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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 3, 2010
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 		  1-8514
(Commission
File Number) 		  95-3822631
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1310 Rankin
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
77073
(Zip Code)
(281) 443-3370
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
     A copy of the news release dated August 3, 2010, announcing the Registrant’s financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
     The information contained in this report and the exhibit hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filings made by Smith International, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
  (c)   Exhibit
  99.1   News Release dated August 3, 2010 with respect to the Registrant’s financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.

 

 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 		  
Date: August 3, 2010  /s/ Richard E. Chandler, Jr    
  By: Richard E. Chandler, Jr.   
  Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary 		  

 

 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit No.   Description
  99.1    
News Release by the Registrant dated August 3, 2010.