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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2010</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<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de G&#233;ophysique-Veritas</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CGG Veritas</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Registrant&#146;s Name for Use in English)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Republic of France</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Not applicable</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Tour Maine Montparnasse<BR>
33 Avenue du Maine<BR>
75015 Paris<BR>
France</B><BR>
(Address of Registered Offices)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de G&#233;ophysique-Veritas 2010 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>

<B>Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de G&#233;ophysique-Veritas 2010 Performance Share Allocation Plan</B><BR>(Full title of the plan)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>JoAnn Lippman<BR>
General Counsel for the Americas<BR>
CGGVeritas<BR>
10300 Town Park Drive<BR>
Houston, Texas 77072<BR>
(832)&nbsp;351-8300</B><BR>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to</B>:</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Beatrice Place-Faget <BR>
Corporate General Counsel <BR>
Tour Maine-Montparnasse <BR>
33, avenue du Maine <BR>
75755 Paris Cedex 15<BR>
France<BR>
&#043;33 1 64 47 45 00</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Luis Roth<BR>
Linklaters<BR>
25, rue de Marignan<BR>
75008 Paris<BR>
France<BR>
&#043;33 1 56 43 56 43</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. (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">Title of securities to be  </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">registered (1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Plan</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registered (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">share price</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">price</TD>
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                      <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ordinary shares,
nominal<Br>value <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>0.40
per share
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de<BR>
G&#233;ophysique-Veritas<BR>
2010 Stock Option
Plan
</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 nowrap align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,548,150</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$14.41 (3)(4)
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>$22,308,841.50 (3)(4)
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,590.62 </TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ordinary shares,
nominal <Br>value <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>0.40
per share
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de<BR>
G&#233;ophysique-Veritas<BR>
2010 Performance
Share Allocation Plan
</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 nowrap align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">509,925</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.04 (3)(5)
</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 nowrap align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$8,689,122 (3)(5)</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$619.53 </TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Total</B>
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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 nowrap align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>2,058,075</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$30,997,963.50 </B>
</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="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$2,210.15</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The ordinary shares of the Registrant (&#147;Ordinary Shares&#148;) being registered hereby may be
represented by the Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any Ordinary Shares that become
issuable under the 2010 Stock Option Plan and the 2010 Performance Share Allocation Pan
(collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or
other similar event or as otherwise provided for in the Plans.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Translated into U.S. dollars from euros based on an exchange
rate of 1.3487 U.S. dollars per
&#128; 1.00, the Federal Reserve Noon Buying Rate as of April 16, 2010.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act of 1933&#148;) on the basis of &#128;19.44, the price at which options granted pursuant to
the 2010 Stock Option Plan may be exercised.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 for
the 2010 Performance Share Allocation Plan on the basis of the average of the high and low sales
price of an Ordinary Share on Euronext Paris,  on April
16, 2010 of &#128; 22.98.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">Part II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Part I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933.
These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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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;This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the following
reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009 filed
with the Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2010;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares
contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission
under the Exchange Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares is amended and updated by the
information set forth in &#147;Item&nbsp;10: Additional Information&#148; of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2010; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares is amended and updated by
the information set forth under the heading &#147;Description of the CGG American Depositary Shares&#148; in
the Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;3, 2008 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent designated therein, certain current reports of the Registrant on Form 6-K, and
all other documents filed by the Registrant under Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each document incorporated by reference is current only as of the date of such document, and
the incorporation by reference of such document shall not create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of the Registrant since its date thereof or that the information
contained in it is current as of any time subsequent to its date. Any statement contained in such a
document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a subsequent statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed
document incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that 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. In addition, any statement contained in any such
document shall be deemed to be superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a discussion contained herein covering the same subject matter omits such statement.
Any such statement omitted shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The French Commercial Code prohibits provisions of articles of incorporation (<I>statuts</I>) that
limit the liability of directors. The French Commercial Code also prohibits a company from
indemnifying its directors against liability. However, if a director is sued by a third party and
ultimately prevails in the litigation on all counts, but is nevertheless required to bear
attorneys&#146; fees and costs, the company may reimburse those fees and costs pursuant to an
indemnification arrangement with the director.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our articles of incorporation (<I>statuts</I>) do not expressly provide for indemnification by us of
liabilities of our directors or officers in their capacity as such. However, we maintain officers&#146;
and directors&#146; liability insurance, which insures against certain liabilities that officers and
directors in our group companies may incur in such capacities, including liabilities arising under
the U.S. securities laws, subject to certain exceptions.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>.
</DIV>


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


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>English translation of our articles of association (<I>statuts</I>) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2009, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2010)</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, The Bank of New York as
Depositary, and the Owners and Holders of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-6, filed by
the Registrant with the Commission on October&nbsp;16, 2006)</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Ms.&nbsp;B&#233;atrice Place-Faget, Corporate General Counsel of Compagnie G&#233;n&#233;rale de
G&#233;ophysique-Veritas</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ms.&nbsp;B&#233;atrice Place-Faget (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Mazars and Ernst &#038; Young &#038; Autres</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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</DIV>


