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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;1, 2008.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom:6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Oil States International, Inc.</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0476605</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Three Allen Center<BR>
333 Clay Street, Suite&nbsp;3460<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Oil States International, Inc.<BR>
2001 Equity Participation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Cindy B. Taylor<BR>
Oil States International, Inc.<BR>
Three Allen Center<BR>
333 Clay Street, Suite&nbsp;3460<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(713)&nbsp;652-0582</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Scott N. Wulfe<BR>
Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.<BR>
1001 Fannin Street, Suite&nbsp;2300<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;758-2222</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par
value $0.01 per
share)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$52.12 (3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$130,300,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,120.79</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)
this registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which become
issuable under the antidilution provision of the plans being registered pursuant to this
registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>On March&nbsp;31, 2001, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-57960) was filed
relating to the offer and sale of 3,600,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the
terms of the Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity Participation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), on
July&nbsp;24, 2002, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-97041) was filed relating to
the offer and the sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to
the terms of the Plan and on May&nbsp;19, 2006, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-134312) was filed relating to the offer and the sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of
common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate
offering price for the unissued stock options and common stock are based upon the average of
the high and low prices of registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July&nbsp;29, 2008</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;30, 2001, Oil States International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-57960) (the &#147;Initial Form&nbsp;S-8&#148;) with respect to 3,600,000
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) issuable in
accordance with the terms of the Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity Participation Plan. On
July&nbsp;24, 2002, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;July&nbsp;2002 Form&nbsp;S-8&#148;)
registering the offer and sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable in
accordance with the terms of the amended and restated Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity
Participation Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;First Amended and Restated Plan&#148;), which was
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February&nbsp;19, 2002 and by the stockholders at
the annual meeting of the Company held on May&nbsp;15, 2002. On May&nbsp;19, 2006, the Company filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;May&nbsp;2006 Form&nbsp;S-8&#148;) registering the offer and sale of an
additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable in accordance with the terms of the amended
and restated the First Amended and Restated Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;Second Amended and
Restated Plan&#148;), which was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February&nbsp;16, 2005
and by the stockholders at the annual meeting of the Company held on May&nbsp;18, 2005. On February&nbsp;18,
2008, the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Second Amended and Restated
Plan (as amended and restated, the &#147;Third Amended and Restated Plan&#148;) to increase the number of
shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 7,700,000 to 10,200,000. At the
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held on May&nbsp;15, 2008, the stockholders of the Company
also approved the Third Amended and Restated Plan. Accordingly, this registration statement is
being filed to register such 2,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock, and the contents of the
Initial Form S-8, the July&nbsp;2002 Form S-8 and the May&nbsp;2006 Form S-8 are incorporated herein by
reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth or
incorporated by reference herein. In addition, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, all
required opinions and consents are filed as exhibits hereto.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;) and the instructional note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8 has been omitted from the filing of this registration statement. The documents containing the
information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating employees as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
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    <TD>Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007 filed
with the Commission on February&nbsp;22, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2008 and for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 filed
with the Commission on August&nbsp;1, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our current reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished under Items
2.02 or 7.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;18, 2008, February&nbsp;19,
2008, March&nbsp;11, 2008 and May&nbsp;21, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common units contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2001 (including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents we file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 on any
current report on Form 8-K) subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement indicating that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
will be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of filing of those documents. Any statement contained in this registration
statement or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed
document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any such person
serving in any such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that indemnification shall be to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL for all current or former directors or officers of the
Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation provides that directors of the
Company shall have no personal liability to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or
(4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, we have entered into indemnity agreements with our directors and executive
officers containing provisions which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification
provisions contained in the DGCL. The form of these indemnity agreements is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.14
to our Quarterly Report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2004 as filed with the
Commission on November&nbsp;5, 2004, incorporated by reference herein.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-43400)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June&nbsp;21, 2005 by and between Oil
States International, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Oil States&#146; Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated as of June&nbsp;21, 2005 by and between Oil States International,
Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference
to Oil States&#146; Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Notes representing $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 3/8%
Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Section&nbsp;2.2
of Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof) (incorporated by reference to Oil States&#146; Current Reports on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005 and July
13, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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-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 the 1<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day of
August.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.<BR><br>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/S/ Cindy B. Taylor
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Cindy B. Taylor&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Cindy B. Taylor and Robert W. Hampton and each of them severally as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power to act, with or without the other, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any
registration statement for the same offering filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of
1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and anything appropriate or necessary to be done, as
fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 1<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day of August,
2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Cindy B. Taylor&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">

<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Cindy B. Taylor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Bradley J. Dodson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bradley J. Dodson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Robert W. Hampton&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Accounting and Corporate</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">

<TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. Hampton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Stephen A. Wells&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="1" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephen A. Wells</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Martin Lambert&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
S. James Nelson, Jr.&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">S. James Nelson, Jr.</DIV></TD>
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Mark G. Papa&nbsp;
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Gary L. Rosenthal&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gary L. Rosenthal</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
William T. Van Kleef&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William T. Van Kleef</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Douglas E. Swanson&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Douglas E. Swanson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Christopher T. Seaver&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-43400)).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June&nbsp;21, 2005 by and between Oil
States International, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Oil States&#146; Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture dated as of June&nbsp;21, 2005 by and between Oil States International,
Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference
to Oil States&#146; Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Global Notes representing $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 3/8%
Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Section&nbsp;2.2
of Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 hereof) (incorporated by reference to Oil States&#146; Current Reports on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2005 and July
13, 2005).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2008.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Oil States International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
76-0476605
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
Three Allen Center
333 Clay Street, Suite 3460
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Oil States International, Inc.
