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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2006
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No.&nbsp;333-&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TOTAL S.A.</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">98-0227345</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">2 place de la Coupole<BR>
La D&#233;fense 6<BR>
92078 Paris La D&#233;fense Cedex<BR>
France<BR>
Phone: (011-33-1) 47.44.45.46<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TOTAL HOLDINGS USA, INC.<BR>
2006 EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDER PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">C T Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10011<BR>
(212)&nbsp;894-8940<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>


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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Shares, nominal
value 10 euros per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">99,300,000</TD>
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    <TD>The Shares being registered under this registration statement may be represented by the
Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares. Each Share represents two American Depositary
Shares.</TD>
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    <TD>The maximum number of Shares, corresponding to 1,000,000 American Depositary Shares, which
may be granted under the Total Holdings USA, Inc. 2006 Employee Shareholder Plan. Pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plan(s) described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Based on the offering price per American Depositary Share of $99.30 pursuant to the terms of
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y01290exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF PETER HERBEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y01290exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AUDIT</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;3</B></U><B>
.. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
by TOTAL S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of France (the &#147;Corporation&#148;
or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;20, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The Corporation&#146;s Reports on Form 6-K, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;17, 2005, September&nbsp;27,
2005 and January&nbsp;18, 2006; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The description of the Corporation&#146;s common shares and American Depositary Receipts
contained in the Corporation&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;19, 2004.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date of this
registration statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all remaining securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
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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..</B> <U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
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.. <U> Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></B><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation maintains liability insurance for directors and officers including insurance
against liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;7</B></U><B> . </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>Statuts </I>(charter and bylaws) of the Corporation (as amended through May&nbsp;6,
2004) (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the
Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;20, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt)
among Total S.A., The Bank of New York as depositary and all holders from time to time
of American Depositary Receipts, dated October&nbsp;30, 1991, as amended and restated on
September&nbsp;30, 1993, May&nbsp;6, 1999, June&nbsp;21, 1999 and August&nbsp;7, 2003 (as filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2003 as an exhibit to the Corporation&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;F-6 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young Audit</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG S.A.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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    <TD width="96"></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>filed herewith.</TD>
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<U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this 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 this registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">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 in this
registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&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: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&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 Paris, France on February&nbsp;6, 2006.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <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">TOTAL S.A.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 10pt">&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/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Charles Paris de Bollardiere</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles Paris de Bollardi&#232;re&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Treasurer&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;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed on February&nbsp;6, 2006, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD 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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<TR><TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Thierry Desmarest</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thierry Desmarest
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President, Chief
Executive Officer, and<br>
Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert Castaigne</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Castaigne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief<BR>
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Dominique Bonsergent</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dominique Bonsergent
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting<BR>
Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Daniel Boeuf</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel Boeuf
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel Bouton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bertrand Collomb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Paul Desmarais Jr.</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul Desmarais Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jacques Friedmann</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jacques Friedmann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- 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">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Bertrand Jacquillat</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Professor Bertrand Jacquillat
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD 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>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Anne Lauvergeon</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anne Lauvergeon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter Levene of Portsoken
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Maurice Lippens</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Maurice Lippens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michel P&#233;bereau</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michel P&#233;bereau
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Thierry de Rudder</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thierry de Rudder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">J&#252;rgen Sarrazin</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J&#252;rgen Sarrazin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&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">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Serge Tchuruk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Pierre Vaillaud</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Pierre Vaillaud
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 12pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert O. Hammond</FONT>*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert O. Hammond
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized Representative of the United States</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<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/<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"> Charles Paris de Bollardi&#232;re</FONT>
</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">Charles Paris de Bollardi&#232;re</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">Attorney-in-fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>Statuts </I>(charter and bylaws) of the Corporation (as amended
through May&nbsp;6, 2004) (English translation) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Corporation&#146;s Annual Report
on Form&nbsp;20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;20, 2005)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American
Depositary Receipt) among Total S.A., The Bank of New York
as depositary and all holders from time to time of American
Depositary Receipts, dated October&nbsp;30, 1991, as amended and
restated on September&nbsp;30, 1993, May&nbsp;6, 1999, June&nbsp;21, 1999
and August&nbsp;7, 2003 (as filed with the Commission on July
24, 2003 as an exhibit to the Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;F-6 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young Audit</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG S.A.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><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" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation
(included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2006
Registration
No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TOTAL S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Republic of France
98-0227345
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)
2 place de la Coupole
La Défense 6
92078 Paris La Défense Cedex
France
Phone: (011-33-1) 47.44.45.46
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
TOTAL HOLDINGS USA, INC.
