AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _____________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ________________ DRIL-QUIP, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) DELAWARE 74-2162088 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 13550 HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY 77040 HOUSTON, TEXAS (Zip Code) (Address of Principal Executive Offices) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 INCENTIVE PLAN OF DRIL-QUIP, INC. (Full title of the plan) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LARRY E. REIMERT 13550 HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY HOUSTON, TEXAS 77040 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) (713) 939-7711 Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service copy to: WALTER J. SMITH BAKER & BOTTS, L.L.P. 3000 ONE SHELL PLAZA HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4995 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================================== Title of Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Securities to be to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration Registered Registered Share (2) Price (2) Fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (1)......... 700,000 $17.05 $11,935,000 $2,984 ==================================================================================================================================== (1) Includes rights to purchase preferred stock associated with the shares of common stock being registered hereby. No separate consideration is payable for the rights to purchase preferred stock. The registration fee for these securities is included in the fee for the common stock. (2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sales price reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 30, 2001. ================================================================================ This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-47453) filed by Dril-Quip, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 1998 are incorporated herein by reference. The following documents are filed as a part of this registration statement or incorporated by reference herein: Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- *4.5 -- 1997 Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. (as amended March 16, 2001) (Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 8, 2001, for the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders on May 10, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-13439)). *4.6 -- Rights Agreement between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-33447)). 5 -- Opinion of Baker Botts, L.L.P. 23.1 -- Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5). 23.2 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24 -- Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement). * Incorporated herein by reference as indicated. 1 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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 31st day of August, 2001. DRIL-QUIP, INC. By: /s/ J. MIKE WALKER -------------------------------- J. Mike Walker Co-Chairman of the Board POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below appoints J. Mike Walker, Gary D. Smith and Larry E. Reimert, and each of them, each of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any registration statement for the same employee benefit plan filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the 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, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their 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 below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 31st day of August, 2001. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ LARRY E. REIMERT Co-Chairman of the Board and Director ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Co-Principal Executive Officer and Larry E. Reimert Principal Financial Officer) /s/ GARY D. SMITH Co-Chairman of the Board ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Co-Principal Executive Officer) Gary D. Smith /s/ J. MIKE WALKER Co-Chairman of the Board ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Co-Principal Executive Officer) J. Mike Walker /s/ JERRY M. BROOKS Chief Financial Officer ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Jerry M. Brooks /s/ GARY W. LOVELESS Director ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gary W. Loveless /s/ JAMES M. ALEXANDER Director ---------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Alexander /s/ GARY L. STONE Director ---------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Stone 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description ---------- ----------- *4.5 -- 1997 Incentive Plan of Dril-Quip, Inc. (as amended March 16, 2001) (Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement dated March 8, 2001, for the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders on May 10, 2001 (SEC File No. 1-13439)). *4.6 -- Rights Agreement between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as rights agent (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-33447)). 5 -- Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. 23.1 -- Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5). 23.2 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24 -- Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Incorporated herein by reference as indicated. 3