X0202 4 2006-04-18 0001330849 HERCULES OFFSHORE, INC. HERO 0001342155 Hord Thomas E 11 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 2950 HOUSTON TX 77046 0 1 0 0 VP & COO Hercules Drilling Co Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2006-04-18 4 S 0 33771 34.38 D 253122 D The reported securities were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated April 11, 2006 among Hercules Offshore, Inc., certain selling stockholders (including the reporting person) and the underwriters named therein in connection with a public offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Hercules Offshore, Inc. Equal to an initial price to the public of $36.00 per share less a $1.62 per share discount to the underwriters. Due to a mathematical error, the amount of securities beneficially owned was incorrectly reported in Mr. Hord's previous Form 4 (filed November 3, 2005) as 286,693 instead of 286,893. The figure reported in Column 5 of Table I is based on the corrected number of shares. James Noe, attorney-in-fact 2006-04-18