WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL INC /NEW/
POS AM, 2000-07-14
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2000
                                                   Registration Number 333-83739
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 POST-EFFECTIVE
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                         WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             DELAWARE                                    04-2515019
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

                          515 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027
                                 (713) 693-4000
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)

                             BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
                         WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                          515 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027
                                 (713) 693-4000
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                                 CURTIS W. HUFF
                         WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                          515 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 600
                              HOUSTON, TEXAS 77027
                                 (713) 693-4000

         APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: Not
applicable.

         If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]

         If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [ ]

         If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

         If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. [ ]

         If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]

                                   ----------

         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-3 (Reg. No. 333-83739)
(the "Registration Statement"), Weatherford International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), registered 105,000 shares of its common stock,
$1.00 par value (the "Common Stock"), in connection with the offer for resale of
such shares of Common Stock by certain stockholders of the Company (the
"Offering"). The Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission
on August 9, 1999.

         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
all shares of the Company's Common Stock, which were not, and are not expected
to be, sold in the Offering.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 Houston, State of Texas, on July 14, 2000.

                      WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                      By:               /s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
                         -------------------------------------------------------
                                          Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
                              President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
                         of the Board and Director (Principal Executive Officer)


         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>                                              <C>                                           <C>
         /s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER             President, Chief Executive Officer,           July 14, 2000
--------------------------------------------     Chairman of the Board and Director
            Bernard J. Duroc-Danner                 (Principal Executive Officer)

         /s/ CURTIS W. HUFF                      Executive Vice President and Chief            July 14, 2000
--------------------------------------------              Financial Officer
                 Curtis W. Huff                    (Principal Financial Officer)

         /s/ LISA W. RODRIGUEZ                                Controller                       July 14, 2000
--------------------------------------------       (Principal Accounting Officer)
               Lisa W. Rodriguez

                      *                                        Director                        July 14, 2000
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                David J. Butters

                                                               Director                        July ___, 2000
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                Philip Burgieres

                      *                                        Director                        July 14, 2000
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                Sheldon B. Lubar
                      *                                        Director                        July 14, 2000
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              William E. Macaulay

                                                               Director                        July ___, 2000
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               Robert B. Millard

                      *                                        Director                        July 14, 2000
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              Robert K. Moses, Jr.

                      *                                        Director                        July 14, 2000
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                Robert A. Rayne
</TABLE>


*By: /s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
    ----------------------------------------
            Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
         Pursuant to Power of Attorney




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