As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 1997
Registration No. 333-21065
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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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ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
TEXAS 76-1611874-7
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
15835 PARK TEN PLACE DRIVE
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77084
(281) 492-2929
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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JAMES M. HOLLAND
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.
15835 PARK TEN PLACE DRIVE
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77084
(281) 492-2929
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
W. GARNEY GRIGGS, ESQ. KEITH FULLENWEIDER, ESQ.
GRIGGS & HARRISON, P.C. VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.
1301 MCKINNEY, SUITE 3200 1001 FANNIN, 2300 FIRST CITY TOWER
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002
(713) 651-0600 (713) 758-2222
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: N/A
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, 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. |_|
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (the "Registrant") previously filed Registration
Statement No. 333-21065 on Form S-3, as amended (the "Registration Statement"),
covering 1,725,000 shares of its common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"). The offering contemplated by the Registration Statement was
terminated on March 6, 1997. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby files this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to deregister a total
of 1,725,000 shares of its Common Stock originally registered by the
Registration Statement which remained unsold as of the termination of the
offering.
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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, the State of
Texas, on May 7, 1997.
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.
By: /s/ JOHN R. IRWIN
John R. Irwin
Director, President, and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ JOHN R. IRWIN Director, President and Chief Executive May 7, 1997
(John R. Irwin) Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ JAMES M. HOLLAND
(James M. Holland, Individually Senior Vice President (Principal
and as Attorney-in-fact for Financial and Accounting Officer) May 7, 1997
Robert W. Burgess, George S. Dotson,
W. H. Helmerich, III, Hans Helmerich
and William J. Morrissey)
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