FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 194
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading 6. If Amendment, Date of
Requiring Statement Symbol Original
Watler, Jr. D. Hughes 03/12/2003 Goodrich Petroleum Corp. GDP
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(Last) (First) (Middle) (Month/Day/Year) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person (Month/Day/Year)
to Issuer
3. IRS Number of (Check all applicable) 7. Individual or Joint/
Reporting Person Group Filing
808 Travis, Suite 1320 (Voluntary) Director 10% Owner (Check applicable Line)
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(Street) X Officer Other --- Reporting Person
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below) below) Form filed by More
--- than One Reporting
Houston TX 77002 Chief Financial Officer Person
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Benefically Owned Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
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Common Stock - 0 -
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)
FORM 3 (continued) Table II-- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options,
convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exercisable 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conversion or 5. Ownership Form 6. Nature of
Security and Expiration Securities Underlying Exercise Price of Derivative Indirect
(Instr. 4) Date Derivative Security of Derivative Derivative Beneficial
(Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 4) Security Security: Ownership
Direct (D) or (Instr. 5)
Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
Date Expiration Title Amount or
Exer- Date Number of
cisable Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
/s/D. Hughes Watler, Jr. April 4, 2003
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**Signature of Reporting Person
Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.