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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 1996
Registration No. 33-16116
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
ON FORM S-3
TO FORM S-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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UNIT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 73-1283193
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1000 Kensington Tower I
7130 South Lewis
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
(918) 493-7700
(Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Officers)
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Mark E. Schell, Esq.
General Counsel
Unit Corporation
1000 Kensington Tower I
7130 South Lewis
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
(918) 493-7700
(Name, address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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The Registrant hereby deregisters 21,445 of the shares registered by it
pursuant to the Registration Statement. The transactions contemplated in the
Registration Statement were consummated on August 30, 1996, and the 21,445
shares which are deregistered hereby were not and will not be issued in
connection with such transaction.
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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. 2 to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State
of Oklahoma, on September 20, 1996.
UNIT CORPORATION
By: /s/ John G. Nikkel
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John G. Nikkel, President
Chief Operating Officer
and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
Chairman of the Board,
/s/ King P. Kirchner Chief Executive Officer
- -------------------- and Director (Principal
King P. Kirchner Executive Officer) September 20, 1996
/s/ John G. Nikkel President, Chief
- ------------------ Operating Officer
John G. Nikkel and Director September 20, 1996
Vice President, Chief
/s/ Larry D. Pinkston Financial Officer and
- --------------------- Treasurer (Principal
Larry D. Pinkston Financial Officer) September 20, 1996
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/s/ Earle Lamborn Senior Vice President,
- ----------------- Drilling and Director September 20, 1996
Earle Lamborn
/s/ Stanley W. Belitz Controller (Principal
- --------------------- Accounting Officer) September 20, 1996
Stanley W. Belitz
/s/ John H. Williams Director September 20, 1996
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John H. Williams
- ------------------- Director September 20, 1996
John S. Zink
/s/ William B. Morgan Director September 20, 1996
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William B. Morgan
- ------------------- Director September 20, 1996
Don Cook
- ------------------- Director September 20, 1996
Don Bodard
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