1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2001 Registration Number 333-31852 ================================================================================ 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 incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 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: BURT M. MARTIN 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. ================================================================================ 2 EXPLANATORY NOTE Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-31852) (the "Registration Statement"), Weatherford International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), registered 125,941 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 March 15, 2000. 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. 3 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 February 16, 2001. 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- /s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER President, Chief Executive Officer, February 16, 2001 - ------------------------------------- Chairman of the Board and Director Bernard J. Duroc-Danner (Principal Executive Officer) Vice President, Finance and Accounting February 16, 2001 /s/ LISA W. RODRIGUEZ (Principal Financial and - ------------------------------------- Accounting Officer) Lisa W. Rodriguez * Director February 16, 2001 - ------------------------------------- David J. Butters Director February , 2001 - ------------------------------------- Philip Burguieres Director February , 2001 - ------------------------------------- Sheldon B. Lubar * Director February 16, 2001 - ------------------------------------- William E. Macaulay Director February , 2001 - ------------------------------------- Robert B. Millard * Director February 16, 2001 - ------------------------------------- Robert K. Moses, Jr. * Director February 16, 2001 - ------------------------------------- Robert A. Rayne *By: /s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER --------------------------------- Bernard J. Duroc-Danner Pursuant to Power of Attorney