As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2001 Registration No. 333-50358 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AMERADA HESS CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 1311 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) 13-4921002 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 (212) 997-8500 (Address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) J. BARCLAY COLLINS II, ESQ. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL AMERADA HESS CORPORATION 1185 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 (212) 997-8500 (Name, address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: TIMOTHY B. GOODELL, ESQ. WHITE & CASE LLP 1155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 (212) 819-8259 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable. 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. |_| ___________ 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. |_| ___________EXPLANATORY NOTE The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") of Amerada Hess Corporation ("Amerada Hess") is to deregister the 17,200,000 shares of Amerada Hess' common stock, par value $1.00 per share, that were not issued in connection with the offer (the "Offer") by Amerada Hess for (i) all issued and to be issued ordinary shares of 25p each ("LASMO Shares") of LASMO plc ("LASMO") and (ii) all American Depositary Shares of LASMO, each representing three LASMO Shares and evidenced by American Depositary Receipts. The Offer expired on January 12, 2001 without the conditions to the Offer being satisfied.
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this 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 the 17th day of January, 2001. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION By /s/ J. BARCLAY COLLINS II ------------------------- Name: J. Barclay Collins II Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ JOHN B. HESS* --------------------------- John B. Hess Director, Chairman of the Board and January 17, 2001 Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ W.S.H. LAIDLAW* -------------------- W.S.H. Laidlaw Director, President and Chief Operating January 17, 2001 Officer /s/ NICHOLAS F. BRADY* ----------------------- Nicholas F. Brady Director January 17, 2001 /s/ J. BARCLAY COLLINS II* --------------------------- J. Barclay Collins II Director January 17, 2001 /s/ PETER S. HADLEY* --------------------- Peter S. Hadley Director January 17, 2001 /s/ EDITH E. HOLIDAY* ---------------------- Edith E. Holiday Director January 17, 2001 /s/ WILLIAM R. JOHNSON* ------------------------ William R. Johnson Director January 17, 2001 /s/ THOMAS H. KEAN* -------------------- Thomas H. Kean Director January 17, 2001 /s/ FRANK A. OLSON* --------------------------- Frank A. Olson Director January 17, 2001 /s/ ROGER B. ORESMAN* ---------------------- Roger B. Oresman Director January 17, 2001 /s/ JOHN Y. SCHREYER* ---------------------- John Y. Schreyer Director, Executive Vice President and January 17, 2001 Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) /s/ WILLIAM I. SPENCER* ------------------------ William I. Spencer Director January 17, 2001 /s/ ROBERT N. WILSON* Director January 17, 2001 ---------------------- Robert N. Wilson /s/ ROBERT F. WRIGHT* ---------------------- Robert F. Wright Director January 17, 2001 *By: /s/ J. BARCLAY COLLINS II ------------------------- J. Barclay Collins II Attorney-in-fact