Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2005.

Registration No. 333-___

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

TETRA Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		74-2148293
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

25025 Interstate 45 North, Suite 600

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

WITH STUART M. BRIGHTMAN

EFFECTIVE APRIL 20, 2005

(Full title of the plan)

Geoffrey M. Hertel

President and Chief Executive Officer

25025 Interstate 45 North, Suite 600

The Woodlands, Texas 77380

(281) 367-1983

(Name and address of agent for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered (1)	Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)	Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (3)	80,000 shares	$27.23	$2,178,400	$256.40

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of shares of common stock registered herein includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued with respect to the securities registered hereunder by reason of stock dividends, spin-offs, extraordinary dividends, stock splits, combinations of shares, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or similar transactions.

(2) Based upon the number of shares of common stock registered hereby as to which the option has been granted multiplied by the exercise price of such option pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

(3) Includes the preferred stock purchase rights (as adjusted and as subject to further adjustment upon certain events) associated with the common stock.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan listed on the cover of the Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act"). These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed by TETRA Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) are incorporated herein by reference into the Registration Statement:

(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004;

(b) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005;

(c) To the extent incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10 K, our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on March 30, 2005;

(d) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed by the Company with the SEC on January 7, 2005 and April 22, 2005;

(e) The description of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on October 7, 1997 (File No. 0-18335), including any amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

(f) The description of our Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock contained in Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Reg. No. 01-13455) filed with the SEC on October 28, 1998, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Not applicable.

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Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not applicable.

Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been made to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145.

The Company’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides for indemnification of directors and officers of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Company’s bylaws, as amended, also provide that directors and officers shall be indemnified against liabilities arising from their service as directors or officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, which generally requires that the individual act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the Company’s best interests.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

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In accordance with the Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company’s restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, contains a provision that generally eliminates the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty, subject to limitations of Section 102(b)(7).

The Company maintains insurance policies that provide coverages to its directors and officers against certain liabilities.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrants have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable.

Item 8. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits have been filed as part of this Registration Statement and are specifically incorporated by reference:

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 27, 1995 (SEC File No. 33-80881)).
4.2		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 27, 1995 (SEC File No. 33-80881)).
4.3		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(ii) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on March 15, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.4		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).
4.5		Bylaws, as amended, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 23, 1990 (SEC File No. 33-33586)).
4.6		Certificate of Designation of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company, dated October 27, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 28, 1998 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.7		Rights Agreement, dated as of October 26, 1998, between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (predecessor to Computershare Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 28, 1998 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.8		Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 23, 1990 (SEC File No. 33-33586)).
4.9		Form of Certificate of Designation for the Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).

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4.10

Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).

4.11

Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Stuart M. Brightman, dated as of April 20, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2005 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).

5.1

Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP.

23.1

Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23.3

Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.

24.1

Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).

Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report

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pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant. 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 The Woodlands, State of Texas, on this 6th day of July, 2005.

TETRA Technologies, Inc.

By: /s/Geoffrey M. Hertel

Geoffrey M. Hertel

President & Chief Executive Officer

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant hereby constitutes and appoints Geoffrey M. Hertel and Bass C. Wallace, Jr., and each of them, his lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any all capacities, to sign, execute and file this registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do, if personally present, 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.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.

Name and Signature	Title	Date

/s/Geoffrey M. Hertel	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	July 6, 2005
Geoffrey M. Hertel	(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/Joseph M. Abell	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	July 6, 2005
Joseph M. Abell	(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/Ben C. Chambers	Vice President – Accounting	July 6, 2005
Ben C. Chambers	(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/J. Taft Symonds	Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director	July 6, 2005
J. Taft Symonds

	Director
Hoyt Ammidon, Jr.

/s/Paul D. Coombs	Executive Vice President and Director	July 6, 2005
Paul D. Coombs

	Director
Ralph S. Cunningham

	Director
Tom H. Delimitros

/s/Allen T. McInnes	Director	July 6, 2005
Allen T. McInnes

/s/Kenneth P. Mitchell	Director	July 6, 2005
Kenneth P. Mitchell

/s/Kenneth E. White, Jr.	Director	July 6, 2005
Kenneth E. White, Jr.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 27, 1995 (SEC File No. 33-80881)).
4.2		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on December 27, 1995 (SEC File No. 33-80881)).
4.3		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(ii) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 filed on March 15, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.4		Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).
4.5		Bylaws, as amended, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 23, 1990 (SEC File No. 33-33586)).
4.6		Certificate of Designation of Series One Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company, dated October 27, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 28, 1998 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.7		Rights Agreement, dated as of October 26, 1998, between the Company and Harris Trust and Savings Bank (predecessor to Computershare Investor Services LLC), as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 28, 1998 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
4.8		Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 23, 1990 (SEC File No. 33-33586)).
4.9		Form of Certificate of Designation for the Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).
4.10		Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on May 25, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-115859)).
4.11		Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Stuart M. Brightman, dated as of April 20, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2005 (SEC File No. 001-13455)).
5.1		Opinion of Andrews Kurth LLP.
23.1		Consent of Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3		Consent of Ryder Scott Company, L.P.
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).

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