-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HjC/M/2NLas798lSmsIkYg8bG3BRxZ1kcyYlhsI7UNjwNy9KiuolfExv2aCBq1wX LkevQd8zK5HE5ChZwX6m0Q== 0000950123-97-010260.txt : 19971211 0000950123-97-010260.hdr.sgml : 19971211 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-97-010260 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971210 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19971210 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN EXPLORATION CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000715428 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 742086890 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-36956 FILM NUMBER: 97735922 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 LAMAR STE 900 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77010 BUSINESS PHONE: 7137566000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1331 LAMAR STREET 2: SUITE 900 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77010-3088 S-8 POS 1 AMERICAN EXPLORATION COMPANY 1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 10, 1997 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-36956 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------------- AMERICAN EXPLORATION COMPANY (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 1311 74-2086890 (State Or Other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction Industrial Identification Number) Of Incorporation Or Classification Code Organization) Number) ---------------------------- 1331 LAMAR, SUITE 900 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010-3088 (713) 756-6000 ---------------------------- (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Office) ---------------------------- JOHN M. HOGAN SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AMERICAN EXPLORATION COMPANY 1331 LAMAR, SUITE 900 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010-3088 (713) 756-6000 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) ---------------------------- REMOVING SHARES FROM REGISTRATION 2 REMOVAL OF SHARES FROM REGISTRATION American Exploration Company (the "Company"), hereby amends the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-36956 (the "Registration Statement"), filed in connection with the Company's American Exploration Company Amended and Restated 1988 Stock Option Plan of Hershey Oil Corporation (the "Plan"), to withdraw from registration all the shares of Common Stock of the Company registered under the Registration Statement with respect to which options have not been granted or have been granted but not exercised under the Plans. 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Corporation has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on December 8, 1997. AMERICAN EXPLORATION COMPANY By: /s/ MARK E. ANDREWS ---------------------------- Name: Mark E. Andrews Title: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----