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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1997
Registration Number 33-62195
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEATHERFORD ENTERRA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1389 74-1681642
(State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Industrial Identification No.)
incorporation or Classification Code Number)
organization)
1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(713) 439-9400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
H. SUZANNE THOMAS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
WEATHERFORD ENTERRA, INC.
1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(713) 439-9400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
CHARLES L. STRAUSS
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.
1301 MCKINNEY, SUITE 5100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010-3095
(713) 651-5151
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC: Not applicable.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 33-62195) (the
"Registration Statement"), Weatherford Enterra, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), registered shares of its common stock, $.10 par value (the
"Common Stock"), with a maximum aggregate offering price of $595,504,577.16, in
connection with the proposed exchange of Common Stock for shares of stock of
Enterra Corporation. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the
Commission on August 29, 1995.
The Company has determined that an excess number of shares of Common Stock
were registered under the Registration Statement and that 432,100 shares of
Common Stock currently remain unsold and can be removed from registration.
Therefore, pursuant to the undertaking made by the Company required by Item
512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Company files this Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement for the purpose of removing from registration
432,100 of the shares of the Company's Common Stock, which were not, and are not
expected to be, issued and sold in the proposed sale.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on July 28, 1997.
WEATHERFORD ENTERRA, INC.
By: /s/ H. SUZANNE THOMAS
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H. Suzanne Thomas
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/s/ THOMAS R. BATES, JR. President, Chief Executive Officer July 28, 1997
- ------------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive
Thomas R. Bates, Jr. Officer)
* Vice President, Chief Financial July 28, 1997
- ------------------------------- Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Norman W. Nolen Financial and Accounting Officer)
* Chairman of the Board and Director July 28, 1997
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Philip Burguieres
* Director July 28, 1997
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Thomas N. Amonett
Director July __, 1997
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Thomas J. Edelman
* Director July 28, 1997
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William E. Greehey
Director July __, 1997
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John A. Hill
* Director July 28, 1997
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John W. Johnson
Director July __, 1997
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William E. Macaulay
* Director July 28, 1997
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Robert K. Moses, Jr.
Director July __, 1997
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Roger M. Widmann
*By: /s/ H. SUZANNE THOMAS
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H. Suzanne Thomas
Pursuant to Power of Attorney
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