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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4, 1996
Registration No. 33-79684
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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HAWKINS ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
OKLAHOMA 73-1345732
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
20 EAST 5TH STREET, SUITE 1500
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74103
(918) 587-5815
(Address, including zip code, telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
THOMAS F. OSTRYE
PRESIDENT
TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74103
(918) 587-5815
(Name, address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
COPY TO:
LYNNWOOD R. MOORE, JR., ESQ.
Conner & Winters,
A Professional Corporation
2400 First National Tower
15 East 5th Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4391
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DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Hawkins Energy Corporation (the "Company") hereby deregisters
8,029,325 of its shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement covered the offer and
sale from time to time of shares of Common Stock on behalf certain stockholders
of the Company (the "Selling Stockholders"). The 8,029,325 shares of Common
Stock remain unsold by the Selling Stockholders upon termination of 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
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa,
State of Oklahoma on the 4th day of November, 1996.
Hawkins Energy Corporation
By:/s/ Thomas F. Ostrye
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Thomas F. Ostrye
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Thomas F. Ostrye Chairman of the Board, November 4, 1996
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Thomas F. Ostrye (Principal Executive Officer,
Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
Clifford S. Lewis* Director November 4, 1996
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Clifford S. Lewis
Charles M. Butler, III* Director November 4, 1996
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Charles M. Butler, III
John B. Hawkins* Director November 4, 1996
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John B. Hawkins
Donald C. Nejedly* Director November 4, 1996
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Donald C. Nejedly
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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David J. Parsons* Director November 4, 1996
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David J. Parsons
Don E. Smith* Director November 4, 1996
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Don E. Smith
*By:/s/ Thomas F. Ostrye November 4, 1996
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Thomas F. Ostrye
Attorney-in-Fact
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