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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2016. </B></P>
<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="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<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> <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:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</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>Callon Petroleum Company </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>State of Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>64-0844345</B></TD></TR>
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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 Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 North Canal Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Natchez, Mississippi</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>39120</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus 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>Fred L. Callon </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 North Canal Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Natchez, Mississippi 39120 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(601) 442-1601 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>William B. Nelson </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Haynes
and Boone, LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1221 McKinney St., Suite 2100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77010 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) 547-2084 </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 definition of &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;large accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b&#150;2 of the Exchange Act. Check one: </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">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</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>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
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<BR>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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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>Registration Fee(2)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$11.99</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$23,980,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2,414.79</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) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of
common stock, 0.01 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Callon Petroleum Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and
adjustment provisions of the Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;2011 Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of
the high and low sale prices of such securities on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;10, 2016, a date within five business days prior to filing. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Callon Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (&#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register the offer and sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock that may be issued under the 2011 Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise modified below, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-176061) relating to the 2011 Plan, which was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;4, 2011, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E of Form S-8. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the 2011 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities. Such documents need not be filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;3, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2016 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than those portions furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K) filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;15,&nbsp;March&nbsp;1,&nbsp;March&nbsp;4,&nbsp;March&nbsp;8,&nbsp;April&nbsp;19,&nbsp;April&nbsp;21,&nbsp;May&nbsp;13,&nbsp;May&nbsp;31 and June&nbsp;1, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;3, 1994, including any future amendment or report for the purpose of updating such
description. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered under the 2011 Plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Pursuant to General Instruction B of Form 8-K, any information submitted under Item&nbsp;2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, or Item&nbsp;7.01, Regulation FD
Disclosure, of Form 8-K is not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purpose of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act, and the Registrant is not subject to the liabilities of Section&nbsp;18 with respect to information submitted under Item&nbsp;2.02
or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information submitted under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or into this Registration
Statement, unless otherwise indicated on such Form 8-K. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof 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 hereof. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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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 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 Natchez, State of Mississippi, on June&nbsp;15, 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Fred L. Callon</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fred L. Callon,</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Fred L. Callon, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments to this registration statement (including
post-effective amendments) and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and/or any state securities department or any other federal or state agency or
governmental authority granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all extents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </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 dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>TITLE</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>DATE</B></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Fred L. Callon</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fred L. Callon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mitzi P. Conn</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mitzi P. Conn</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Corporate Controller<BR>(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ L. Richard Flury</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">L. Richard Flury</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Larry D. McVay</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Larry D. McVay</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John C. Wallace</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John C. Wallace</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Anthony J. Nocchiero</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony J. Nocchiero</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael L. Finch</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael L. Finch</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Matthew Regis Bob</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James M. Trimble</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:3.20em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James M. Trimble</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;15, 2016</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:28.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit A of the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on March 21, 2011).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">First Amendment to the Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on November 5, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel to the Registrant (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Inc. (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Huddleston &amp; Co., Inc. (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2016.
Registration No. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Callon Petroleum Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
State of Delaware
64-0844345
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
200 North Canal Street
Natchez, Mississippi
39120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Fred L. Callon
President and Chief Executive Officer
200 North Canal Street
Natchez, Mississippi 39120
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
(601) 442-1601
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
William B. Nelson
Haynes
and Boone, LLP
1221 McKinney St., Suite 2100
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 547-2084
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 definition of "accelerated filer," "large accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b–2 of the Exchange Act. Check one:
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
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(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,000,000
$11.99
$23,980,000
$2,414.79
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of
common stock, 0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Callon Petroleum Company (the "Registrant") that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to anti-dilution and
adjustment provisions of the Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2011 Plan").
(2)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of
the high and low sale prices of such securities on the New York Stock Exchange on June 10, 2016, a date within five business days prior to filing.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Callon Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 ("Registration
Statement") pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register the offer and sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock that may be issued under the 2011 Plan.
Except as otherwise modified below, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-176061) relating to the 2011 Plan, which was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 4, 2011, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E of Form S-8.
2
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the 2011 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities. Such documents need not be filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8 and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016.
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016 filed with the Commission on May 4, 2016.
(c)
Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than those portions furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K) filed with the Commission on
January 15, March 1, March 4, March 8, April 19, April 21, May 13, May 31 and June 1, 2016.
(d)
The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed with the Commission on October 3, 1994, including any future amendment or report for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered under the 2011 Plan have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Pursuant to General Instruction B of Form 8-K, any information submitted under Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, or Item 7.01, Regulation FD
Disclosure, of Form 8-K is not deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and the Registrant is not subject to the liabilities of Section 18 with respect to information submitted under Item 2.02
or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information submitted under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or into this Registration
Statement, unless otherwise indicated on such Form 8-K.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof 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 hereof.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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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 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 Natchez, State of Mississippi, on June 15, 2016.
By:
/s/ Fred L. Callon
Fred L. Callon,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Fred L. Callon, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments to this registration statement (including
post-effective amendments) and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and/or any state securities department or any other federal or state agency or
governmental authority granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all extents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Fred L. Callon
Fred L. Callon
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
June 15, 2016
/s/ Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.
Joseph C. Gatto, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
June 15, 2016
/s/ Mitzi P. Conn
Mitzi P. Conn
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 15, 2016
/s/ L. Richard Flury
L. Richard Flury
Director
June 15, 2016
/s/ Larry D. McVay
Larry D. McVay
Director
June 15, 2016
/s/ John C. Wallace
John C. Wallace
Director
June 15, 2016
/s/ Anthony J. Nocchiero
Anthony J. Nocchiero
Director
June 15, 2016
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/s/ Michael L. Finch
Michael L. Finch
Director
June 15, 2016
Matthew Regis Bob
Director
/s/ James M. Trimble
James M. Trimble
Director
June 15, 2016
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit A of the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on March 21, 2011).
4.2
First Amendment to the Callon Petroleum Company 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on November 5, 2015).
5.1
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, counsel to the Registrant (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.3
Consent of DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Inc. (filed herewith).
23.4
Consent of Huddleston & Co., Inc. (filed herewith).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).
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