2012 Annual Report - Stone Energy Corporation

Stock Performance GraphAs required by applicable rules of the SEC, the performance graph shown below was prepared based upon the followingassumptions:1. $100 was invested in the company's common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (“S&P 500 Index”) and thePeer Group (as defined below) on December 31, 2007 at $46.91 per share for the company’s common stock and at theclosing price of the stocks comprising the S&P 500 Index and the Peer Group, respectively, on such date.2. Peer Group investment is weighted based upon the market capitalization of each individual company within the PeerGroup at the beginning of the period.3. Dividends are reinvested on the ex-dividend dates.Comparison of Cumulative Five-Year Total Return$150$100$50$0Dec-07 Dec-08 Dec-09 Dec-10 Dec-11 Dec-12Stone Energy CorporationS&P 500 Index2012 Peer Group 2011 Peer GroupMeasurement Period(Fiscal Year Covered) SGY2012 PeerGroup2011 PeerGroupS&P 500Index12/31/08 ....................... 23.49 50.58 53.80 63.0012/31/09 ....................... 38.48 80.77 87.30 79.6712/31/10 ....................... 47.52 102.46 105.30 91.6812/31/11 ....................... 56.24 94.89 95.89 93.6112/31/12 ....................... 43.74 93.66 92.18 108.59The companies that comprised our Peer Group in 2012 were: ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation,Callon Petroleum Company, Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., Cimarex Energy Company, Comstock Resources, Inc., Denbury ResourcesInc., Energy Partners, Ltd., Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited, Exco Resources Inc., McMoRan Exploration Company, NewfieldExploration Company, Petroleum Development Corporation, PetroQuest Energy, Inc., Plains Exploration & Production Company,Range Resources Corporation, SM Energy Company, Swift Energy Company, W&T Offshore, Inc. and Whiting PetroleumCorporation. Plains Exploration & Production Company replaced Petrohawk Energy Corporation after Petrohawk EnergyCorporation was acquired by BHP Billiton in August 2011.The information in this Form 10-K appearing under the heading “Stock Performance Graph” is being “furnished” pursuant toItem 2.01(e) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” with theSEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, other than as provided in Item 2.01(e) of Regulation S-K, or to the liabilities of Section18 of the Exchange Act.27