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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;12, 2008
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Bermuda</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1381</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0363970</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Primary Standard Industrial</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification number)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>or organization)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Classification Code number)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MINTFLOWER PLACE<BR>
8 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD<BR>
HAMILTON, HM08<BR>
BERMUDA<BR>
TELEPHONE: (441)&nbsp;292-1510</B><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LAURA W. DOERRE<BR>
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL<BR>
NABORS CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.<BR>
515 WEST GREENS ROAD, SUITE&nbsp;1200<BR>
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067<BR>
TELEPHONE: (281)&nbsp;874-0035</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of process)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">With a copy to:<BR>
<B>ARNOLD B. PEINADO,&nbsp;III,&nbsp;ESQ.<BR>
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY&nbsp;&#038; MCCLOY LLP<BR>
1 CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA<BR>
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005<BR>
TELEPHONE: (212)&nbsp;530-5000</B></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&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Offering Price Per</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Aggregate Offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered(1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Share</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Price</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares, par value $0.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18,095,584 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15.825(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$286,362,618.80(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$11,254.05</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there shall also be deemed
registered hereby such additional number of ordinary shares of the Registrant as may be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)
and Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices for the ordinary shares as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on November
10, 2008, of $15.825 per share.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt; margin-left: 2%; text-indent: -1%"><B>* </B>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
the documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
each participant in the Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II below, taken together, constitute the Section 10(a) prospectus. Information
required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
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;The following documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) by Nabors Industries Ltd. (the &#147;Company&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference
(except to the extent that portions of any Current Report on Form 8-K are furnished and deemed not
to be filed):
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007
filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March
31, 2008 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2008;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June
30, 2008 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;1, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended
September&nbsp;30, 2008 filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Commission
on April&nbsp;29, 2008 as amended by the revised Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2008, to the extent incorporated by reference
into the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;29, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;17, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;23, 2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;3,
2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;16,
2008;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;21,
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;27,
2008; and</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Company&#146;s common shares contained in its Registration
Statement on Form S-4, filed on January&nbsp;2, 2002, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendment
No.&nbsp;1, Pre-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;2, Pre-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;3 and Pre-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Form S-4, filed on March&nbsp;25, 2002, April&nbsp;17, 2002, April&nbsp;29, 2002,
and May&nbsp;10, 2002, respectively (Registration No.&nbsp;333-76198).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Copies of these documents are not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;Under Bermuda law, a company is permitted to indemnify its directors and officers subject to
certain restrictions. Section&nbsp;One (1)&nbsp;and Section&nbsp;Seventy-Five (75)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated Bye-Laws, states:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>&#147;Officer&#148; </I>means a Director, Secretary, or other officer of the Company appointed pursuant to
these Bye-laws, but does not include any person holding the office of auditor in relation to the
Company;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;75. Exemption and Indemnification of Officers. Subject always to these Bye-laws, no
Officer shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other Officer
nor shall any Officer be liable in respect of any negligence, default or breach of duty on
his or her own part in relation to the Company or any Subsidiary, or for any loss,
misfortune or damage which may happen, in or arising out of the actual or purported
execution or discharge of his or her duties or the exercise or purported exercise of his or
her powers or otherwise in relation to or in connection with his or her duties, powers or
office.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.1. Subject always to these Bye-laws, every Officer shall be indemnified and held
harmless out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities, losses, damages or
expenses (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any
applicable foreign law or regulation and all legal and other costs and expenses properly
payable) incurred or suffered by the Officer arising out of the actual or purported
execution or discharge of the Officer&#146;s duties (including, without limitation, in respect of
his or her service at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee, agent or similar functionary of another person) or the exercise or purported
exercise of the Officer&#146;s powers or otherwise, in relation to or in connection with the
Officer&#146;s duties, powers or office (including but not limited to liabilities attaching to
the Officer and losses arising by virtue of any rule of law in respect of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such Officer may be guilty in relation
to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.2. Every Officer shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all
liabilities arising out of the actual or purported execution or discharge of the Officer&#146;s
duties or the exercise or purported exercise of the Officer&#146;s powers or otherwise, in
relation to or in connection with the Officer&#146;s duties, powers or office, incurred by such
Officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given
in the Officer&#146;s favour, or in which the Officer is acquitted, or in connection with any
application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to the
Officer by the court.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.3. In this Bye-law 75 (i)&nbsp;the term &#147;Officer&#148; includes, in addition to the persons
specified in the definition of that term in Bye-law 1, the Resident Representative, a member
of a committee constituted under these Bye-laws, any person acting as an Officer or
committee member in the reasonable belief that the Officer has been so appointed or elected,
notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election, and any person who formerly was
an Officer or acted in any of the other capacities described in this clause (i)&nbsp;and (ii)
where the context so admits, references to an Officer include the estate and personal
representatives of a deceased Officer or any such other person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.4. The provisions for exemption from liability and indemnity contained in this
Bye-law shall have effect to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, but shall not
extend to any matter which would render any of them void pursuant to the Companies Acts.
