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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-_____</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;23, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Double Eagle Petroleum Co.</B>
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<I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Maryland</B><BR>
<I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>83-0214692</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<B>1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;2200<BR>

Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>

(303)&nbsp;794-8445</B><BR>

<I>(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s

Principal Executive Offices)</I></DIV>


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<B>2010 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>

<I>(Full Name of Plan)</I><BR>

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<B>Richard D. Dole, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>

Double Eagle Petroleum Co.<BR>

1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;2200<BR>

Denver, CO 80202<BR>

(303)&nbsp;794-8445</B><BR>

<I>(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for

Service)</I></DIV>


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<B>Copy to:<BR>

Alan L. Talensick, Esq.<BR>

Melissa L. Mong, Esq.<BR>

Patton Boggs LLP<BR>

1801 California Street, Suite&nbsp;4900<BR>

Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>

(303)&nbsp;830-1776</B></DIV>


<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.</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</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 nowrap align="left">Title of Securities</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000 (3)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.05</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$8,100,000</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers 2,000,000 shares of common stock that may be issued from time to time by the Registrant
pursuant to its 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. To the extent additional shares of common stock may be issued or become issuable as
a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or other distribution involving the common stock while this registration statement is
in effect, this registration statement hereby is deemed to cover all such additional shares of common stock in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>The price of $4.05 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, as reported
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July&nbsp;19, 2010, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>Represents shares of common stock available for future grants under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) registers shares of
our common stock underlying options and other awards that may be issued to certain of our
employees, directors and consultants under our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (&#147;2010 Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as permitted by the Note in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. This
information will be sent or given to participating employees as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). These document(s) and the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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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;We are incorporating by reference the documents or portions of documents listed below that
were filed with the Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), except to the extent that any information contained in such filings is deemed
&#147;furnished&#148; in accordance with applicable rules and regulations:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;30, 2009 and
filed on March&nbsp;4, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2010 and
filed on April&nbsp;29, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;5, 2010, April&nbsp;26, 2010, May&nbsp;28,
2010, and June&nbsp;24, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>To the extent incorporated by reference into the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on April&nbsp;12, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock set forth in our prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;18,
1996, and all amendments and reports filed by us to update that description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents that we may file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
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    <TD><B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the common stock being offered hereby has been passed upon for us by Patton
Boggs LLP. Attorneys employed by that law firm beneficially own an aggregate of approximately
50,500 shares of our common stock and 3,000 shares of our preferred stock. Attorneys employed by
that law firm also own an aggregate 1.125&nbsp;percent working interest in certain oil and gas leases in
a project area in which we are the operator and also a working interest owner.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2-418 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland (the &#147;Maryland Code&#148;)
provides for mandatory indemnification against reasonable expenses incurred by directors and
officers of a corporation in connection with an action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of
their position as a director or officer if they are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
defense of the proceeding. In addition, a corporation may indemnify directors or officers in such
proceedings if the director or officer acted in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">and, in the case of a criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Maryland Code also permits a corporation to expand the rights to indemnification by a
provision in its bylaws, by an agreement, by resolution of shareholders or directors not involved
in the proceeding, or otherwise. However, a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer if
the proceeding was one by or on behalf of the corporation and in the proceeding the director of
officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary. We also have adopted, in our Articles of Incorporation, a provision under Section
2-405.2 of the Maryland Code that eliminates and limits certain personal liability of directors and
officers for monetary damages for breaches of the fiduciary duty of care.
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>EXEMPTION FROM REGISRTATION CLAIMED</B></TD>
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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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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>EXHIBITS</B></TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;24, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference
to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on August&nbsp;24, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles Supplementary, filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation on
June&nbsp;29, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Double Eagle&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated July&nbsp;29, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.3
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles Supplementary of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;B, dated as of August
21, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Double Eagle&#146;s Current Report of Form
8-K dated August&nbsp;28, 2007).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.4
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Senior Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 of Double Eagle&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;S-3, File No.&nbsp;333-163292, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;23, 2009 ).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.5
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 of Double
Eagle&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;S-3, File No.&nbsp;333-163292, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;23, 2009 ).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">5.1
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion and Consent of Patton Boggs LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10.1
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2010 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Hein &#038; Associates LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Patton Boggs LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 6pt">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">24.1
</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</DIV></TD>
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</DIV>


