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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;6, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 3pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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>GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.</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>Louisiana</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>72-1212563</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8000 Global Drive<BR>
Carlyss, Louisiana 70665</B><BR>
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan<BR>
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Russell J. Robicheaux <BR>
Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President and<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
Global Industries, Ltd. <BR>
11490 Westheimer, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
Houston, Texas 77077<BR>
(281)&nbsp;529-7979</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Bryan K. Brown<BR>
Porter &#038; Hedges, L.L.P.<BR>
1000 Main Street, 36</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP> <B>Floor<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002-6336<BR>
(713)&nbsp;226-6000</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD rowspan="3"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,152,030</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">47,089,554</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">47,089,554</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,628</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Global Industries,
Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average of
the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on
October&nbsp;1, 2009, $9.14.</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 1. PLAN INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Explanatory Note</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement relates to the registration of (i)&nbsp;152,030 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Global Industries, Ltd. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
reserved for issuance and delivery under the Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan and
(ii)&nbsp;5,000,000 additional shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance and delivery under the
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2005 Plan&#148;). The increase in the number of
shares authorized to be issued under the 2005 Plan was approved by the Registrant&#146;s shareholders on
May&nbsp;20, 2009. Pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-147173), the
Registrant has previously registered shares of Common Stock to be issued under the 2005 Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in prospectuses meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), is
omitted from this registration statement (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) in accordance with the
Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in prospectuses meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Global Industries, Ltd., a Louisiana corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated into
this Registration Statement by reference:
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March&nbsp;2, 2009, except for Items 6, 7 and 8
which have been updated by our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October&nbsp;6, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on May&nbsp;7, 2009 and August&nbsp;6, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;26, 2009, March&nbsp;23, 2009, May&nbsp;7,
2009, June&nbsp;18, 2009, August&nbsp;6, 2009, September&nbsp;8, 2009 and October&nbsp;6, 2009,
excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any such
current report on Form 8-K; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>A description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in its registration
statement on Form 8-A filed on July&nbsp;8, 1993 and including any other amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), (excluding
any information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 on any current report on Form 8-K),
subsequent to the filing date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 4</B>. <B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;83 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Louisiana (the &#147;LBCL&#148;), a
Louisiana corporation has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including any action by
or in right of the corporation, brought against them by reason of the fact that they were or are
such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding. Article&nbsp;VI
of the Company&#146;s amended and restated articles of incorporation (the &#147;articles of incorporation&#148;)
provides that the Company shall indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s bylaws (the &#147;bylaws&#148;) provides for indemnification of
each person who is or was made a party to or was involved in any actual or threatened civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding because such person is, was or
has agreed to become an officer or director of the Company or is a person who is or was serving or
has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, or other
enterprise (including service with respect to employee benefit plans) to the fullest extent
permitted by the LBCL as it existed at the time the indemnification provisions of the articles of
incorporation and bylaws were adopted or as the LBCL may be thereafter amended. Article&nbsp;VI of the
bylaws expressly provides that it is not the exclusive method of indemnification.
</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 directors, which
provide for its directors and officers to be named as insureds under any directors&#146; and officers&#146;
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. The indemnification agreements also provide
that the Company will indemnify each director against losses and expenses resulting from a claim or
claims made against such director for any act, failure to act or neglect or breach of duty,
including: (1)&nbsp;any error, misstatement or misleading statement committed, suffered, permitted or
acquiesced in by the director, or (2)&nbsp;any of the foregoing alleged by any claimant, or any claim
against the director or executive officer solely by reason of such person being a director or
officer of the Company, subject to certain exclusions. The indemnification agreements also provide
certain procedures regarding the right to indemnification and for the advancement of expenses.
