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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1997
Registration Number 33-84076
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEATHERFORD ENTERRA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 74-1681642
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000 77056
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
AND FORMER PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT TOOLS CO. DIRECTORS
(Full title of the plan)
H. SUZANNE THOMAS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
WEATHERFORD ENTERRA, INC.
1360 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 439-9400
(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
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33-84076) (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 $545,000, in
connection with stock option agreements between Weatherford International
Incorporated and former Petroleum Equipment Tools Co. directors. The
Registration Statement was effective on September 19, 1994, the date of its
filing with the Commission.
The Company has determined that an excess number of shares of Common Stock
were registered under the Registration Statement and that 6,800 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 6,800 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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/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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