0001104659-11-029444.txt : 20110516 0001104659-11-029444.hdr.sgml : 20110516 20110516192459 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-029444 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110512 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110516 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110516 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Langseth Gottfred CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001488165 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33460 FILM NUMBER: 11849405 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: STRANDVEIEN 4 STREET 2: P.O. BOX 89 CITY: LYSAKER STATE: Q8 ZIP: N-1326 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GEOKINETICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000314606 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 941690082 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1500 CITYWEST BLVD., SUITE 800 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 BUSINESS PHONE: (713) 850-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 421129 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77242 4 1 a4.xml 4 X0303 4 2011-05-12 0 0000314606 GEOKINETICS INC GOK 0001488165 Langseth Gottfred STRANDVEIEN 4, P.O. BOX 89 N-1326 LYSAKER Q8 NORWAY 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2011-05-12 4 A 0 5250 0.00 A 5250 D Director was awarded 5,250 shares of restricted stock to vest equally on May 15, 2012, May 15, 2013 and May 15, 2014. Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Confirming Statement /s/ William L. Moll, Jr., attorney-in fact 2011-05-16 EX-24 2 ex-24.htm EX-24

Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

FOR EXECUTING FORMS 3, 4 AND 5 AND FORM 144

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of William L. Moll, Jr. and Chin Yu, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)                                  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (a) Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and (b) Form 144 (including amendments thereto);

 

(2)                                  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete or execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 or Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and timely file such Forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange, self-regulatory association or any other authority; and

 

(3)                              take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of each such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact, or the attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and their substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is Geokinetics Inc. assuming) any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Geokinetics Inc. and each such attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information provided by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing Form 3, 4 or 5 or Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse Geokinetics Inc. and the attorney-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form 144 (including amendments thereto) with

 


 

respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Geokinetics Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date written below.

 

Date: November 4, 2010

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gottfred Langseth

 

Name: Gottfred Langseth