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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009
Registration No. 33-56384
 
 
UNITED STATES
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 incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     
515 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, Texas   77027-3415
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Energy Ventures, Inc. 1992 Employee Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Burt M. Martin
Weatherford International Ltd.
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)
 
With a copy to:
W. Mark Young
Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis, Suite 4200
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 220-4200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
 
 

 


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EXPLANATORY NOTE
     Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33-56384), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”), Weatherford International Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company (the “Company”), registered 600,000 of its common shares, U.S.$1.00 par value (the “Common Shares”), issuable pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted under the Energy Ventures, Inc. 1992 Employee 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.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on February 26, 2009.
         
  WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bernard J. Duroc-Danner    
       Bernard J. Duroc-Danner   
       President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the
   Board and Director 
 
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
 
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
  President, Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  February 26, 2009
/s/ Andrew P. Becnel
 
Andrew P. Becnel
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  February 26, 2009
/s/ Jessica Abarca
 
Jessica Abarca
  Vice President — Accounting
and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
  February 26, 2009
*
 
Nicholas F. Brady
  Director   February 26, 2009
*
 
David J. Butters
  Director   February 26, 2009
*
 
William E. Macaulay
  Director   February 26, 2009
*
 
Robert B. Millard
  Director   February 26, 2009
*
 
Robert K. Moses, Jr.
  Director   February 26, 2009
*
 
Robert A. Rayne
  Director   February 26, 2009
*By: /s/ Burt M. Martin                    
Burt M. Martin, Attorney-in-Fact

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