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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to:
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<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">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</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">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 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 a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.</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">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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>
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</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference to the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provision, 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 final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that its 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 Denver, Colorado on the 23rd day of July&nbsp;2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>DOUBLE EAGLE PETROLEUM CO.</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/ Richard D. Dole
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard D. Dole&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below appoints Kurtis S. Hooley, individually, as true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to sign any amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to each registration
statement amended hereby, and to file the same, with all exhibits and other related documents, with
the Commission, with full power and authority to perform any necessary or appropriate act in
connection with the amendment(s).
</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 and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard D. Dole
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard D. Dole
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer, and<br>
Chairman of the Board (Principal<br>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sigmund Balaban
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sigmund Balaban
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roy G. Cohee
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roy G. Cohee
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brent Hathaway
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brent Hathaway
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kurtis S. Hooley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kurtis S. Hooley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President<br>
(Principal Financial Officer and<br>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;23, 2010</TD>
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    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;24, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference
to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on August&nbsp;24, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles Supplementary, filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation on
June&nbsp;29, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Double Eagle&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated June&nbsp;29, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles Supplementary of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series&nbsp;B, dated as of August
21, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Double Eagle&#146;s Current Report of Form
8-K dated August&nbsp;28, 2007).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Senior Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 of Double Eagle&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;S-3, File No.&nbsp;333-163292, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;23, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 of Double
Eagle&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;S-3, File No.&nbsp;333-163292, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;23, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and Consent of Patton Boggs LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Stock Incentive Plan</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hein &#038; Associates LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Patton Boggs LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</TD>
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Registration Statement No. 333-_____
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2010
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Double Eagle Petroleum Co.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
83-0214692
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1675 Broadway, Suite 2200
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 794-8445
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's

Principal Executive Offices)
2010 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Name of Plan)
Richard D. Dole, President and Chief Executive Officer
Double Eagle Petroleum Co.
1675 Broadway, Suite 2200
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 794-8445
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for