75.5. To the extent that any person is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these
Bye-laws in respect of an amount paid or discharged by him or her, the relevant indemnity
shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such
payment (including advance payments of fees or other costs) or effecting such discharge.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.6. The rights to indemnification and reimbursement of expenses provided by these
Bye-laws shall not be deemed to be exclusive of, and are in addition to, any other rights to
which a person may be entitled. Any repeal or amendment of this Bye-law 75 shall be
prospective only and shall not limit the rights of any Officer or the obligation of the
Company with respect to any claim arising prior to any such repeal or amendment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.7. In so far as it is permissible under Applicable Law, each Shareholder and the
Company agree to waive any claim or right of action the Shareholder or it may at any time
have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Officer on
account of any action taken by such Officer or the failure of such Officer to take any
action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company, <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that
such waiver shall not apply to any claims or rights of action arising out of the fraud or
dishonesty of such Officer or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which
such Officer is not legally entitled.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.8. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or
criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to this Bye-law
75 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled
to be indemnified pursuant to this Bye-law 75.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;75.9. Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued
holding of a Share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of
funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this
Bye-law 75 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Officer
to properly perform his or her duties as an Officer.&#148;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into agreements with certain of its directors and officers
indemnifying them against expenses, settlements, judgments and fines in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration or proceeding where the individual&#146;s
involvement is by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer or served at the
Company&#146;s request as a director or officer of another organization, except where such
indemnification is not permitted under applicable law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of the Company are covered by directors and officers insurance
aggregating $65,000,000.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No</B>.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Document Description</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Memorandum of Association of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in Nabors Industries
Ltd.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-76198) filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2002, as amended).</TD>
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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">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.
000-49887) filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A of Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Notice of
Special General Meeting and Proxy Statement (File No.&nbsp;001-32657) filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;24, 2006).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 Appleby regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.*</TD>
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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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 Appleby (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A of Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Revised
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;001-32657) filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2006).</TD>
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    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>The Company hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement&nbsp;(or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in the 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 and the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(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
Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 Hamilton, Bermuda on November&nbsp;12, 2008.
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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">By:<BR>
Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mark Andrews<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark
Andrews
</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Secretary</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

&nbsp;

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Bruce P. Koch, Laura W. Doerre and Eugene M. Isenberg, each his attorney-in-fact, with
full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to
file such amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or each his
substitute or substitutes, may 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;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eugene M. Isenberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eugene M. Isenberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Chief
Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony G. Petrello
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Deputy Chairman, President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony G. Petrello
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Chief
Operating Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bruce P. Koch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce P. Koch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Chief
Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William M. Comfort</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William M. Comfort
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James L. Payne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James L. Payne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hans Schmidt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hans Schmidt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Myron M. Sheinfeld
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Myron M. Sheinfeld
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Martin J. Whitman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;12, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martin J. Whitman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No</B>.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Memorandum of Association of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in Nabors Industries
Ltd.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-76198) filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2002, as amended).</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">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.
000-49887) filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A of Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Notice of
Special General Meeting and Proxy Statement (File No.&nbsp;001-32657) filed with
the Commission on February&nbsp;24, 2006).</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">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Appleby regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*</TD>
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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">15.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.*</TD>
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    <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">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</TD>
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    <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">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Appleby (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).*</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).*</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A of Nabors Industries Ltd.&#146;s Revised
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;001-32657) filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2006).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Bermuda
1381
98-0363970
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
(Primary Standard Industrial
(I.R.S. Employer Identification number)
or organization)
Classification Code number)
MINTFLOWER PLACE
8 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD
HAMILTON, HM08
BERMUDA
TELEPHONE: (441) 292-1510
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
LAURA W. DOERRE
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
NABORS CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
515 WEST GREENS ROAD, SUITE 1200
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067
TELEPHONE: (281) 874-0035
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of process)
With a copy to:
ARNOLD B. PEINADO, III, ESQ.
MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY LLP
1 CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
TELEPHONE: (212) 530-5000
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)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Shares, par value $0.001 per
share
18,095,584 shares
$15.825(2)
$286,362,618.80(2)
$11,254.05
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there shall also be deemed
registered hereby such additional number of ordinary shares of the Registrant as may be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices for the ordinary shares as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on November
10, 2008, of $15.825 per share.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
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. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
the documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
each participant in the Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II below, taken together, constitute the Section 10(a) prospectus. Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") by Nabors Industries Ltd. (the "Company"), are incorporated herein by reference
(except to the extent that portions of any Current Report on Form 8-K are furnished and deemed not
to be filed):
•
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
filed with the Commission on February 28, 2008;
•
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March
31, 2008 filed with the Commission on May 2, 2008;
•
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June
30, 2008 filed with the Commission on August 1, 2008;
•
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended
September 30, 2008 filed with the Commission on October 31, 2008;
•
the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission
on April 29, 2008 as amended by the revised Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
filed with the Commission on April 30, 2008, to the extent incorporated by reference
into the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 14, 2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 29, 2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 1, 2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 17, 2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 23, 2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 3,
2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 16,
2008;
•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 21,
2008;
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•
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 27,
2008; and
•
the description of the Company's common shares contained in its Registration
Statement on Form S-4, filed on January 2, 2002, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendment
No. 1, Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2, Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 and Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 4 to Form S-4, filed on March 25, 2002, April 17, 2002, April 29, 2002,
and May 10, 2002, respectively (Registration No. 333-76198).
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Copies of these documents are not
required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Bermuda law, a company is permitted to indemnify its directors and officers subject to
certain restrictions. Section One (1) and Section Seventy-Five (75) of the Company's Amended and
Restated Bye-Laws, states:
"Officer"
means a Director, Secretary, or other officer of the Company appointed pursuant to
these Bye-laws, but does not include any person holding the office of auditor in relation to the
Company;
"75. Exemption and Indemnification of Officers. Subject always to these Bye-laws, no
Officer shall be liable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other Officer
nor shall any Officer be liable in respect of any negligence, default or breach of duty on
his or her own part in relation to the Company or any Subsidiary, or for any loss,
misfortune or damage which may happen, in or arising out of the actual or purported
execution or discharge of his or her duties or the exercise or purported exercise of his or
her powers or otherwise in relation to or in connection with his or her duties, powers or
office.
75.1. Subject always to these Bye-laws, every Officer shall be indemnified and held
harmless out of the funds of the Company against all liabilities, losses, damages or
expenses (including but not limited to liabilities under contract, tort and statute or any
applicable foreign law or regulation and all legal and other costs and expenses properly
payable) incurred or suffered by the Officer arising out of the actual or purported
execution or discharge of the Officer's duties (including, without limitation, in respect of
his or her service at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee, agent or similar functionary of another person) or the exercise or purported
exercise of the Officer's powers or otherwise, in relation to or in connection with the
Officer's duties, powers or office (including but not limited to liabilities attaching to
the Officer and losses arising by virtue of any rule of law in respect of any negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such Officer may be guilty in relation
to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company).
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75.2. Every Officer shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Company against all
liabilities arising out of the actual or purported execution or discharge of the Officer's
duties or the exercise or purported exercise of the Officer's powers or otherwise, in
relation to or in connection with the Officer's duties, powers or office, incurred by such
Officer in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given
in the Officer's favour, or in which the Officer is acquitted, or in connection with any
application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to the
Officer by the court.
75.3. In this Bye-law 75 (i) the term "Officer" includes, in addition to the persons
specified in the definition of that term in Bye-law 1, the Resident Representative, a member
of a committee constituted under these Bye-laws, any person acting as an Officer or
committee member in the reasonable belief that the Officer has been so appointed or elected,
notwithstanding any defect in such appointment or election, and any person who formerly was
an Officer or acted in any of the other capacities described in this clause (i) and (ii)
where the context so admits, references to an Officer include the estate and personal
representatives of a deceased Officer or any such other person.
75.4. The provisions for exemption from liability and indemnity contained in this
Bye-law shall have effect to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, but shall not
extend to any matter which would render any of them void pursuant to the Companies Acts.
