As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 1997
Registration No. 33-56441
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 74-1244795
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
530 McCullough Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78215
(210) 246-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
RAND C. SCHMIDT, ESQ.
Corporate Secretary
530 McCullough Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78215
(210) 246-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Deregistration of Securities
Valero Energy Corporation (the "Company") has previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration statements on Form S-3
(Registration No. 33-45457 and Registration No. 33-56441), registering the
Company's Debt Securities. All of the Company's Debt Securities registered
under Registration Statement No. 33-45457 have been sold and such offering
terminated. Pursuant to the undertakings set forth in Registration Statement
No. 33-56441 and pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange Commission
that the Company has terminated the offering under Registration Statement No.
33-56441 and hereby deregisters all Debt Securities which remain unsold under
Registration Statement No. 33-56441.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to 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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Form S-3 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Antonio and State of Texas, on
July 30, 1997.
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By /s/ William E. Greehey
William E. Greehey,
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
Director (Chairman of the
Board) and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
/s/ William E. Greehey Officer July 30, 1997
William E. Greehey
Director, President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
/s/ Edward C. Benninger Accounting Officer) July 30, 1997
Edward C. Benninger*
/s/ Ronald K. Calgaard Director July 30, 1997
Ronald K. Calgaard*
/s/ Robert G. Dettmer Director July 30, 1997
Robert G. Dettmer*
/s/ Ruben M. Escobedo Director July 30, 1997
Ruben M. Escobedo*
/s/ James L. Johnson Director July 30, 1997
James L. Johnson*
/s/ Lowell H. Lebermann Director July 30, 1997
Lowell H. Lebermann*
/s/ Susan Kaufman Purcell Director July 30, 1997
Susan Kaufman Purcell*
* By: /s/ William E. Greehey
William E. Greehey
(as Attorney-in-Fact)
