As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 1994. Registration No. 33-51617 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 __________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 __________ PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Louisiana 72-0395707 (State or other (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of incorporation Identification Number) or organization) 5728 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, Louisiana 70183 (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) __________ Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. 1992 Non-Qualified Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Plan Stock Option Agreement Between Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. and John H. Untereker (Full title of the Plans) __________ Carroll W. Suggs Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. P. O. Box 23502 5728 Jefferson Highway New Orleans, Louisiana 70183 (504) 733-6790 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) AMENDMENT On October 26, 1994, the registrant, a Delaware corporation, merged into a newly formed subsidiary, Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., a Louisiana corporation ("PHI-Louisiana"). The purpose of the merger was to effect a change in the state of incorporation of the registrant from Delaware to Louisiana in accordance with Rule 414 under the Securities Act of 1933. Pursuant to the plan of merger, the par value of the Non-Voting Common Stock and Voting Common Stock registered in this Registration Statement No. 33-51617 has been changed from $.08 1/3 to $.10 par value per share. PHI-Louisiana adopts this Registration Statement No. 33-51617 as its own Registration Statement for all purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS Item 20. Exhibit. 5 Opinion of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre . 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 the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, on November 21, 1994. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. By: /s/ Carroll W. Suggs Carroll W. Suggs, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Carroll W. Suggs and John H. Untereker or either one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in- fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ Carroll W. Suggs Chairman of the Board, November 21, 1994 Carroll W. Suggs President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ John H. Untereker Vice President, Treasurer November 21, 1994 John H. Untereker and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director November 21, 1994 Robert E. Perdue * Director November 21, 1994 Leonard M. Horner /s/ Robert G. Lambert Director November 21, 1994 Robert G. Lambert *By: /s/ Carroll W. Suggs November 21, 1994 Carroll W. Suggs Attorney-in-Fact