Service)
Copy to:
Alan L. Talensick, Esq.
Melissa L. Mong, Esq.
Patton Boggs LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 4900
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 830-1776
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
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF 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 (2)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
2,000,000 (3)
$4.05
$8,100,000
$577.53
(1)
This Registration Statement covers 2,000,000 shares of common stock that may be issued from time to time by the Registrant
pursuant to its 2010 Stock Incentive Plan. To the extent additional shares of common stock may be issued or become issuable as
a result of a stock split, stock dividend, or other distribution involving the common stock while this registration statement is
in effect, this registration statement hereby is deemed to cover all such additional shares of common stock in accordance with
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
The price of $4.05 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock, as reported
on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 19, 2010, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(3)
Represents shares of common stock available for future grants under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISRTATION CLAIMED
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-10.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") registers shares of
our common stock underlying options and other awards that may be issued to certain of our
employees, directors and consultants under our 2010 Stock Incentive Plan ("2010 Plan").
The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as permitted by the Note in Part I of Form S-8. This
information will be sent or given to participating employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These document(s) and the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
We are incorporating by reference the documents or portions of documents listed below that
were filed with the Commission, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), except to the extent that any information contained in such filings is deemed
"furnished" in accordance with applicable rules and regulations:
•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2009 and
filed on March 4, 2010;
•
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010 and
filed on April 29, 2010;
•
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 5, 2010, April 26, 2010, May 28,
2010, and June 24, 2010;
•
To the extent incorporated by reference into the Annual Report on Form 10-K,
the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 12, 2010; and
•
The description of our common stock set forth in our prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission on December 18,
1996, and all amendments and reports filed by us to update that description.
All documents that we may file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
ITEM 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the common stock being offered hereby has been passed upon for us by Patton
Boggs LLP. Attorneys employed by that law firm beneficially own an aggregate of approximately
50,500 shares of our common stock and 3,000 shares of our preferred stock. Attorneys employed by
that law firm also own an aggregate 1.125 percent working interest in certain oil and gas leases in
a project area in which we are the operator and also a working interest owner.
ITEM 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 2-418 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland (the "Maryland Code")
provides for mandatory indemnification against reasonable expenses incurred by directors and
officers of a corporation in connection with an action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of
their position as a director or officer if they are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
defense of the proceeding. In addition, a corporation may indemnify directors or officers in such
proceedings if the director or officer acted in good faith, in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
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and, in the case of a criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
The Maryland Code also permits a corporation to expand the rights to indemnification by a
provision in its bylaws, by an agreement, by resolution of shareholders or directors not involved
in the proceeding, or otherwise. However, a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer if
the proceeding was one by or on behalf of the corporation and in the proceeding the director of
officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
Our Bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be
discretionary. We also have adopted, in our Articles of Incorporation, a provision under Section
2-405.2 of the Maryland Code that eliminates and limits certain personal liability of directors and
officers for monetary damages for breaches of the fiduciary duty of care.
ITEM 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISRTATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-A filed on August 24, 2007).
4.2
Articles Supplementary, filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation on
June 29, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Double Eagle's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 29, 2007).
4.3
Articles Supplementary of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series B, dated as of August
21, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Double Eagle's Current Report of Form
8-K dated August 28, 2007).
4.4
Form of Senior Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of Double Eagle's
Report on Form S-3, File No. 333-163292, filed with the SEC on November 23, 2009 ).
4.5
Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.5 of Double
Eagle's Report on Form S-3, File No. 333-163292, filed with the SEC on November 23, 2009 ).
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Patton Boggs LLP
10.1
2010 Stock Incentive Plan
23.1
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
23.2
Consent of Patton Boggs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to:
(i)
Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
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 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 a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
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) do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference to 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 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provision, 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 final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that its 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 Denver, Colorado on the 23rd day of July 2010.
DOUBLE EAGLE PETROLEUM CO.
By:
/s/ Richard D. Dole
Richard D. Dole
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Kurtis S. Hooley, individually, as true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to sign any amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to each registration
statement amended hereby, and to file the same, with all exhibits and other related documents, with
the Commission, with full power and authority to perform any necessary or appropriate act in
connection with the amendment(s).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard D. Dole
Richard D. Dole
President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Chairman of the Board (Principal
Executive Officer)
July 23, 2010
/s/ Sigmund Balaban
Sigmund Balaban
Director
July 23, 2010
/s/ Roy G. Cohee
Roy G. Cohee
Director
July 23, 2010
/s/ Brent Hathaway
Brent Hathaway
Director
July 23, 2010
/s/ Kurtis S. Hooley
Kurtis S. Hooley
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
July 23, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference
to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-A filed on August 24, 2007).
4.2
Articles Supplementary, filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation on
June 29, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Double Eagle's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated June 29, 2007).
4.3
Articles Supplementary of Junior Participating Preferred Stock, Series B, dated as of August
21, 2007 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Double Eagle's Current Report of Form
8-K dated August 28, 2007).
4.4
Form of Senior Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 of Double Eagle's
Report on Form S-3, File No. 333-163292, filed with the SEC on November 23, 2009).
4.5
Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.5 of Double
Eagle's Report on Form S-3, File No. 333-163292, filed with the SEC on November 23, 2009).
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Patton Boggs LLP
10.1
2010 Stock Incentive Plan
23.1
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP
23.2
Consent of Patton Boggs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).