As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2006
Registration No. 33-52615
UNITED STATES
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
SUNOCO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Pennsylvania | 23-1743282 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1735 MARKET STREET, STE. LL
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7583
(215) 977-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
ANN C. MULÉ, ESQ.
SUNOCO, INC.
1735 MARKET STREET, STE. LL
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7583
(215) 977-6430
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Justin P. Klein, Esq.
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-52615) (the "Registration Statement") of Sunoco, Inc. (the "Company"), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 1994. The Registration Statement registered shares of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share, for issuance pursuant to the Sun Company, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan has been terminated, all participation in the Plan has ceased and there are no interests remaining outstanding under the Plan. Accordingly, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to deregister the shares of common stock of the Company that were registered on the Registration Statement but were not issued at the termination of the Plan.
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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 Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as of the 2nd day of November, 2006.
| SUNOCO, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ JOSEPH P. KROTT | |
| Joseph P. Krott | ||
| Comptroller | ||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by, or on behalf of, the following persons in the capacities indicated, as of this 2nd day of November, 2006.
| /s/ ROBERT J. DARNALL |
/s/ JOHN P. JONES, III | |||
| Robert J. Darnall, Director | John P. Jones, III, Director | |||
| /s/ JOHN G. DROSDICK |
/s/ JAMES G. KAISER | |||
| John G. Drosdick, Chairman, | James G. Kaiser, Director | |||
| Chief Executive Officer, | ||||
| President and Director | /s/ JOSEPH P. KROTT | |||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | Joseph P. Krott, Comptroller | |||
| (Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||
| /s/ URSULA O. FAIRBAIRN |
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| Ursula O. Fairbairn, Director | /s/ R. ANDERSON PEW | |||
| R. Anderson Pew, Director | ||||
| /s/ THOMAS P. GERRITY |
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| Thomas P. Gerrity, Director | /s/ G. JACKSON RATCLIFFE | |||
| G. Jackson Ratcliffe, Director | ||||
| /s/ ROSEMARIE B. GRECO |
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| Rosemarie B. Greco, Director | /s/ JOHN W. ROWE | |||
| John W. Rowe, Director | ||||
| /s/ THOMAS W. HOFMANN |
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| Thomas W. Hofmann, Senior Vice | /s/ JOHN K. WULFF | |||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | John K. Wulff, Director | |||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||
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