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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STONE ENERGY CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lisa S. Jaubert </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stone Energy Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(337) 237-0410 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address and telephone number of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered
(1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per
share (2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price (2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration fee (3)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,760,000 shares</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$5.08</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$8,940,800</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,039</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), there are also being registered such additional shares of Common Stock (defined below) as may become issuable
pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The proposed maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the 1,760,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby have been estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on a price of $5.08, which is the average of the high and low trading prices per share of Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;6,
2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional 1,760,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stone Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is filing this Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register the offer and sale of an additional 1,760,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may be issued under the Plan, which
consists of (a)&nbsp;1,600,000 additional shares reserved and available for issuance in connection with awards under the Plan pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Plan, and (b)&nbsp;160,000 shares in respect of shares of Common Stock originally
related to awards granted under the Plan that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and that again become available for the issuance of awards under the Plan in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise set forth below, the contents of the following Registration Statements on
Form S-8 relating to the Plan (including its predecessor plans), which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on the dates indicated, including any and all post-effective amendments thereto, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E of Form S-8: (i)&nbsp;Form S-8 filed on June&nbsp;17, 2011 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-174992), (ii)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> filed on July&nbsp;2, 2009 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-160424), (iii)&nbsp;Form S-8 filed on July&nbsp;29, 2003 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-107440), (iv)&nbsp;Form S-8 filed on July&nbsp;2,
2001 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-64448), (v)&nbsp;Form S-8 filed on September&nbsp;27, 1999 (Commission File No.&nbsp;333-87849), and (vi)&nbsp;Form S-8 (Commission File No.&nbsp;033-67332). </P>
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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 (File No.
001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015 (File No.
001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended &amp; Restated Bylaws of Stone Energy Corporation, dated December 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-12074)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture related to the 1 <SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">&nbsp;3</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB>% Senior Convertible Notes due 2017, dated as of March&nbsp;6, 2012, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone
Energy Offshore, L.L.C. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (including form of 1 <SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">&nbsp;3</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB>% Senior Convertible Senior Note due 2017)
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2013 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">First Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (File
No.&nbsp;001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on August&nbsp;12, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">STONE ENERGY CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lisa S. Jaubert</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Lisa S. Jaubert</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below authorizes and appoints
each of David H. Welch and Kenneth H. Beer, and each of them, severally, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:15.95pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David H.
Welch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board, President</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July&nbsp;22, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kenneth H.
Beer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive Vice President and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal
Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Kenneth H. Beer</TD>
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Meche&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director of Accounting and Treasurer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Karl D. Meche</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 21, 2015</TD></TR>
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Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.J.
Duplantis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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Kinnear&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 22, 2015</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard A.
Pattarozzi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Richard A. Pattarozzi</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Donald E.
Powell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Donald E. Powell</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 20, 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kay G.
Priestly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Kay G. Priestly</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 24, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Phyllis M.
Taylor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Phyllis M. Taylor</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">July 23, 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the
following exhibits is filed herewith: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:28.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:39.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 (File No.
001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015 (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-12074)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended &amp; Restated Bylaws of Stone Energy Corporation, dated December 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-12074)).</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.7</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Indenture related to the 1 <SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">&nbsp;3</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB>% Senior Convertible Notes due 2017, dated as of March 6, 2012, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy
Offshore, L.L.C. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (including form of 1 <SUP STYLE="vertical-align:top">&nbsp;3</SUP>&#8260;<SUB STYLE="vertical-align:bottom">4</SUB>% Senior Convertible Senior Note due 2017)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission March 6, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2013 (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.10</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.11</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (File
No.&nbsp;001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.12</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.13</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Third Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &amp; Associates, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">filed herewith </TD></TR></TABLE>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
72-1235413
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Lisa S. Jaubert
Senior
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Stone Energy Corporation
625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
(337) 237-0410
(Name,
address and telephone number of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller Reporting Company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per
share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee (3)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
1,760,000 shares
$5.08
$8,940,800
$1,039
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), there are also being registered such additional shares of Common Stock (defined below) as may become issuable
pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the 1,760,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby have been estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on a price of $5.08, which is the average of the high and low trading prices per share of Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on August 6,
2015.