75.5. To the extent that any person is entitled to claim an indemnity pursuant to these
Bye-laws in respect of an amount paid or discharged by him or her, the relevant indemnity
shall take effect as an obligation of the Company to reimburse the person making such
payment (including advance payments of fees or other costs) or effecting such discharge.
75.6. The rights to indemnification and reimbursement of expenses provided by these
Bye-laws shall not be deemed to be exclusive of, and are in addition to, any other rights to
which a person may be entitled. Any repeal or amendment of this Bye-law 75 shall be
prospective only and shall not limit the rights of any Officer or the obligation of the
Company with respect to any claim arising prior to any such repeal or amendment.
75.7. In so far as it is permissible under Applicable Law, each Shareholder and the
Company agree to waive any claim or right of action the Shareholder or it may at any time
have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Officer on
account of any action taken by such Officer or the failure of such Officer to take any
action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company,
provided
,
however
, that
such waiver shall not apply to any claims or rights of action arising out of the fraud or
dishonesty of such Officer or to recover any gain, personal profit or advantage to which
such Officer is not legally entitled.
75.8. Subject to the Companies Acts, expenses incurred in defending any civil or
criminal action or proceeding for which indemnification is required pursuant to this Bye-law
75 shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified party to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnified party is not entitled
to be indemnified pursuant to this Bye-law 75.
75.9. Each Shareholder of the Company, by virtue of its acquisition and continued
holding of a Share, shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that the advances of
funds may be made by the Company as aforesaid, and when made by the Company under this
Bye-law 75 are made to meet expenditures incurred for the purpose of enabling such Officer
to properly perform his or her duties as an Officer."
The Company has entered into agreements with certain of its directors and officers
indemnifying them against expenses, settlements, judgments and fines in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration or proceeding where the individual's
involvement is by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer or served at the
Company's request as a director or officer of another organization, except where such
indemnification is not permitted under applicable law.
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The officers and directors of the Company are covered by directors and officers insurance
aggregating $65,000,000.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No
.
Document Description
3.1
Memorandum of Association of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in Nabors Industries
Ltd.'s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-76198) filed
with the Commission on May 10, 2002, as amended).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Form 10-Q (File No.
000-49887) filed with the Commission on August 3, 2005).
3.3
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Notice of
Special General Meeting and Proxy Statement (File No. 001-32657) filed with
the Commission on February 24, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Appleby regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*
15.1
Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Appleby (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).*
99.1
Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Revised
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-32657) filed with the
Commission on May 4, 2006).
*
Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The Company 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;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in the 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 and the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of 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 percent 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;
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provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(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
Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as amended, that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement; and
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
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.
(b)
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this 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.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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, the Company 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 Hamilton, Bermuda on November 12, 2008.
By:
Name:
/s/ Mark Andrews
Mark
Andrews
Title:
Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Bruce P. Koch, Laura W. Doerre and Eugene M. Isenberg, each his attorney-in-fact, with
full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to
file such amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or each his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Eugene M. Isenberg
Chairman and
November 12, 2008
Eugene M. Isenberg
Chief
Executive Officer
/s/ Anthony G. Petrello
Deputy Chairman, President and
November 12, 2008
Anthony G. Petrello
Chief
Operating Officer
/s/ Bruce P. Koch
Vice President and
November 12, 2008
Bruce P. Koch
Chief
Financial Officer
/s/ William M. Comfort
Director
November 12, 2008
William M. Comfort
/s/ James L. Payne
Director
November 12, 2008
James L. Payne
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Hans Schmidt
Hans Schmidt
Director
November 12, 2008
/s/ Myron M. Sheinfeld
Director
November 12, 2008
Myron M. Sheinfeld
/s/ Martin J. Whitman
Director
November 12, 2008
Martin J. Whitman
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No
.
Document Description
3.1
Memorandum of Association of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by reference
to Annex II to the proxy statement/prospectus included in Nabors Industries
Ltd.'s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-76198) filed
with the Commission on May 10, 2002, as amended).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Form 10-Q (File No.
000-49887) filed with the Commission on August 3, 2005).
3.3
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Nabors Industries Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Notice of
Special General Meeting and Proxy Statement (File No. 001-32657) filed with
the Commission on February 24, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Appleby regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*
15.1
Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to the Securities and Exchange
Commission.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Appleby (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).*
99.1
Nabors Industries Ltd. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Nabors Industries Ltd.'s Revised
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-32657) filed with the
Commission on May 4, 2006).
*
Filed herewith
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