2001 Equity Participation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Cindy B. Taylor
Oil States International, Inc.
Three Allen Center
333 Clay Street, Suite 3460
Houston, Texas 77002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 652-0582
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Scott N. Wulfe
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 758-2222
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
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered(1)(2)
per share
price
fee
Common Stock (par
value $0.01 per
share)
2,500,000 shares
$52.12 (3)
$130,300,000
$5,120.79
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
this registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which become
issuable under the antidilution provision of the plans being registered pursuant to this
registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
On March 31, 2001, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-57960) was filed
relating to the offer and sale of 3,600,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the
terms of the Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity Participation Plan (the "Plan"), on
July 24, 2002, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-97041) was filed relating to
the offer and the sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to
the terms of the Plan and on May 19, 2006, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-134312) was filed relating to the offer and the sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of
common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate
offering price for the unissued stock options and common stock are based upon the average of
the high and low prices of registrant's common stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July 29, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On March 30, 2001, Oil States International, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-57960) (the "Initial Form S-8") with respect to 3,600,000
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") issuable in
accordance with the terms of the Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity Participation Plan. On
July 24, 2002, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "July 2002 Form S-8")
registering the offer and sale of an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable in
accordance with the terms of the amended and restated Oil States International, Inc. 2001 Equity
Participation Plan (as amended and restated, the "First Amended and Restated Plan"), which was
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 19, 2002 and by the stockholders at
the annual meeting of the Company held on May 15, 2002. On May 19, 2006, the Company filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "May 2006 Form S-8") registering the offer and sale of an
additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable in accordance with the terms of the amended
and restated the First Amended and Restated Plan (as amended and restated, the "Second Amended and
Restated Plan"), which was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 16, 2005
and by the stockholders at the annual meeting of the Company held on May 18, 2005. On February 18,
2008, the Board of Directors of the Company amended and restated the Second Amended and Restated
Plan (as amended and restated, the "Third Amended and Restated Plan") to increase the number of
shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 7,700,000 to 10,200,000. At the
annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held on May 15, 2008, the stockholders of the Company
also approved the Third Amended and Restated Plan. Accordingly, this registration statement is
being filed to register such 2,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock, and the contents of the
Initial Form S-8, the July 2002 Form S-8 and the May 2006 Form S-8 are incorporated herein by
reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth or
incorporated by reference herein. In addition, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, all
required opinions and consents are filed as exhibits hereto.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
In accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act") and the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8, the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 has been omitted from the filing of this registration statement. The documents containing the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating employees as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by
reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
•
Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed
with the Commission on February 22, 2008;
•
Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed
with the Commission on May 1, 2008 and for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 filed
with the Commission on August 1, 2008;
•
Our current reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information furnished under Items
2.02 or 7.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on January 18, 2008, February 19,
2008, March 11, 2008 and May 21, 2008; and
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•
The description of our common units contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 6, 2001 (including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description).
All documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any
current report on Form 8-K) subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement indicating that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold,
will be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of filing of those documents. Any statement contained in this registration
statement or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed
document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney's fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any such person
serving in any such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that indemnification shall be to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL for all current or former directors or officers of the
Company.
As permitted by the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation provides that directors of the
Company shall have no personal liability to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (1) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL or
(4) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
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In addition, we have entered into indemnity agreements with our directors and executive
officers containing provisions which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification
provisions contained in the DGCL. The form of these indemnity agreements is filed as Exhibit 10.14
to our Quarterly Report on form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 as filed with the
Commission on November 5, 2004, incorporated by reference herein.
Item 7. Exemptions from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
No.
Description
4.1
Form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-43400)).
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 21, 2005 by and between Oil
States International, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Oil States' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 23, 2005).
4.3
Indenture dated as of June 21, 2005 by and between Oil States International,
Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference
to Oil States' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 23, 2005).
4.4
Global Notes representing $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 3/8%
Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Section 2.2
of Exhibit 4.5 hereof) (incorporated by reference to Oil States' Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2005 and July
13, 2005).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
*
filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in
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the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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-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 the 1
st
day of
August.
OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/S/ Cindy B. Taylor
Cindy B. Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Cindy B. Taylor and Robert W. Hampton and each of them severally as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power to act, with or without the other, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any
registration statement for the same offering filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of
1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and anything appropriate or necessary to be done, as
fully and for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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 1
st
day of August,
2008.
Signature
Title
/s/
Cindy B. Taylor
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Cindy B. Taylor
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Bradley J. Dodson
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Bradley J. Dodson
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
Robert W. Hampton
Senior Vice President, Accounting and Corporate
Robert W. Hampton
Secretary
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
Stephen A. Wells
Chairman of the Board
Stephen A. Wells
/s/
Martin Lambert
Director
Martin Lambert
/s/
S. James Nelson, Jr.
Director
S. James Nelson, Jr.
/s/
Mark G. Papa
Director
Mark G. Papa
/s/
Gary L. Rosenthal
Director
Gary L. Rosenthal
/s/
William T. Van Kleef
Director
William T. Van Kleef
/s/
Douglas E. Swanson
Director
Douglas E. Swanson
/s/
Christopher T. Seaver
Director
Christopher T. Seaver
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
Form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-43400)).
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of June 21, 2005 by and between Oil
States International, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Oil States' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 23, 2005).
4.3
Indenture dated as of June 21, 2005 by and between Oil States International,
Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference
to Oil States' Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 23, 2005).
4.4
Global Notes representing $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2 3/8%
Contingent Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Section 2.2
of Exhibit 4.5 hereof) (incorporated by reference to Oil States' Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2005 and July
13, 2005).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
*
filed herewith.