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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 1999
Registration No. 333-20501
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 93-0711613
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number)
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515 WEST GREENS ROAD, SUITE 1200
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067
(281) 874-0035
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
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ANTHONY G. PETRELLO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
515 WEST GREENS ROAD, SUITE 1200
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067
(281) 874-0035
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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Copies to:
HOWARD M. BERKOWER, ESQ.
BAKER & MCKENZIE
805 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 751-5700
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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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, 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. [ ]
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If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]
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CONTENTS OF POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 consists of:
a. Facing page;
b. This page; and
c. Signature page.
Pursuant to an undertaking contained Registration Statement No. 333-20501
(the "Registration Statement"), the registrant hereby removes from registration
1,207,221 shares of the 4,120,398 shares of its common stock, par value $.10
per share, which were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. Such
shares are being removed from registration because they were not sold pursuant
to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, which the registrant
was contractually obligated to keep effective only until January 2, 1999.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on January 14, 1999.
NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Anthony G. Petrello
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Name: Anthony G. Petrello
Title: President and Chief
Operating Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Eugene M. Isenberg* Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and January 14, 1999
- ------------------------------- Director (principal executive officer)
Eugene M. Isenberg
/s/ Anthony G. Petrello President, Chief Operating Officer and January 14, 1999
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Anthony G. Petrello
/s/ Richard A. Stratton* Vice Chairman and Director January 14, 1999
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Richard A Stratton
/s/ Bruce P. Koch* Vice President of Finance (principal January 14, 1999
- ------------------------------- financial and accounting officer)
Bruce P. Koch
/s/ Gary T. Hurford* Director January 14, 1999
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Gary T. Hurford
/s/ Hans W. Schmidt* Director January 14, 1999
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Hans W. Schmidt
/s/ Myron M. Scheinfeld* Director January 14, 1999
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Myron M. Scheinfeld
/s/ Jack Wexler* Director January 14, 1999
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Jack Wexler
/s/ Martin J. Whitman* Director January 14, 1999
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Martin J. Whitman
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* By: /s/ Anthony G. Petrello
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Anthony G. Petrello, attorney-in-fact
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