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

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the<br>
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<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 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 into the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Paris, France, on April&nbsp;23, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas</B></FONT><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/ Robert Brunck
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert Brunck&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer</I>&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;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Robert Brunck, Thierry Le Roux, G&#233;rard Chambovet and Stephane-Paul
Frydman, and each of them acting individually as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities,
to sign on his or her behalf any or all amendments (including 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 to said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they 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 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 of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed on April&nbsp;23, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="54%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert Brunck</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert Brunck
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)</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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Stephane-Paul Frydman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stephane-Paul Frydman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)</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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Loren Carroll</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Loren Carroll
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="54%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Anders Farestveit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Anders Farestveit
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Yves Lesage</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Yves Lesage
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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>
    <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">By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Thierry Pilenko</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 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
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CGG Veritas
(Registrant's Name for Use in English)
Republic of France
Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Tour Maine Montparnasse
33 Avenue du Maine
75015 Paris
France
(Address of Registered Offices)
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas 2010 Stock Option Plan
Compagnie Générale de Géophysique-Veritas 2010 Performance Share Allocation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
JoAnn Lippman
General Counsel for the Americas
CGGVeritas
10300 Town Park Drive
Houston, Texas 77072
(832) 351-8300
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Beatrice Place-Faget
Corporate General Counsel
Tour Maine-Montparnasse
33, avenue du Maine
75755 Paris Cedex 15
France
+33 1 64 47 45 00
Luis Roth
Linklaters
25, rue de Marignan
75008 Paris
France
+33 1 56 43 56 43
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
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered (1)
Title of Plan
registered (2)
share price
price
registration fee
Ordinary shares,
nominal
value
€
0.40
per share
Compagnie Générale de
Géophysique-Veritas
2010 Stock Option
Plan
1,548,150
$14.41 (3)(4)
$22,308,841.50 (3)(4)
$1,590.62
Ordinary shares,
nominal
value
€
0.40
per share
Compagnie Générale de
Géophysique-Veritas
2010 Performance
Share Allocation Plan
509,925
$17.04 (3)(5)
$8,689,122 (3)(5)
$619.53
Total
2,058,075
$30,997,963.50
$2,210.15
(1)
The ordinary shares of the Registrant ("Ordinary Shares") being registered hereby may be
represented by the Registrant's American Depositary Shares.
(2)
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any Ordinary Shares that become
issuable under the 2010 Stock Option Plan and the 2010 Performance Share Allocation Pan
(collectively, the "Plans") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or
other similar event or as otherwise provided for in the Plans.
(3)
Translated into U.S. dollars from euros based on an exchange
rate of 1.3487 U.S. dollars per
€ 1.00, the Federal Reserve Noon Buying Rate as of April 16, 2010.
(4)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act of 1933") on the basis of €19.44, the price at which options granted pursuant to
the 2010 Stock Option Plan may be exercised.
(5)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 for
the 2010 Performance Share Allocation Plan on the basis of the average of the high and low sales
price of an Ordinary Share on Euronext Paris,  on April
16, 2010 of € 22.98.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933.
These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the following
reports filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"):
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed
with the Commission on April 23, 2010;
(b) the description of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares
contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission
under the Exchange Act;
(c) the description of the Registrant's Ordinary Shares is amended and updated by the
information set forth in "Item 10: Additional Information" of the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on April 23, 2010; and
(d) the description of the Registrant's American Depositary Shares is amended and updated by
the information set forth under the heading "Description of the CGG American Depositary Shares" in
the Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission on June 3, 2008 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Securities Act.
To the extent designated therein, certain current reports of the Registrant on Form 6-K, and
all other documents filed by the Registrant under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Each document incorporated by reference is current only as of the date of such document, and
the incorporation by reference of such document shall not create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of the Registrant since its date thereof or that the information
contained in it is current as of any time subsequent to its date. Any statement contained in such a
document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a subsequent statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed
document incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that 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. In addition, any statement contained in any such
document shall be deemed to be superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a discussion contained herein covering the same subject matter omits such statement.
Any such statement omitted shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The French Commercial Code prohibits provisions of articles of incorporation (
statuts
) that
limit the liability of directors. The French Commercial Code also prohibits a company from
indemnifying its directors against liability. However, if a director is sued by a third party and
ultimately prevails in the litigation on all counts, but is nevertheless required to bear
attorneys' fees and costs, the company may reimburse those fees and costs pursuant to an
indemnification arrangement with the director.
Our articles of incorporation (
statuts
) do not expressly provide for indemnification by us of
liabilities of our directors or officers in their capacity as such. However, we maintain officers'
and directors' liability insurance, which insures against certain liabilities that officers and
directors in our group companies may incur in such capacities, including liabilities arising under
the U.S. securities laws, subject to certain exceptions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
English translation of our articles of association (
statuts
) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2009, filed with the Commission on April 23, 2010)
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, The Bank of New York as
Depositary, and the Owners and Holders of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-6, filed by
the Registrant with the Commission on October 16, 2006)
5.1
Opinion of Ms. Béatrice Place-Faget, Corporate General Counsel of Compagnie Générale de
Géophysique-Veritas
23.1
Consent of Ms. Béatrice Place-Faget (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Mazars and Ernst & Young & Autres
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
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(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 into the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and
(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 of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Paris, France, on April 23, 2010.
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas
By:
/s/ Robert Brunck
Robert Brunck
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Robert Brunck, Thierry Le Roux, Gérard Chambovet and Stephane-Paul
Frydman, and each of them acting individually as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities,
to sign on his or her behalf any or all amendments (including 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 to said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as they 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 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed on April 23, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signatures
Title
By:
/s/ Robert Brunck
Robert Brunck
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)
By:
/s/ Stephane-Paul Frydman
Stephane-Paul Frydman
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)
By:
/s/ Loren Carroll
Loren Carroll
Director
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Signatures
Title
By:
/s/ Anders Farestveit
Anders Farestveit
Director
By:
/s/ Yves Lesage
Yves Lesage
Director
By:
/s/ Thierry Pilenko
Thierry Pilenko
Director
By:
/s/ Robert Semmens
Robert Semmens
Director
By:
/s/ David Work
David Work
Director
By:
/s/ JoAnn Lippman
JoAnn Lippman
Duly Authorized Representative of Compagnie Générale
de Géophysique-Veritas in the United States
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