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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <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>
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<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>DRILLING TOOLS INTERNATIONAL 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>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">87-2488708</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3701 Briarpark Drive, Suite 150</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>77042</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus 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>David Johnson </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Financial Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Drilling Tools International Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3701 Briarpark Drive, Suite 150 </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:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address 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>(832) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">742-8500</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(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>copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michael J. Blankenship </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Winston&nbsp;&amp; Strawn, LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>800 Capitol St., Suite 2400 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, TX 77002-2925 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">651-2600</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, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the 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
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<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> under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;) is being filed in order to register an additional 893,057 shares of common stock, par
value $0.0001, per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;) of Drilling Tools International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) that may be awarded under the Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;), which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares registered on the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>SEC</U>&#148;) on August&nbsp;28, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-274242)</FONT> (the &#147;<U>Prior
Registration Statement</U>&#148;), which is hereby incorporated by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These shares of Common Stock consist of 893,057 shares of
Common Stock that have become reserved for issuance in accordance with the &#147;evergreen&#148; provision of the Plan since the filing of the Prior Registration Statement, which provides that the total number of shares subject to the Plan will be
increased from time to time pursuant to a specified formula. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> </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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (d) below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000095017024037792/dti-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;28, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000095017024060334/dti-20240331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A>, for the Quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;15, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K/A</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312524061506/d686171d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
7, 2024</A> (Item 1.01), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312524065062/d810553d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
12, 2024</A> (Item 5.02), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312524070306/d797508d8k.htm">March&nbsp;19, 2024</A> (Item 2.01, as amended by the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K/A</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312524148080/d808434d8ka.htm">May&nbsp;
28, 2024</A>), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312524070307/d761498d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
19, 2024</A> (Items 1.01 and 2.03) and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000114036124026503/ef20029383_8k.htm">May&nbsp;16, 2024</A> (Item 5.07) (except for any portions of such Current
Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K/A</FONT> furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and/or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the SEC); and
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the &#147;Description of Securities&#148;
attached as <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000095017024037792/dti-ex4_2.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed
with the SEC on March&nbsp;28, 2024, and any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; <I>provided, however</I>, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance
with the rules of the SEC shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement. </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 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 such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312523175331/d498600dex31.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-41103),</FONT> filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;27, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312523175331/d498600dex32.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-41103),</FONT> filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;27, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1884516/000119312523175331/d498600dex41.htm">Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Drilling Tools International Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Drilling Tools
International Corporation&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-41103),</FONT> filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;27, 2023). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d812011dex44.htm">Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Houston, State of Texas on this
11<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of June, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>DRILLING TOOLS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">R. Wayne Prejean</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints R. Wayne Prejean as such
person&#146;s true lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> of the Registrant and any subsequent registration statements related thereto pursuant to Instruction E to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and generally to do all such
things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person 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, or any of them, or their or his or her
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">R. Wayne Prejean</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Thomas O. Hicks</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Eric C. Neuman</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">C. Richard Vermillion</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The
Securities Act of 1933
DRILLING TOOLS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
87-2488708
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
3701 Briarpark Drive, Suite 150
Houston, Texas
77042
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David Johnson
Chief
Financial Officer
Drilling Tools International Corporation
3701 Briarpark Drive, Suite 150
Houston, Texas 77042
(Name and address of agent for service)
(832)
742-8500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
copies to:
Michael J. Blankenship
Winston & Strawn, LLP
800 Capitol St., Suite 2400
Houston, TX 77002-2925
Telephone: (713)
651-2600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the 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
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"
Securities Act
"), this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "
Registration Statement
") is being filed in order to register an additional 893,057 shares of common stock, par
value $0.0001, per share ("
Common Stock
") of Drilling Tools International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "
Registrant
") that may be awarded under the Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the "
Plan
"), which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as those shares registered on the Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
") on August 28, 2023 (File
No. 333-274242)
(the "
Prior
Registration Statement
"), which is hereby incorporated by reference.
These shares of Common Stock consist of 893,057 shares of
Common Stock that have become reserved for issuance in accordance with the "evergreen" provision of the Plan since the filing of the Prior Registration Statement, which provides that the total number of shares subject to the Plan will be
increased from time to time pursuant to a specified formula.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN 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 Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the Note to Part I of Form
S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed in (a) through (d) below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
, for the Quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2024;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
and Form
8-K/A
filed with the SEC on
March 
7, 2024
(Item 1.01),
March 
12, 2024
(Item 5.02),
March 19, 2024
(Item 2.01, as amended by the Registrant's Form
8-K/A
filed with the SEC on
May 
28, 2024
),
March 
19, 2024
(Items 1.01 and 2.03) and
May 16, 2024
(Item 5.07) (except for any portions of such Current
Reports on Form
8-K
and Form
8-K/A
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and/or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the SEC); and
(d)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the "Description of Securities"
attached as
Exhibit 4.2
to the Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed
with the SEC on March 28, 2024, and any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
provided, however
, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance
with the rules of the SEC shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
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 such 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
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-41103),
filed with the SEC on June 27, 2023).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-41103),
filed with the SEC on June 27, 2023).
4.3
Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Drilling Tools International Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Drilling Tools
International Corporation's Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-41103),
filed with the SEC on June 27, 2023).
4.4*
Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
5.1*
Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Weaver and Tidwell, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of 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 Houston, State of Texas on this
11
th
day of June, 2024.
DRILLING TOOLS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ R. Wayne Prejean
R. Wayne Prejean
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints R. Wayne Prejean as such
person's true lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
of the Registrant and any subsequent registration statements related thereto pursuant to Instruction E to Form
S-8
(and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, and generally to do all such
things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all requirements of the SEC, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ R/ Wayne Prejean
R. Wayne Prejean
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 11, 2024
/s/ David R. Johnson
David R. Johnson
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 11, 2024
/s/ Thomas O. Hicks
Thomas O. Hicks
Chairman of the Board
June 11, 2024
/s/ Eric C. Neuman
Eric C. Neuman
Director
June 11, 2024
/s/ John D. Furst
John D. Furst
Director
June 11, 2024
/s/ C. Richard Vermillion
C. Richard Vermillion
Director
June 11, 2024
/s/ Curtis L. Crofford
Curtis L. Crofford
Director
June 11, 2024
/s/ Thomas M. Patterson
Thomas M. Patterson
Director
June 11, 2024