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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=1>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2009</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;padding-bottom:1;'><font size=1><b><font size=1>Registration No. 333-</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>______________<br>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>CARBO Ceramics Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></b></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=1>DELAWARE</font></B></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>Incorporation or Organization)</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>72-1100013</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) </font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>Houston, Texas 77079</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</font></b><font size=1>  </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>______________</font></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>R. Sean Elliott</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Houston, Texas 77079 </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(281) 921-6400</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>______________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>with copy to:</font></b></p>


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  <p><b><font size=1>Mary E. Alcock, Esq.<br>
Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP<br>
One Liberty Plaza<br>
New York, NY 10006</font></b></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=1>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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Large accelerated filer</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Name</font></b><br> <b><font size=1>of Plan</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Title of Securities <br>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>(1)</font></b></p> </td>
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      Offering Price Per Share (2)</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Proposed Maximum <br>
      Aggregate Offering <br>
      Price</font></b></p> </td>
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      Registration Fee</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Common Stock, par value $0.01</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>750,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$34.44</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$25,830,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$1,442</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (3)</font></p> </td>
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      <td  valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><font size=1>Together with an indeterminate number of shares of common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of CARBO Ceramics Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;).</font></td>
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      <td  valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><font size=1>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), with respect to Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards not yet granted under the Plan and based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 16, 2009.</font></td>
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      <td  valign=top style='padding:6.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;Rights initially trade together with the Common Stock. The value attributable to the Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.</font></td>
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  <p><b><font size=2>Item 1. </font></b><b><font size=2>Plan Information.</font></b></p>
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  <p><b><font size=2>Item 1. </font></b><b><font size=2>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font></b></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><b><font size=2>Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Registration No. 001-15903), for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 2, 2009 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;); </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-1884), filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act with the Commission on April 22, 1996 and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-15903) filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on May 22, 2000. The description of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights of the Registrant included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-15903) filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on February 25, 2002.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Not applicable, because the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. </font></p>
<p><b><font size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Not applicable. </font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Section 145 of The Delaware General Corporation Law provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>145 INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS; INSURANCE.&#151;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(e) Expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(h) For purposes of this section, references to &#147;the corporation&#148; shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(i) For purposes of this section, references to &#147;other enterprises&#148; shall include employee benefit plans; references to &#147;fines&#148; shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to &#147;serving at the request of the corporation&#148; shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation&#146;s obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees).</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Reference is made to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated By-Laws which require the Company to indemnify the persons whom it may indemnify under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This provision does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Further, such limitation of liability also does not affect a director&#146;s standard of conduct or responsibilities under any other laws, including the Federal securities laws.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The Plan provides that no member of the Registrant&#146;s Compensation Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) shall have any liability with respect to any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Registrant to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Registrant.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><b><font size=2>Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><b><font size=2>Item 8.  Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):</font></p>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:15.31%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2> (1)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:22.97%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(i)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:22.97%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(ii)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:22.97%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(iii)</font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:15.31%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:15.31%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(2) </font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:15.31%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(3) </font><font size=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size=2>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 22nd day of June, 2009.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.66%;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gary Kolstad and Ernesto Bautista III, acting jointly, with full power to act 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 (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all
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            <p  style='text-indent:0in'><font size=2>Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 19, 1996 (File No. 333-1884) and incorporated herein by reference.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  style='text-indent:0in'><font size=2>Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K Current Report filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 20, 2009 (File No. 001-15903) and incorporated herein by reference.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2009
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________
CARBO Ceramics Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
72-1100013
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77079
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
______________
R. Sean Elliott
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
575 North Dairy Ashford, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77079
(281) 921-6400
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
______________
with copy to:
Mary E. Alcock, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated file
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Name
of Plan
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01
750,000
$34.44
$25,830,000
$1,442
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (3)
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of shares of common stock ("Common Stock") that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of CARBO Ceramics Inc. (the "Registrant").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to Common Stock issuable pursuant to awards not yet granted under the Plan and based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 16, 2009.
(3)
Rights initially trade together with the Common Stock. The value attributable to the Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common Stock.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 1.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(i)        The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Registration No. 001-15903), for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 2, 2009 (the "Annual Report");
(ii)       All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report; and
(iii)      The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in Amendment No. 2 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-1884), filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act with the Commission on April 22, 1996 and incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-15903) filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on May 22, 2000. The description of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights of the Registrant included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-15903) filed by the Registrant under the Exchange Act with the Commission on February 25, 2002.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable, because the Registrant's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of The Delaware General Corporation Law provides in regard to indemnification of directors and officers as follows:
145 INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS; INSURANCE.—
(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
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against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i) For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be
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deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys' fees).
Reference is made to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated By-Laws which require the Company to indemnify the persons whom it may indemnify under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This provision does not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission. Further, such limitation of liability also does not affect a director's standard of conduct or responsibilities under any other laws, including the Federal securities laws.
The Plan provides that no member of the Registrant's Compensation Committee (the "Committee") shall have any liability with respect to any action, omission, or determination relating to the Plan, and the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other director or employee of the Registrant to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan has been delegated against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Committee) arising out of any action, omission or determination relating to the Plan, unless, in either case, such action, omission or determination was taken or made by such member, director or employee in bad faith and without reasonable belief that it was in the best interests of the Registrant.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):
4.1
CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.3
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
4.4
Shareholder Rights Plan
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered
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23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
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payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 22nd day of June, 2009.
CARBO CERAMICS INC.
By:
/s/ R. Sean Elliott
R. Sean Elliott
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints each of Gary Kolstad and Ernesto Bautista III, acting jointly, with full power to act 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 (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as full to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 22nd day of June, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gary A. Kolstad
(Gary A. Kolstad)
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Ernesto Bautista III
(Ernesto Bautista III)
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ William C. Morris
(William C. Morris)
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Chad C. Deaton
(Chad C. Deaton)
Director
/s/ James B. Jennings
(James B. Jennings)
Director
/s/ H.E. Lentz, Jr.
(H.E. Lentz, Jr.)
Director
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/s/ Randy L. Limbacher
(Randy L. Limbacher)
Director
/s/ Robert S. Rubin
(Robert S. Rubin)
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
CARBO Ceramics Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
Filed herewith
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 19, 1996 (File No. 333-1884) and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K Current Report filed by the Registrant with the Commission on March 20, 2009 (File No. 001-15903) and incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
Shareholder Rights Plan
Incorporated by reference from Form 8-A12-B filed by Registrant with the Commission on February 25, 2002.
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on signature pages