. DiPaolo
/s/ Anthony J. Mendicino
Director
Anthony J. Mendicino
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The Plan
: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the trustee (or other persons
who administer the Superior Well Services, Ltd. 401(k) Retirement Plan) has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in
the City of Indiana, State of Pennsylvania on June 24, 2010.
SUPERIOR WELL SERVICES, LTD.
401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN
By:
/s/ Thomas W. Stoelk
Thomas W. Stoelk
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate representing our common stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-124674) filed on
June 24, 2005)
23.1*
Consent of Schneider Downs & Co., Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this
Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith
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