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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 1998.
Registration No. 333-51785
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.
23733 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85255
(602) 585-8888
(Exact name, address and telephone number of registrant)
DELAWARE 86-0642718
(State of incorporation) (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
2911,5541
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Numbers)
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MORGAN GUST
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.
23733 NORTH SCOTTSDALE ROAD
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85255
(602) 585-8888
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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WITH A COPY TO: WITH A COPY TO:
KAREN CIUPAK MCCONNELL ROSS CLAYTON MULFORD
W. T. EGGLESTON, JR. HUGHES & LUCE, LLP
FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C. 2800 BANK ONE CENTER
3003 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE 1717 MAIN STREET
SUITE 2600 DALLAS, TEXAS 75201
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85012-2913 (214) 939-5500
(602) 916-5000
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
None Securities covered by this Registration Statement are being removed
from registration.
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If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance
with General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) 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.
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If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(d) 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. [ ]________________<PAGE>
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REMOVAL FROM REGISTRATION
Giant Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby
removes from registration all 11,050,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.01
par value, previously registered by its Registration Statement (No. 333-
51785). The Company is removing these shares from registration because its
proposed merger with Holly Corporation ("Holly") pursuant to an Agreement
and Plan of Merger between the Company and Holly dated April 14, 1998 has
been terminated by mutual agreement of the Company and Holly. No shares of
the Company's common stock have been issued or sold under the Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant 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 Scottsdale, State of Arizona on
September 25, 1998.
GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.
/s/ James E. Acridge
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James E. Acridge,
Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September
25, 1998.
TITLE
/s/ James E. Acridge Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
_________________________ Executive Officer and Director
James E. Acridge (Principal Executive Officer)
* Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
_________________________ Officer and Director
Fredric L. Holliger
/s/ Mark B. Cox Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
_________________________ (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Gary R. Dalke Controller and Assistant Secretary
_________________________ (Principal Accounting Officer)
Gary R. Dalke
* Director
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Anthony J. Bernitsky
* Director
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F. Michael Geddes
Director
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Richard T. Kalen, Jr.
* Director
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Harry S. Howard, Jr.
*/s/ James E. Acridge
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James E. Acridge
Attorney-in-Fact