These provisions, however, do not alter the liability of officers and directors under federal
securities laws and do not affect the right to sue, nor to recover monetary damages, under federal
securities laws for violations thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the articles of incorporation and Article&nbsp;VI of the bylaws also provide that the
Company may maintain insurance, at its own expense, to protect itself and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents or any person serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power
to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the LBCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;24 of the LBCL permits the limitation of directors&#146; personal liability to the
corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
except in certain situations including breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or acts or omissions
not made in good faith. Article&nbsp;VI of the articles of incorporation limits directors&#146; personal
liability to the extent permitted by Section&nbsp;24 of the LBCL.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</B>
</DIV>


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

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3 to Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;33-56600) filed by the Company on
February&nbsp;9, 1993).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">3.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Company, as amended through October&nbsp;31, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;33-56600) filed by the
Company on December&nbsp;31, 1992).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">*5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Porter &#038; Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the securities.</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">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed (File No.
33-56600) filed by the Company on December&nbsp;31, 1992).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.42 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">10.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Amendment to the Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April&nbsp;3, 2009).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 Porter &#038; Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">*23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</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">*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 (included on signature page of this registration statement).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
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%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
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.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Houston, state of Texas, on this 6th day of October,
2009.
</DIV>

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    <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>GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.</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/ John A. Clerico
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John A. Clerico&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Peter S. Atkinson and Russell J. Robicheaux, and each of them, either of whom may act
without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and supplements to
this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the
substitute or substitutes of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 In Which Signed</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A. Clerico
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John A. Clerico
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal&nbsp;Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>October&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey B. Levos
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey B. Levos
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;(Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Trudy P. McConnaughhay
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Trudy P. McConnaughhay
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward P. Djerejian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward P. Djerejian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October&nbsp;6, 2009</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William J. Dor&#233;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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Larry E. Farmer
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Edgar G. Hotard
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James L. Payne
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3 to Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;33-56600) filed by the Company on
February&nbsp;9, 1993).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Company, as amended through October&nbsp;31, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</DIV></TD>
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    <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">Form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;33-56600) filed by the
Company on December&nbsp;31, 1992).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Porter &#038; Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the securities.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed (File No.
33-56600) filed by the Company on December&nbsp;31, 1992).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.42 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21086).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Amendment to the Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April&nbsp;3, 2009).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Porter &#038; Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 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
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Louisiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
72-1212563
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8000 Global Drive
Carlyss, Louisiana 70665
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Name, Address and Telephone
Copy of Communications to:
Number of Agent for Service:
Russell J. Robicheaux
Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Global Industries, Ltd.
11490 Westheimer, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77077
(281) 529-7979
Bryan K. Brown
Porter & Hedges, L.L.P.
1000 Main Street, 36
th
Floor
Houston, Texas 77002-6336
(713) 226-6000
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
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Proposed
Amount to
Proposed Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
be Registered (1)
Price per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
5,152,030
$
47,089,554
$
47,089,554
$
2,628
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock issuable as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the Global Industries,
Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and the Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c), the registration fee is calculated on the basis of the average of
the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on
October 1, 2009, $9.14.
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 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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Explanatory Note
This registration statement relates to the registration of (i) 152,030 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Global Industries, Ltd. (the "Registrant"),
reserved for issuance and delivery under the Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan and
(ii) 5,000,000 additional shares of the Common Stock reserved for issuance and delivery under the
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2005 Plan"). The increase in the number of
shares authorized to be issued under the 2005 Plan was approved by the Registrant's shareholders on
May 20, 2009. Pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-147173), the
Registrant has previously registered shares of Common Stock to be issued under the 2005 Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in prospectuses meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), is
omitted from this registration statement (this "Registration Statement") in accordance with the
Note to Part I of Form S-8.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in prospectuses meeting the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act 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 Global Industries, Ltd., a Louisiana corporation (the
"Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated into
this Registration Statement by reference:
•
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2009, except for Items 6, 7 and 8
which have been updated by our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2009;
•
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2009 and August 6, 2009;
•
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2009, March 23, 2009, May 7,
2009, June 18, 2009, August 6, 2009, September 8, 2009 and October 6, 2009,
excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any such
current report on Form 8-K; and
•
A description of the Company's common stock contained in its registration
statement on Form 8-A filed on July 8, 1993 and including any other amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (excluding
any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any current report on Form 8-K),
subsequent to the filing date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such documents.
