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Registration Statement dated July 9, 1997.
Registration No. 333-13893
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
QUAKER STATE CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2677 25-0742820
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(State of incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer ID No,)
225 E. John Carpenter Freeway
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Irving, Texas 75062
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(972) 868-0400
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
PAUL E. KONNEY
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Quaker State Corporation
225 E. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, Texas 75062
(972) 868-0437
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
MARY ANN ROOT MARK D. WOOD, ESQ.
Corporate Counsel Counsel for Selling Shareholders
Quaker State Corporation Katten Muchin & Zavis
225 E. John Carpenter Freeway 525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600
Irving, Texas 75062 Chicago, IL 60661-3693
(972) 868-0525 (312) 902-5200
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to
time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:[ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:[X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering.[ ] __________
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.[ ] __________
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.[ ]
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Quaker State Corporation (the "Registrant") by this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-13893),
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10,
1996, as amended and declared effective on December 23, 1996 (the "Registration
Statement"), hereby deregisters under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
1,332,702 shares of the Registrant's Capital Stock, $1.00 par value per share.
REASON FOR DEREGISTRATION
The 1,332,702 shares being deregistered remained unsold as of April 22, 1997,
the date of termination of the offering under the Registration Statement.
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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 the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment
to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving, State of Texas, on July 9,
1997.
QUAKER STATE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Herbert M. Baum
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(Herbert M. Baum)
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
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--------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, Chief 7/09/97
(Herbert M. Baum) Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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--------------------------------- Vice Chairman, Chief Financial 7/09/97
(Conrad A. Conrad) Officer and Director (Principal
Financial Officer)
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--------------------------------- Vice President and Controller 7/09/97
(Keith S. Krzeminski) (Principal Accounting Officer)
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* Director 7/09/97
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(John D. Barr)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Leonard M. Carroll)
Director 7/09/97
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(J. Taylor Crandall)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Laurel Cutler)
* Director 7/09/97
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(C. Frederick Fetterolf)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Thomas A. Gardner)
* Director 7/09/97
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(F. William Grube)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Forrest R. Haselton)
* Director 7/09/97
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(L. David Myatt)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Raymond A. Ross, Jr.)
* Director 7/09/97
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(Lorne R. Waxlax)
* By: /s/ Paul E. Konney Attorney in Fact
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Paul E. Konney
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