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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;17, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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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 the Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or
Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>210 Park Avenue<BR>
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73202</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>27-0981065</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Stephen L. DeGiusti</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Copy to:</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>PostRock Energy Corporation <BR>
210 Park Avenue <BR>
Oklahoma City<BR>
(405)&nbsp;600-7704</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area <BR>
Code, of Agent for Service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Tull R. Florey<BR>
Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
910 Louisiana Street<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;229-1234</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <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">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></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="center">Title of Securities</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Offering Price per</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Registered(1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Share</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Price</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6.07(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12,140,000(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,409.45</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may
become issuable under the plan as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and based on the average of the high and low sales price of the shares of
Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on June&nbsp;13, 2011.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#H82987001"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#H82987002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#H82987003"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#H82987004"> Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
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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>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</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 being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registers an additional 2,000,000 shares
of common stock issuable pursuant to the PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the &#147;LTIP&#148;). These shares are in addition to the 850,000 shares of common stock registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-165260, relating to the LTIP,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2010. The contents of the prior
registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as
amended hereby.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to PostRock&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;10, 2010).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to PostRock&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;10, 2010).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to PostRock&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on December&nbsp;17, 2009,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-162366).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of
PostRock&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on February&nbsp;2, 2010).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.</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 UHY LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cawley, Gillespie &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).</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, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on
this 17th day of June, 2011.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION<BR>
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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/ Jack T. Collins
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    <TD align="left">Jack T. Collins&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Financial
Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jack T. Collins, Stephen L. DeGiusti and David J. Klvac his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, 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 requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities on June&nbsp;17, 2011.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David C. Lawler
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David C. Lawler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and President and
Director<BR>
 (Principal Executive Officer)</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jack T. Collins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jack T. Collins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David J. Klvac
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David J. Klvac
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Duke R. Ligon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Duke R. Ligon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Nathan M. Avery
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nathan M. Avery
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William H. Damon III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Damon III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Edelman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas J. Edelman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Philip McCormick
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Philip McCormick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James E. Saxton Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James E. Saxton Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel L. Spears
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel L. Spears
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
&nbsp;

<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Stansberry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</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">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to PostRock&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;10, 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="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">Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to PostRock&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;10, 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="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">Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to PostRock&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on December&nbsp;17, 2009,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-162366).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of
PostRock&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4/A filed on February&nbsp;2, 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</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 of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of UHY LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cawley, Gillespie &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the Securities Act of 1933
POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization)
210 Park Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
27-0981065
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
Stephen L. DeGiusti
Copy to:
PostRock Energy Corporation
210 Park Avenue
Oklahoma City
(405) 600-7704
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area
Code, of Agent for Service)
Tull R. Florey
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 229-1234
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
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
þ
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
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
2,000,000
$6.07(2)
$12,140,000(2)
$1,409.45
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares as may
become issuable under the plan as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee and based on the average of the high and low sales price of the shares of
Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on June 13, 2011.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
EX-4.5
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
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PART I
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and registers an additional 2,000,000 shares
of common stock issuable pursuant to the PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the "LTIP"). These shares are in addition to the 850,000 shares of common stock registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-165260, relating to the LTIP,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2010. The contents of the prior
registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as
amended hereby.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to PostRock's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
4.2
Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to PostRock's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
4.3
Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to PostRock's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on December 17, 2009,
Registration No. 333-162366).
4.4
PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of
PostRock's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on February 2, 2010).
4.5
Amendment No. 1 to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of UHY LLP.
23.2
Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on
this 17th day of June, 2011.
POSTROCK ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Jack T. Collins
Name:
Jack T. Collins
Title:
Chief Financial
Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jack T. Collins, Stephen L. DeGiusti and David J. Klvac his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities on June 17, 2011.
Name
Title
/s/ David C. Lawler
David C. Lawler
Chief Executive Officer and President and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jack T. Collins
Jack T. Collins
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ David J. Klvac
David J. Klvac
Executive Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Duke R. Ligon
Duke R. Ligon
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Nathan M. Avery
Nathan M. Avery
Director
/s/ William H. Damon III
William H. Damon III
Director
/s/ Thomas J. Edelman
Thomas J. Edelman
Director
/s/ J. Philip McCormick
J. Philip McCormick
Director
/s/ James E. Saxton Jr.
James E. Saxton Jr.
Director
/s/ Daniel L. Spears
Daniel L. Spears
Director
Mark A. Stansberry
Director
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to PostRock's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
4.2
Bylaws of PostRock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to PostRock's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2010).
4.3
Specimen of Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to PostRock's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on December 17, 2009,
Registration No. 333-162366).
4.4
PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex B to the joint proxy statement/prospectus that is a part of
PostRock's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on February 2, 2010).
4.5
Amendment No. 1 to PostRock Energy Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of UHY LLP.
23.2
Consent of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
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