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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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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>U.S. Global Investors, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>74-1598370</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>7900 Callaghan Road<BR>
San Antonio, Texas 78229</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Susan B. McGee<BR>
President and General Counsel<BR>
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.<BR>
7900 Callaghan Road<BR>
San Antonio, Texas 78229<BR>
(210)&nbsp;308-1234</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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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="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A common stock, par
value $0.025 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares</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">$8.29</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,145,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$295.54</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends,
or similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k)
Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests in the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)  of the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices reported on
the NASDAQ Capital Market on December&nbsp;16, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as follows: Proposed maximum aggregate offering
price per share multiplied by .00007130.</TD>
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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 is filed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;) for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 401(k) Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8, file number 333-152181,
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on July&nbsp;8, 2008, by the
Company and relating to the registration of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock for issuance under the
Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement in accordance with
General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;9, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;3,
2010; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.025 per
share, contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration No.&nbsp;0-13928)
filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;25, 1985, and including any additional amendment or
report 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 reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 of this registration statement.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated
by reference to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly report ended March&nbsp;31,
2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.02 of the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession
Number 000075811-06-000076)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO USA LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan (EDGAR Accession Number
0000950134-08-012468)</TD>
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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 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 San Antonio, State of Texas, on December&nbsp;23, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">U.S. Global Investors, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Susan B. McGee
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Susan B. McGee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Frank E. Holmes,
Susan B. McGee, Thomas F. Lydon, Jr., Jerold H. Rubinstein, Roy D. Terracina and Catherine A.
Rademacher, and each of them, as 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 amendments or supplements to this registration
statement (including registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933), whether pre-effective or post-effective, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this registration statement or any
amendments or supplements hereto in 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, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue thereof.
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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 of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank E. Holmes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank E. Holmes
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Officer
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Susan B. McGee
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Susan B. McGee
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Catherine A. Rademacher
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;
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Jerold H. Rubinstein
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roy D. Terracina
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of the U.S. Global
Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf of
the U.S. Global Investors 401(k) Plan by the undersigned on December&nbsp;23, 2010.
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Frank E. Holmes
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    <TD align="left">Frank E. Holmes&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer of<br>
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.<br>
Plan Administrator&nbsp;</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2010
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Texas
74-1598370
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
7900 Callaghan Road
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Susan B. McGee
President and General Counsel
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
7900 Callaghan Road
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(210) 308-1234
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price
Fee(3)
Class A common stock, par
value $0.025 per share
500,000 shares
$8.29
$4,145,000
$295.54
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Class A common stock which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends,
or similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k)
Plan. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests in the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)  of the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices reported on
the NASDAQ Capital Market on December 16, 2010.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as follows: Proposed maximum aggregate offering
price per share multiplied by .00007130.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (the
"Registrant" or "Company") for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of the
Registrant's common stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8, file number 333-152181,
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 8, 2008, by the
Company and relating to the registration of shares of Class A common stock for issuance under the
Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement in accordance with
General Instruction E to Form S-8.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on September 9, 2010;
(b)
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2010;
(c)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 3,
2010; and
(d)
The description of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.025 per
share, contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 0-13928)
filed with the SEC on October 25, 1985, and including any additional amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing
of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 of this registration statement.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated
by reference to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly report ended March 31,
2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.02 of the Company's Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession
Number 000075811-06-000076)
23.1
Consent of BDO USA LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan (EDGAR Accession Number
0000950134-08-012468)
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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 San Antonio, State of Texas, on December 23, 2010.
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
By:
/s/ Susan B. McGee
Name:
Susan B. McGee
Title:
President and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Frank E. Holmes,
Susan B. McGee, Thomas F. Lydon, Jr., Jerold H. Rubinstein, Roy D. Terracina and Catherine A.
Rademacher, and each of them, as 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 amendments or supplements to this registration
statement (including registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act of 1933), whether pre-effective or post-effective, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary or appropriate to be done with respect to this registration statement or any
amendments or supplements hereto in 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, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank E. Holmes
Frank E. Holmes
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment
Officer
December 23, 2010
/s/ Susan B. McGee
Susan B. McGee
President and General Counsel
December 23, 2010
/s/ Catherine A. Rademacher
Catherine A. Rademacher
Chief Financial Officer
December 23, 2010
/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
Jerold H. Rubinstein
Chairman of the Board of Directors
December 23, 2010
/s/ Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
Director
December 23, 2010
/s/ Roy D. Terracina
Roy D. Terracina
Director
December 23, 2010
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of the U.S. Global
Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on behalf of
the U.S. Global Investors 401(k) Plan by the undersigned on December 23, 2010.
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. 401(k) Plan
By:
/s/ Frank E. Holmes
Name:
Frank E. Holmes
Title:
Chief Executive Officer of
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
Plan Administrator
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