1 Registration No. 333-43615 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NATIONAL-OILWELL, INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 76-0475815 - ------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Incorporation or Organization) 5555 San Felipe Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 960-5100 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) Steven W. Krablin Vice President and Chief Financial Officer National-Oilwell, Inc. 5555 San Felipe Houston, Texas 77056 (713) 960-5100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) Copies to: David R. King, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2000 One Logan Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-6993 (215) 963-5000 2 This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 is being filed to deregister the remaining 383,000 shares of Common Stock that originally were registered on this Form S-3 but not sold. 3 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-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas, on May 27, 1998. NATIONAL-OILWELL, INC. By: /s/ Joel V. Staff --------------------------------------- Joel V. Staff Chairman, President and Chief Executive POWER OF ATTORNEY Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. SIGNATURES
Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- of Directors (Principal Joel V. Staff Executive Officer) /s/ Steven W. Krablin Vice President and Chief May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Steven W. Krablin Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- Howard I. Bull * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- James C. Comis III * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- James T. Dresher * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- W. McComb Dunwoody * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- William E. Macaulay * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- Frederick W. Pheasey * Director May 27, 1998 - ---------------------------------- Bruce M. Rothstein *By: /s/ Steven W. Krablin - ---------------------------------- Attorney-in-Fact