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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2000
Registration No. 333-79481
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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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VASTAR RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-4446177
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
15375 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77079
(281) 584-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive office)
David H. Welch
President
VASTAR RESOURCES, INC.
15375 Memorial Drive
Houston, Texas 77079
(212)584-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
Benjamin F. Stapleton, Esq.
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Approximate Date Of Commencement Of Proposed Sale To The Public: Not Applicable.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, 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. [_]
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
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 UNSOLD SECURITIES
All debt securities registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3
of Vastar Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), Registration No. 333-79481 (the
"Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") on May 27, 1999 that remain unsold are hereby
deregistered, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the
Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective
amendment, any debt securities which remain unsold under the Registration
Statement. As of the date hereof, no securities have been issued 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 of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, state of
Illinois, on this 17th day of October, 2000.
VASTAR RESOURCES, INC.
By: /s/ David H. Welch
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Name: David H. Welch
Title: President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement has been signed below
by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated:
Signature Capacity Date
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/s/ Daniel B. Pinkert Director October 17, 2000
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Daniel B. Pinkert
/s/ Debra A. Dowling Director October 17, 2000
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Debra A. Dowling
/s/ Debra A. Plumb Director October 17, 2000
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Debra A. Plumb
