U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FORM 4
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Greehey, William E.
7990 West IH 10
San Antonio, TX 78230
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Valero Energy Corporation
VLO
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
01/31/98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, $.01 par va|08/31/|I |V|16,289.672 |A |$33.31 | | | |
lue |97 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock, $.01 par va|01/29/|M | |15,000(1) |A |n/a | | | |
lue |98 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock, $.01 par va|01/29/|M | |8,000(1) |A |n/a | | | |
lue |98 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock, $.01 par va|12/0/9|G |V|600 |D |n/a |373,370 |D | |
lue |7 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock, $.01 par va| | | | | | |59,182.996 |I(2) |401(k) Plan |
lue | | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| |
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Performance Shares |(1) |01/29|M | |15,000(1) |D |(1) |01/22|Common Stock|15,000 |n/a |10,000 |D | |
| |/98 | | | | | |/99 | | | | | | |
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Performance Shares |(1) |01/29|M | |8,000(1) |D |(1) |01/23|Common Stock|8,000 |n/a |10,666 |D | |
| |/98 | | | | | |/00 | | | | | | |
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Restricted Stock (Aw|(3) |01/29|A |V|21,600 |A |(3) |(3) |Common Stock|21,600 |n/a |21,600 |D | |
ard) | |/98 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Performance Shares (|(4) |01/29|A |V|25,000 |A |(4) |01/29|Common Stock|25,000(|n/a |25,000 |D | |
Award) | |/98 | | | | | |/01 | |4) | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The reporting person has elected to defer receipt of the settlement of his
prior performance share award until the first day of January of the year
following the reporting person's termination of service. The Compensation
Committee of Valero Energy Corporation Board of Directors (the
"Compensation Committee") has determined the amount of the award at 150% of the
number of performance shares eligible to be issued in 1998 and
has accrued such number of shares to be issued upon the first day of January of
the year following the reporting person's termination of service.
(2) The information reported herein is based on plan balances as of December
31, 1997. The information does not reflect transactions and holdings
subsequent to that date that are eligible for deferred reporting on Form
5.
(3) Award of restricted stock under the Valero Energy Corporation Executive
Stock Incentive Plan. Shares are not issuable until the first day of
January of the year following the reporting person's termination of
service.
(4) Award of performance shares under the Valero Energy Corporation Executive
Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to terms of the reporting person's
performance share agreement approved by the Compensation Committee, performance
shares accrued are not to be issued until the first day of
January of the year following the reporting person's termination of service.
The amount of performance shares to be accrued to the reporting person
is determined annually over a three-year period and are payable in common stock
in amounts ranging from zero to 200 percent of the performance
shares.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
William E. Greehey
DATE
02/10/98