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ITEM 4
.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Under Section 83 of the Business Corporation Law of the State of Louisiana (the "LBCL"), a
Louisiana corporation has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with threatened, pending or completed actions, suits
or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including any action by
or in right of the corporation, brought against them by reason of the fact that they were or are
such directors, officers, employees or agents, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding. Article VI
of the Company's amended and restated articles of incorporation (the "articles of incorporation")
provides that the Company shall indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Article VI of the Company's bylaws (the "bylaws") provides for indemnification of
each person who is or was made a party to or was involved in any actual or threatened civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding because such person is, was or
has agreed to become an officer or director of the Company or is a person who is or was serving or
has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, or other
enterprise (including service with respect to employee benefit plans) to the fullest extent
permitted by the LBCL as it existed at the time the indemnification provisions of the articles of
incorporation and bylaws were adopted or as the LBCL may be thereafter amended. Article VI of the
bylaws expressly provides that it is not the exclusive method of indemnification.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, which
provide for its directors and officers to be named as insureds under any directors' and officers'
liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. The indemnification agreements also provide
that the Company will indemnify each director against losses and expenses resulting from a claim or
claims made against such director for any act, failure to act or neglect or breach of duty,
including: (1) any error, misstatement or misleading statement committed, suffered, permitted or
acquiesced in by the director, or (2) any of the foregoing alleged by any claimant, or any claim
against the director or executive officer solely by reason of such person being a director or
officer of the Company, subject to certain exclusions. The indemnification agreements also provide
certain procedures regarding the right to indemnification and for the advancement of expenses.
These provisions, however, do not alter the liability of officers and directors under federal
securities laws and do not affect the right to sue, nor to recover monetary damages, under federal
securities laws for violations thereof.
Article VI of the articles of incorporation and Article VI of the bylaws also provide that the
Company may maintain insurance, at its own expense, to protect itself and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents or any person serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power
to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the LBCL.
Section 24 of the LBCL permits the limitation of directors' personal liability to the
corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
except in certain situations including breach of a director's duty of loyalty or acts or omissions
not made in good faith. Article VI of the articles of incorporation limits directors' personal
liability to the extent permitted by Section 24 of the LBCL.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3 to Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-56600) filed by the Company on
February 9, 1993).
3.2
Bylaws of the Company, as amended through October 31, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 000-21086).
4.1
Form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-56600) filed by the
Company on December 31, 1992).
*5.1
Opinion of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the securities.
10.1
Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (File No.
33-56600) filed by the Company on December 31, 1992).
10.2
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.42 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-21086).
10.3
First Amendment to the Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on April 3, 2009).
*23.1
Consent of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. 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 prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% 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;
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provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant
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.
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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas, on this 6th day of October,
2009.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
By:
/s/ John A. Clerico
John A. Clerico
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Peter S. Atkinson and Russell J. Robicheaux, and each of them, either of whom may act
without joinder of the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments and supplements to
this registration statement, and to file the same, or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the
substitute or substitutes of either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity In Which Signed
Date
/s/ John A. Clerico
John A. Clerico
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
October 6, 2009
/s/ Jeffrey B. Levos
Jeffrey B. Levos
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
October 6, 2009
/s/ Trudy P. McConnaughhay
Trudy P. McConnaughhay
Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
October 6, 2009
/s/ Edward P. Djerejian
Edward P. Djerejian
Director
October 6, 2009
/s/ William J. Doré
William J. Doré
Director
October 6, 2009
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Signature
Capacity In Which Signed
Date
/s/ Larry E. Farmer
Larry E. Farmer
Director
October 6, 2009
/s/ Edgar G. Hotard
Edgar G. Hotard
Director
October 6, 2009
/s/ James L. Payne
James L. Payne
Director
October 6, 2009
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.3 to Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-56600) filed by the Company on
February 9, 1993).
3.2
Bylaws of the Company, as amended through October 31, 2007 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 000-21086).
4.1
Form of Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-56600) filed by the
Company on December 31, 1992).
*5.1
Opinion of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. with respect to the legality of the securities.
10.1
Global Industries, Ltd. 1992 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (File No.
33-56600) filed by the Company on December 31, 1992).
10.2
Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.42 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-21086).
10.3
First Amendment to the Global Industries, Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on April 3, 2009).
*23.1
Consent of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith.