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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commision on July 29, 2003 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Registration No.
333-_________ </FONT></P>

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<H3 ALIGN=CENTER>UNITED STATES<BR>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Washington,
D.C. 20549</FONT></H3>

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<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>FORM S-8<BR><BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</H4>

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<p ALIGN=CENTER><font size=4><b>STONE ENERGY CORPORATION</B></font><BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Delaware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;72-1235413</b></font><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road<BR>
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508<BR>(337) 237-0410<BR>(Address of principal executive offices)
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Stone Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan</B></font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Andrew L. Gates, III<BR>Vice President, Secretary and<BR>
General Counsel<BR>625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road<BR>Lafayette, Louisiana 70508<BR></font>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(337) 237-0410</font><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Alan P. Baden<BR>Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P.<BR>
666 Fifth Avenue<BR>26<sup>th</sup> Floor<BR>New York, New York 10103<BR>(917) 206-8000<BR>(917) 206-8100 (fax)</font></p>

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     <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Title of Each Class of<BR>Securities To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Amount To Be<BR>Registered</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price Per Share</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering Price</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="20%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Amount of Registration<BR>Fee</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">Common Stock, par value<BR>$0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">1,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">$38.74<sup>(1)</sup></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">$38,740,000<sup>(2)</sup></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">$3,564.08</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="90%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Calculated by dividing the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price by 1,000,000 shares, the amount of additional shares to be
registered.<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is the product resulting from
multiplying 1,000,000 shares, the number of shares registered by this Registration Statement as to which options may be granted under the Stone
Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, by $38.74, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 23, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement is being filed to register the issuance of 1,000,000 additional
shares of the common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Stone Energy Corporation pursuant
to the Stone Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;2001 Plan&#148;), as amended, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant
to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-64448) registering the issuance of 3,225,000 shares of Common
Stock under the 2001 Plan are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, the prospectus which is to be used for Stone
Energy Corporation&#146;s issuance of the shares subject to the 2001 Plan is omitted from
this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>Item 8.</I> Exhibits. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement, including those
exhibits incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as indicated in
parentheses: </FONT></P>


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     <TH ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Exhibit<BR>No.</FONT><hr></TH>
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     <TH VALIGN="MIDDLE"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Exhibit</U></FONT></TH></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1*</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="4%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"> <a href="forms8ex4-1.htm">Stone Energy Corporation 2001
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan.</a></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Form of Stone Energy Corporation Nonstatutory
 Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement
 on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64448)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Form of Stone Energy Corporation Nonemployee Directors'
Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64448)).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><a href="forms8ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P.</a></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;15.1*</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><a href="forms8ex15-1.htm">Letter from Ernst &amp; Young LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information</a></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;23.1*</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><a href="forms8ex23-1.htm">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</a></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;23.2*</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><a href="forms8ex5-1.htm">Consent of Vinson &amp; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">24.1*</FONT><hr></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">-</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney (included on the original signature pages hereof).</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">* Filed herewith.</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <TH ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B> </FONT></Th>
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  <Td ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on
July 29, 2003.</FONT></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">&nbsp;</font></font></Td>
  <TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">STONE ENERGY CORPORATION<BR><BR>
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ James H. Prince &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</U><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James H. Prince<BR>Senior Vice President, <BR>Chief Financial Officer<BR> and Treasurer </FONT></Td>
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  <Td ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James H. Prince or D. Peter Canty and each of them, any one of whom may act
without the joinder of the others, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to sign on his
behalf and in the capacity stated below and to file any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, which amendment or amendments may make such
changes and additions in this registration statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate. </FONT></Td>
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  <Td ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></Td>
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  <th width=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>Signature</u></font></font></Th>
  <th width=40%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>Title</u></font></font></Th>
  <th width=25%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>Date</u></font></font></Th>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/James H. Stone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James H. Stone</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Joe R. Klutts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joe R. Klutts</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Vice Chairman of the Board</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/D. Peter Canty&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D. Peter Canty</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director<BR>(principal executive officer)</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/James H. Prince&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James H. Prince</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial<BR>
Officer and Treasurer<BR>(principal financial officer)</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/J. Kent Pierret&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J. Kent Pierret</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer<BR>(principal accounting officer)</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Peter K. Barker&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter K. Barker</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;/s/Robert A. Bernhard&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert A. Bernhard</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/B.J. Duplantis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.J. Duplantis</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/George R. Christmas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George R. Christmas</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Raymond B. Gary&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Raymond B. Gary</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/John P. Laborde&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John P. Laborde</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  /s/Richard A. Pattarozzi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
  <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard A. Pattarozzi</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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  <td align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/David R. Voelker
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David R. Voelker</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">Director</font></font></Td>
  <td align=center valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT SIZE="2">July 29, 2003</font></font></Td>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commision on July 29, 2003
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
(337) 237-0410
(Address of principal executive offices)
Stone Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Andrew L. Gates, III
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(337) 237-0410
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Alan P. Baden
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
666 Fifth Avenue
26
th
Floor
New York, New York 10103
(917) 206-8000
(917) 206-8100 (fax)
Title of Each Class of
Securities To Be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration
Fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
1,000,000 shares
$38.74
(1)
$38,740,000
(2)
$3,564.08
(1)
Calculated by dividing the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price by 1,000,000 shares, the amount of additional shares to be
registered.
(2)
The price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is the product resulting from
multiplying 1,000,000 shares, the number of shares registered by this Registration Statement as to which options may be granted under the Stone
Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, by $38.74, the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 23, 2003.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This
Registration Statement is being filed to register the issuance of 1,000,000 additional
shares of the common stock ("Common Stock") of Stone Energy Corporation pursuant
to the Stone Energy Corporation 2001 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the
"2001 Plan"), as amended, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pursuant
to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-64448) registering the issuance of 3,225,000 shares of Common
Stock under the 2001 Plan are incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant
to the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, the prospectus which is to be used for Stone
Energy Corporation's issuance of the shares subject to the 2001 Plan is omitted from
this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement, including those
exhibits incorporated herein by reference to a prior filing of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as indicated in
parentheses:
Exhibit
No.
Exhibit
4.1*
-
Stone Energy Corporation 2001
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan.
4.2
-
Form of Stone Energy Corporation Nonstatutory
 Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement
 on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64448)).
4.3
-
Form of Stone Energy Corporation Nonemployee Directors'
Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-64448)).
5.1*
-
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
15.1*
-
Letter from Ernst & Young LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information
23.1*
-
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
-
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
-
Powers of Attorney (included on the original signature pages hereof).
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lafayette, State of Louisiana, on
July 29, 2003.
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
/s/ James H. Prince
James H. Prince
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints James H. Prince or D. Peter Canty and each of them, any one of whom may act
without the joinder of the others, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to sign on his
behalf and in the capacity stated below and to file any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, which amendment or amendments may make such
changes and additions in this registration statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/James H. Stone
James H. Stone
Chairman of the Board
July 29, 2003
/s/Joe R. Klutts
Joe R. Klutts
Vice Chairman of the Board
July 29, 2003
/s/D. Peter Canty
D. Peter Canty
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(principal executive officer)
July 29, 2003
/s/James H. Prince
James H. Prince
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial officer)
July 29, 2003
/s/J. Kent Pierret
J. Kent Pierret
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
July 29, 2003
/s/Peter K. Barker
Peter K. Barker
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/Robert A. Bernhard
Robert A. Bernhard
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/B.J. Duplantis
B.J. Duplantis
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/George R. Christmas
George R. Christmas
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/Raymond B. Gary
Raymond B. Gary
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/John P. Laborde
John P. Laborde
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/Richard A. Pattarozzi
Richard A. Pattarozzi
Director
July 29, 2003
/s/David R. Voelker
David R. Voelker
Director
July 29, 2003