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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Alberta, Canada</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction or</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>800, 525 &#150; 8th Avenue, S.W. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Calgary, Alberta </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada
T2P 1G1 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(403) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">716-4500</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Precision Drilling Corporation Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Precision Drilling (US) Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10350 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77042 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">435-6100</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Veronica Foley </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Legal and Compliance Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Precision Drilling Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>800, 525 &#150; 8th Avenue, S.W. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Calgary, Alberta </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Canada
T2P 1G1 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(403) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">716-4500</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;30, 2017, Precision Drilling Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed a Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-221226)</FONT> (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;) to register 894,379 of the Registrant&#146;s common shares (&#147;Common Shares&#148;) (after
giving effect to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-1</FONT> share consolidation on November&nbsp;12, 2020), which may be issued under the Precision Drilling Corporation Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May&nbsp;12, 2022, the Registrant&#146;s shareholders approved an amendment to the
Plan to increase the number of Common Shares available for grant under the Plan by 200,000 to a maximum number of 1,094,379. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to
General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 200,000 Common Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan. In accordance with General
Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, including all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, except as
supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000119312523061606/d431811d40f.htm">Form
 40-F</A> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March 6, 2023, including the reports of independent registered public accounting firm in respect of the audited consolidated financial statements therein and on the effectiveness
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Management Information Circular dated March&nbsp;
29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000156459023004643/pds-ex991_9.htm">Exhibit 99.1</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission
on March&nbsp;29, 2023);</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Material Change Report dated September&nbsp;
15, 2023 (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000117184323005708/exh_996.htm">Exhibit 99.6</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission on
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2023
and condensed interim consolidated financial statements as at September&nbsp;30, 2023 and for the three and nine months ended September&nbsp;
30, 2023 (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000117184323006499/exh_991.htm">Exhibit 99.1</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000117184323006499/exh_992.htm">Exhibit
99.2</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission on October&nbsp;27, 2023);</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Registrant&#146;s Material Change Report dated November&nbsp;
17, 2023 (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000117184323007190/exh_991.htm">Exhibit 99.1</A> of the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished to the Commission on
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">40-F</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022; and</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the description of the Common Shares (incorporated by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013605/000095012310054703/o62399exv99w1.htm">Exhibit
 99.1</A> to the Registrant&#146;s report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on June&nbsp;1, 2010 under the designation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K12B).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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of the Exchange Act, and, to the extent designated therein, Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K</FONT> furnished by the Registrant to the Commission that are identified in such forms as being incorporated
into this Registration Statement, in each case, 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 under the
Registration Statement have been sold, or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, are also incorporated herein by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing or furnishing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other 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. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d853276dex51.htm">Opinion of Osler, Hoskin&nbsp;&amp; Harcourt LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d853276dex231.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP &#150; Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d853276dex991.htm">Precision Drilling Corporation Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as of March&nbsp;4, 2022 </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada on the 20th day of December, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carey T. Ford</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Carey T. Ford</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial
Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Carey T. Ford and Veronica H. Foley, and each of them, either of whom may act without the
joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-substitution,</FONT> for such person and in each person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kevin A. Neveu</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carey T. Ford</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Carey T. Ford</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">December 20, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael R. Culbert</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael R. Culbert</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William T. Donovan</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William T. Donovan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">December 20, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steven W. Krablin</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven W. Krablin</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lori A. Lancaster</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lori A. Lancaster</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">December 20, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan M. Mackenzie</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Susan M. Mackenzie</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">December 20, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin O. Meyers</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kevin O. Meyers</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David W. Williams</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David W. Williams</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;6(a) the Securities Act, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the
duly authorized representative of Precision Drilling Corporation in the United States, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 20th day of December, 2023. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Veronica H. Foley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Veronica H. Foley</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Legal and Compliance
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Alberta, Canada
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction or
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
800, 525 – 8th Avenue, S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T2P 1G1
(403)
716-4500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Precision Drilling Corporation Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Precision Drilling (US) Corporation
10350 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700
Houston, Texas 77042
(713)
435-6100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Veronica Foley
Chief
Legal and Compliance Officer
Precision Drilling Corporation
800, 525 – 8th Avenue, S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
T2P 1G1
(403)
716-4500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.:
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated
filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On October 30, 2017, Precision Drilling Corporation (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(File
No. 333-221226)
(the "Prior Registration Statement") to register 894,379 of the Registrant's common shares ("Common Shares") (after
giving effect to a
20-1
share consolidation on November 12, 2020), which may be issued under the Precision Drilling Corporation Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
At the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 12, 2022, the Registrant's shareholders approved an amendment to the
Plan to increase the number of Common Shares available for grant under the Plan by 200,000 to a maximum number of 1,094,379.
Pursuant to
General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
this Registration Statement is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 200,000 Common Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan. In accordance with General
Instruction E of Form
S-8,
the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, including all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, except as
supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth below.
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 hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
 40-F
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March 6, 2023, including the reports of independent registered public accounting firm in respect of the audited consolidated financial statements therein and on the effectiveness
 of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022;
(b)
the Registrant's Management Information Circular dated March 
29, 2023 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1
of the Registrant's Form
6-K
furnished to the Commission
on March 29, 2023);
(c)
the Registrant's Material Change Report dated September 
15, 2023 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.6
of the Registrant's Form
6-K
furnished to the Commission on
September 15, 2023);
(d)
the Registrant's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023
and condensed interim consolidated financial statements as at September 30, 2023 and for the three and nine months ended September 
30, 2023 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1
and
Exhibit
99.2
of the Registrant's Form
6-K
furnished to the Commission on October 27, 2023);
(e)
the Registrant's Material Change Report dated November 
17, 2023 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1
of the Registrant's Form
6-K
furnished to the Commission on
November 20, 2023);
(f)
all other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
40-F
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022; and
(g)
the description of the Common Shares (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
 99.1
to the Registrant's report on Form
6-K
filed by the Registrant on June 1, 2010 under the designation
8-K12B).
All other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, and, to the extent designated therein, Reports of Foreign Private Issuer on Form
6-K
furnished by the Registrant to the Commission that are identified in such forms as being incorporated
into this Registration Statement, in each case, 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 under the
Registration Statement have been sold, or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, are also incorporated herein by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of the filing or furnishing 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 the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other 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.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP – Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
Precision Drilling Corporation Amended and Restated Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, as of March 4, 2022
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 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 Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada on the 20th day of December, 2023.
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Carey T. Ford
Carey T. Ford
Chief Financial
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Carey T. Ford and Veronica H. Foley, and each of them, either of whom may act without the
joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and
re-substitution,
for such person and in each person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which
taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates set forth below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin A. Neveu
Kevin A. Neveu
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 20, 2023
/s/ Carey T. Ford
Carey T. Ford
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
December 20, 2023
/s/ Michael R. Culbert
Michael R. Culbert
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ William T. Donovan
William T. Donovan
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ Steven W. Krablin
Steven W. Krablin
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ Lori A. Lancaster
Lori A. Lancaster
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ Susan M. Mackenzie
Susan M. Mackenzie
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ Kevin O. Meyers
Kevin O. Meyers
Director
December 20, 2023
/s/ David W. Williams
David W. Williams
Director
December 20, 2023
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) the Securities Act, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the
duly authorized representative of Precision Drilling Corporation in the United States, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 20th day of December, 2023.
PRECISION DRILLING (US) CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Veronica H. Foley
Veronica H. Foley
Chief Legal and Compliance
Officer