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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
January 14, 2008
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
STONE ENERGY CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   1-12074   72-1235413
 
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
625 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana
   
70508
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (337) 237-0410
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 8.01. Other Events
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
Exhibit Index
Press Release


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     Stone Energy Corporation (the “Company”) announced that its founder and chairman, Mr. James H. Stone, passed away January 14, 2008. Mr. Stone served as a director and chairman of the board of the Company since 1993.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
     On January 15, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing that its founder and chairman, Mr. James H. Stone, passed away January 14, 2008. Mr. Stone served as a director and chairman of the board of the Company since 1993. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
  99.1   Press release dated January 15, 2008, “Stone Energy Corporation Announces the death of its Founder and Chairman.”

 


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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Stone Energy Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
 
      STONE ENERGY CORPORATION    
 
           
Date: January 17, 2008
  By:   /s/ J. Kent Pierret
 
J. Kent Pierret
   
 
      Senior Vice President,    
 
      Chief Accounting Officer    
 
      and Treasurer    

 


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Exhibit Index
  99.1   Press release dated January 15, 2008, “Stone Energy Corporation Announces the death of its Founder and Chairman.”