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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;17, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B></P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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>
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</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>UNIT 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"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Second Amended and Restated </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Unit Corporation </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stock
and Incentive Compensation Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>dated May&nbsp;6, 2015 </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Andrew E. Harding</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Jason B. Coutant, Esq.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172-0148</B></TD></TR>
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a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.20 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$31.14(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$37,368,000(2)</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This Registration Statement covers 1,200,000 additional shares available for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May&nbsp;6, 2015. This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For purposes of determining the registration fee, the maximum per share and aggregate offering prices have been determined, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average
of the high and low selling prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;11, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#tx941950_1">INCORPORATION OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE </A></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional shares of common stock of Unit Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), to be issued pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May&nbsp;6, 2015 (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The additional shares relate to the
amendment and restatement of the Plan approved by the stockholders of the Registrant at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May&nbsp;6, 2015, to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the
Plan by 1,200,000 shares. The contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-135194, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;21, 2006, relating to
the Plan is hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="tx941950_2"></A>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="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A NAME="tx941950_3"></A><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 with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference herein: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;24, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2015, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;8, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Amended Form 8-B, dated October&nbsp;7, 1986, filed with the Commission, including any amendment or
report heretofor or hereafter filed for the purpose of updating the description; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any information furnished pursuant to any Current Report on Form 8-K), subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any 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 in any other 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 to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><A NAME="tx941950_4"></A>Item&nbsp;5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mark E. Schell, General Counsel of the Registrant, as our counsel, will issue an opinion for
the Registrant regarding the validity of the shares of common stock offered by this Registration Statement. Mark E. Schell beneficially owns 160,536 shares of our common stock. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May&nbsp;6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K dated May 8, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*</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 of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma on this 17<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of June, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Mark E. Schell</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mark E. Schell</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Senior Vice President and General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<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 hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Schell and Larry D.
Pinkston, and each of them, such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Unit Corporation and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 his substitute or substitutes, 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 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Larry D. Pinkston</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David T. Merrill</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</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/ J. Michael Adcock</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. Michael Adcock</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June&nbsp;17,&nbsp;2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</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/ Gary R. Christopher</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gary R. Christopher</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></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 B. Hildebrand</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven B. Hildebrand</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</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/ William B. Morgan</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William B. Morgan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</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/ Larry C. Payne</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Larry C. Payne</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></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/ G. Bailey Peyton IV</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">G. Bailey Peyton IV</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></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/ Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="right">June 17, 2015</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="middle">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May&nbsp;6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated
May&nbsp;8, 2015).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion and consent of Mark&nbsp;E. Schell, Esq.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>15</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.*</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Mark&nbsp;E. Schell, Esq. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*</TD></TR>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNIT CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
73-1283193
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
7130 South Lewis, Suite 1000
Tulsa, Oklahoma
74136
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Second Amended and Restated
Unit Corporation
Stock
and Incentive Compensation Plan
dated May 6, 2015
(Full Title of the Plan)
Andrew E. Harding
Copy to:
Associate General Counsel
Unit Corporation
Jason B. Coutant, Esq.
7130 South Lewis, Suite 1000
Conner & Winters, LLP
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
4000 One Williams Center
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74172-0148
(918) 586 -8973
(918) 493-7700
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Each Class Of
Securities To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.20 per share
1,200,000
$31.14(2)
$37,368,000(2)
$4,342.16
(1)
This Registration Statement covers 1,200,000 additional shares available for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2015. This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
For purposes of determining the registration fee, the maximum per share and aggregate offering prices have been determined, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average
of the high and low selling prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 11, 2015.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INCORPORATION OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
1
PART II
1
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
1
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
1
Item 8. Exhibits
2
SIGNATURES
3
EXHIBIT INDEX
5
EX-5:
OPINION AND CONSENT OF MARK E. SCHELL, ESQ.
EX-15:
LETTER RE UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION
EX-23.1:
CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-23.3:
CONSENT OF RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.
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INCORPORATION OF PRIOR
REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional shares of common stock of Unit Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company" or the "Registrant"), to be issued pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2015 (the "Plan"). The additional shares relate to the
amendment and restatement of the Plan approved by the stockholders of the Registrant at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 6, 2015, to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the
Plan by 1,200,000 shares. The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-135194, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 21, 2006, relating to
the Plan is hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby, pursuant to General Instruction E 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 Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2015;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2015;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 8, 2015;
(d)
the description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Amended Form 8-B, dated October 7, 1986, filed with the Commission, including any amendment or
report heretofor or hereafter filed for the purpose of updating the description; and
All documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (excluding any information furnished pursuant to any Current Report on Form 8-K), subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any 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 in any other 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 to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Mark E. Schell, General Counsel of the Registrant, as our counsel, will issue an opinion for
the Registrant regarding the validity of the shares of common stock offered by this Registration Statement. Mark E. Schell beneficially owns 160,536 shares of our common stock.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
4
Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Registrant's Form 8-K dated May 8, 2015).
5
Opinion and consent of Mark E. Schell, Esq.*
15
Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Mark E. Schell, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).*
23.3
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.*
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma on this 17
th
day of June, 2015.
UNIT CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Mark E. Schell
Name:
Mark E. Schell
Title:
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Mark E. Schell and Larry D.
Pinkston, and each of them, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in such person's name, place and stead, in the capacities indicated below, to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Unit Corporation and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 his substitute or substitutes, 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.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ John G. Nikkel
John G. Nikkel
Chairman of the Board and Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ Larry D. Pinkston
Larry D. Pinkston
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
June 17, 2015
/s/ David T. Merrill
David T. Merrill
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
June 17, 2015
/s/ Don Hayes
Don Hayes
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
June 17, 2015
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/s/ J. Michael Adcock
J. Michael Adcock
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ Gary R. Christopher
Gary R. Christopher
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ Steven B. Hildebrand
Steven B. Hildebrand
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ William B. Morgan
William B. Morgan
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ Larry C. Payne
Larry C. Payne
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ G. Bailey Peyton IV
G. Bailey Peyton IV
Director
June 17, 2015
/s/ Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.
Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.
Director
June 17, 2015
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4
Second Amended and Restated Unit Corporation Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to the Registrant's Form
8-K
dated
May 8, 2015).
5
Opinion and consent of Mark E. Schell, Esq.*
15
Letter re Unaudited Interim Financial Information.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
23.2
Consent of Mark E. Schell, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).*
23.3
Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.*
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*
*
Filed herewith.
5