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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.______)*
Murphy Oil Corporation
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
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(Title of Class of Securities)
626717 10 2
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(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement { }. (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
(Continued on following page(s))
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CUSIP No. 626717 10 2 13G Page 2 of 8 Pages
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
First United Bancshares, Inc.
71-0548646
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a) / /
(b) / /
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Arkansas Corporation
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5 SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF 73,585
SHARES -------------------------------------------------
6 SHARED VOTING POWER
BENEFICIALLY
2,448,175
OWNED BY
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EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING 69,054
PERSON ------------------------------------------------
8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH
2,452,706
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9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
2,521,760
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10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
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11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
5.175077%
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12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
Parent Holding Company
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*SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a) Name of Issuer:
Murphy Oil Corporation
Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
200 Peach
El Dorado, AR 71730
Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing:
First United Bancshares, Inc.
Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Offices:
Main at Washington Streets
El Dorado, AR 71730
Item 2(c) Citizenship:
Arkansas Corporation
Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e) Cusip Number:
626717 10 2
Item 3 If this Statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or
13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:
(a) ( ) Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
(b) ( ) Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act
(c) ( ) Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act
(d) ( ) Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act
(e) ( ) Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
(f) ( ) Employee Benefit plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 or Endowment Fund; see Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
(g) (x) Parent Holding Company, in accordance with the Section
240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7)
(h) ( ) Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H)
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Item 4 Ownership:
If the percent of the class owned as of December 31 of the year
covered by the Statement or as of the last day of any month
described in Rule 13d-1(b)(2), if applicable, exceeds five percent,
provide the following information as of that date and identify
those shares which there is a right to acquire.
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:
(b) Percent of Class:
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole voting power:
(ii) shared voting power:
(iii) sole dispositive power:
(iv) shared dispositive power:
Item 5 Ownership of five percent or less of a class:
Not Applicable
Item 6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
Not Applicable
Item 7 Identification and classification of the subsidiary which acquired
the security being reported on by the parent holding company:
See Exhibit "A" attached hereto
Item 8 Identification and classification of members of the group:
Not Applicable
Item 9 Notice of dissolution of group:
Not Applicable
Item 10 Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the
control of
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the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or
effect.
Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief
I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.
FIRST UNITED BANCSHARES, INC.
/s/ JOHN E. BURNS
John E. Burns
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
February 7, 1994
Date
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EXHIBIT A TO ITEM 7
This statement by First United Bancshares, Inc. is being filed on
behalf of First National Bank of El Dorado, El Dorado, Arkansas and First
National Bank of Magnolia, Magnolia, Arkansas.
/s/ JOHN E. BURNS
John E. Burns
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
February 14, 1994
Date
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