As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on January 6, 1997
Registration No. 33-33575
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 8
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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VALLEY RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Rhode Island 05-0384723
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation)
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1595 Mendon Road, Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP)
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Valley Gas Company Union Employees Savings Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Alfred P. Degen Christine M. Marx, Esq.
Valley Resources, Inc. Edwards & Angell
1595 Mendon Road 105 John F. Kennedy Parkway
P. O. Box 7900 Short Hills, NJ 07078-2701
Cumberland, RI 02864 (201)376-7700
(401)334-1188
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agents for Service)
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The Registrant hereby withdraws the registration of any remaining interests
under the Plan and the Common Stock which remained unpurchased by the Plan as a
result of the recent merger of the Plan into the Valley Resources, Inc. 401(k)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
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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 Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Cumberland, and State of
Rhode Island, on January 2, 1997.
VALLEY RESOURCES, INC.
By: S/A. P. Degen
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Alfred P. Degen
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on January 2, 1997.
Date: January 2, 1997 S/A. P. Degen
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Alfred P. Degen, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Date: January 2, 1997 S/K. W. Hogan
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Kenneth W. Hogan, Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer & Secretary
Date: January 2, 1997 S/*
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Ernest N. Agresti, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 S/*
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Melvin G. Alperin, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 ----------------------------------------
C. Hamilton Davison, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 S/*
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Don A. DeAngelis, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 ----------------------------------------
James M. Dillon, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 S/*
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Jonathan K. Farnum, Director
Date: January 2, 1997 ----------------------------------------
John F. Guthrie, Jr., Director
Date: January 2, 1997 ----------------------------------------
Eleanor M. McMahon, Director
*By: S/K. W. Hogan
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Kenneth W. Hogan, Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee has
duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Providence, State of Rhode Island, on the 2nd day of January 1997.
VALLEY GAS COMPANY UNION
EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN
By: S/Jennifer A. DiBiasio
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Fleet National Bank, Trustee
Jennifer A. DiBiasio
