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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 1998
Registration No. 333-39537
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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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PATTERSON ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 75-2504748
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
4510 Lamesa Highway
Snyder, Texas 79549
(915) 573-1104
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Cloyce A. Talbott
4510 Lamesa Highway
Snyder, Texas 79549
(915) 573-1104
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
Thomas H. Maxfield, Esq.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
303 East Seventeenth Avenue
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNDERTAKING CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 1(c) OF ITEM
17, "UNDERTAKING," IN PART II OF THE ORIGINAL FILING OF THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT, THE REGISTRANT HEREBY REMOVES 800,000 SHARES (GIVES EFFECT TO 2-FOR-1
STOCK SPLIT EFFECTED IN JANUARY 1998) FROM REGISTRATION HEREUNDER, WHICH SHARES
REMAINED UNSOLD AT THE TERMINATION OF THE OFFERING.
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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 or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Snyder, State of Texas on
the 1st day of December, 1998.
PATTERSON ENERGY, INC.
By: /s/ A. Glenn Patterson
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A. Glenn Patterson, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed as
of December 1, 1998, by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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/s/ Cloyce A. Talbott Chairman of the Board, Director and Chief Executive
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Cloyce A. Talbott
Principal Executive Officer
/s/ A. Glenn Patterson President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
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A. Glenn Patterson
* Director
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Robert C. Gist
* Director
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Kenneth E. Davis
* Director
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Vincent A. Rossi, Jr.
/s/ James C. Brown Vice President--Finance, Secretary and Treasurer and
- ------------------------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
James C. Brown
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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*By: /s/ Cloyce A. Talbott
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Cloyce A. Talbott, Attorney-in-Fact
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