As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2003
Registration Number 333-44345-99
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
BERMUDA 98-0371344
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
c/o CORPORATE MANAGERS (BARBADOS) LTD.
FIRST FLOOR, TRIDENT HOUSE
LOWER BROAD STREET
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
(246) 427-3174
(Address and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
TARO INDUSTRIES LIMITED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of plan)
BURT M. MARTIN
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)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No.
333-44345-99) (the "Registration Statement"), Weatherford International Ltd., a
Bermuda exempted company (the "Company"), registered 34,800 of its common
shares, U.S.$1.00 par value (the "Common Shares"), issuable pursuant to the
exercise of stock options granted under the Taro Industries Limited Stock Option
Plan (the "Plan").
All stock options that were granted under the Plan have expired or been
exercised, and no more stock options will be granted. Pursuant to the
undertaking made by the Company and required by Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation
S-K, the Company files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement for the purpose of removing from registration those Common Shares that
were not issued pursuant to the Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certified that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 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 Houston, State of Texas,
on February 14, 2003.
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
By: *
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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. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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* President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman February 14, 2003
-------------------------------------------- of the Board and Director (Principal
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner Executive Officer)
* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial February 14, 2003
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Lisa W. Rodriguez (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
* Director February 14, 2003
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David J. Butters
* Director February 14, 2003
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Philip Burguieres
* Director February 14, 2003
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Sheldon B. Lubar
* Director February 14, 2003
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William E. Macaulay
* Director February 14, 2003
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Robert B. Millard
* Director February 14, 2003
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Robert K. Moses, Jr.
* Director February 14, 2003
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Robert A. Rayne
*By: /s/ BURT M. MARTIN
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Burt M. Martin, Attorney-in-Fact