(3)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional 1,760,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Stone Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), is filing this Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register the offer and sale of an additional 1,760,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may be issued under the Plan, which
consists of (a) 1,600,000 additional shares reserved and available for issuance in connection with awards under the Plan pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Plan, and (b) 160,000 shares in respect of shares of Common Stock originally
related to awards granted under the Plan that terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or otherwise without the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and that again become available for the issuance of awards under the Plan in accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Plan.
Except as otherwise set forth below, the contents of the following Registration Statements on
Form S-8 relating to the Plan (including its predecessor plans), which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on the dates indicated, including any and all post-effective amendments thereto, are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E of Form S-8: (i) Form S-8 filed on June 17, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-174992), (ii)
Form S-8
filed on July 2, 2009 (Commission File No. 333-160424), (iii) Form S-8 filed on July 29, 2003 (Commission File No. 333-107440), (iv) Form S-8 filed on July 2,
2001 (Commission File No. 333-64448), (v) Form S-8 filed on September 27, 1999 (Commission File No. 333-87849), and (vi) Form S-8 (Commission File No. 033-67332).
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8
Exhibits.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to
another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 (File No.
001-12074)).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015 (File No.
001-12074)).
4.3
Amended & Restated Bylaws of Stone Energy Corporation, dated December 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File
No. 001-12074)).
4.4
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.5
Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.6
First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
2
4.7
Indenture related to the 1
3
⁄
4
% Senior Convertible Notes due 2017, dated as of March 6, 2012, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone
Energy Offshore, L.L.C. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (including form of 1
3
⁄
4
% Senior Convertible Senior Note due 2017)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission March 6, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.8
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.9
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2013 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.10
Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant's 2009 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (File No. 001-12074)).
4.11
First Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (File
No. 001-12074)).
4.12
Second Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).
4.13
Third Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.3*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on August 12, 2015.
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Lisa S. Jaubert
Lisa S. Jaubert
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below authorizes and appoints
each of David H. Welch and Kenneth H. Beer, and each of them, severally, acting alone and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/    David H.
Welch
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 22, 2015
David H. Welch
/s/    Kenneth H.
Beer
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
July 21, 2015
Kenneth H. Beer
/s/    Karl D.
Meche
Director of Accounting and Treasurer
Karl D. Meche
(Principal Accounting Officer)
July 21, 2015
/s/    George R.
Christmas
George R. Christmas
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    B.J.
Duplantis
B.J. Duplantis
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    Peter D.
Kinnear
Peter D. Kinnear
Director
July 22, 2015
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/s/    David T.
Lawrence
David T. Lawrence
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    Robert S.
Murley
Robert S. Murley
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    Richard A.
Pattarozzi
Richard A. Pattarozzi
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    Donald E.
Powell
Donald E. Powell
Director
July 20, 2015
/s/    Kay G.
Priestly
Kay G. Priestly
Director
July 24, 2015
/s/    Phyllis M.
Taylor
Phyllis M. Taylor
Director
July 23, 2015
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the
following exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 (File No.
001-12074)).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of Stone Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015 (File
No. 001-12074)).
4.3
Amended & Restated Bylaws of Stone Energy Corporation, dated December 19, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File
No. 001-12074)).
4.4
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.5
Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.6
First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2010 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.7
Indenture related to the 1
3
⁄
4
% Senior Convertible Notes due 2017, dated as of March 6, 2012, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy
Offshore, L.L.C. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (including form of 1
3
⁄
4
% Senior Convertible Senior Note due 2017)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission March 6, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.8
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2012, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2012 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.9
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 26, 2013, to the Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2010, among Stone Energy Corporation, Stone Energy Offshore, L.L.C., and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2013 (File No. 001-12074)).
4.10
Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Registrant's 2009 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders (File No. 001-12074)).
4.11
First Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (File
No. 001-12074)).
4.12
Second Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).
4.13
Third Amendment to Stone Energy Corporation 2009 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2015
(File No. 001-12074)).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
23.3*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
filed herewith