2006 EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDER PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
C T Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(212) 894-8940
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
(1)
registered
(2)
share
(3)
price
registration fee
Shares, nominal
value 10 euros per
share
500,000
$
198.60
$
99,300,000
$
10,625.10
(1)
The Shares being registered under this registration statement may be represented by the
Registrant's American Depositary Shares. Each Share represents two American Depositary
Shares.
(2)
The maximum number of Shares, corresponding to 1,000,000 American Depositary Shares, which
may be granted under the Total Holdings USA, Inc. 2006 Employee Shareholder Plan. Pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plan(s) described herein.
(3)
Based on the offering price per American Depositary Share of $99.30 pursuant to the terms of
the Plan.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF PETER HERBEL
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AUDIT
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF KPMG S.A.
EX-24: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
..
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
by TOTAL S.A., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of France (the "Corporation"
or the "Registrant"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April 20, 2005;
(2) The Corporation's Reports on Form 6-K, filed with the SEC on June 17, 2005, September 27,
2005 and January 18, 2006; and
(3) The description of the Corporation's common shares and American Depositary Receipts
contained in the Corporation's Amended Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the
Commission on March 19, 2004.
All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this
registration statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all remaining securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4
..
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5
.
Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6
..
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Corporation maintains liability insurance for directors and officers including insurance
against liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Item 7
.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
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Item
8
.
Exhibits
.
4.1
Statuts
(charter and bylaws) of the Corporation (as amended through May 6,
2004) (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the
Corporation's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April 20, 2005).
4.2
Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American Depositary Receipt)
among Total S.A., The Bank of New York as depositary and all holders from time to time
of American Depositary Receipts, dated October 30, 1991, as amended and restated on
September 30, 1993, May 6, 1999, June 21, 1999 and August 7, 2003 (as filed with the
Commission on July 24, 2003 as an exhibit to the Corporation's Registration Statement
on Form F-6 and incorporated herein by reference).
*5.1
Opinion of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation.
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young Audit
*23.2
Consent of KPMG S.A.
*23.3
Consent of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation (included in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
*24
Power of Attorney.
*
filed herewith.
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this 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 this registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration statement;
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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 in this
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Paris, France on February 6, 2006.
TOTAL S.A.
By:
/s/
Charles Paris de Bollardiere
Charles Paris de Bollardière
Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed on February 6, 2006, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
Signatures
Title
/s/
Thierry Desmarest
*
Thierry Desmarest
Chairman, President, Chief
Executive Officer, and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Robert Castaigne
*
Robert Castaigne
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
Dominique Bonsergent
*
Dominique Bonsergent
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/
Daniel Boeuf
*
Daniel Boeuf
Director
Director
Daniel Bouton
Director
Bertrand Collomb
/s/
Paul Desmarais Jr.
*
Paul Desmarais Jr.
Director
/s/
Jacques Friedmann
*
Jacques Friedmann
Director
/s/
Bertrand Jacquillat
*
Professor Bertrand Jacquillat
Director
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Signatures
Title
/s/
Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani
*
Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani
Director
/s/
Anne Lauvergeon
*
Anne Lauvergeon
Director
Director
Peter Levene of Portsoken
/s/
Maurice Lippens
*
Maurice Lippens
Director
/s/
Michel Pébereau
*
Michel Pébereau
Director
/s/
Thierry de Rudder
*
Thierry de Rudder
Director
/s/
Jürgen Sarrazin
*
Jürgen Sarrazin
Director
Director
Serge Tchuruk
/s/
Pierre Vaillaud
*
Pierre Vaillaud
Director
/s/
Robert O. Hammond
*
Robert O. Hammond
Authorized Representative of the United States
*By:
/s/
Charles Paris de Bollardière
Charles Paris de Bollardière
Attorney-in-fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Statuts
(charter and bylaws) of the Corporation (as amended
through May 6, 2004) (English translation) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1 to the Corporation's Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on April 20, 2005)
4.2
Form of Deposit Agreement (including the form of American
Depositary Receipt) among Total S.A., The Bank of New York
as depositary and all holders from time to time of American
Depositary Receipts, dated October 30, 1991, as amended and
restated on September 30, 1993, May 6, 1999, June 21, 1999
and August 7, 2003 (as filed with the Commission on July
24, 2003 as an exhibit to the Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form F-6 and incorporated herein by reference)
*5.1
Opinion of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young Audit
*23.2
Consent of KPMG S.A.
*23.3
Consent of Peter Herbel, General Counsel to the Corporation
(included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
*24
Power of Attorney
*
filed herewith.