Registration No. 333-30807 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 ____________ UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 76-0040040 (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Identification No.) incorporation or organization) c/o ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 486-3511 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code of registrant's principal executive offices) UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES (Full title of the plan) ____________ Copies to Diane A. Ward, Esq. Bruce G. Whitmore, Esq. Senior Counsel - Securities & Finance Senior Vice President, General Atlantic Richfield Company Counsel and Corporate Secretary 515 South Flower Street Atlantic Richfield Company Los Angeles, CA 90071 515 South Flower Street (213) 486-2808 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213) 486-1774 PART II Following termination of the offering on June 29, 1998, the date on which Union Texas Petroleum Holdings, Inc. was merged into a wholly-owned, privately held subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Company, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister the Common Stock that remained unsold at such date under the Union Texas Petroleum Savings Plan For Salaried Employees. Item 8. Exhibits Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ----------- ---------------------- 3 Certificate of Merger 24 Power of Attorney Item 9. Undertakings Pursuant to Registrant's undertaking to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities remaining unsold at the termination of the offering, registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. - 1 - SIGNATURE 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-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California on the 30th day of September, 1998. UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC. */s/ MICHAEL E. WILEY By:_________________________________ Michael E. Wiley Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- */s/ MICHAEL E. WILEY ________________________ Chairman of the Board, September 30, 1998 Michael E. Wiley Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive and Director officer) /s/ MARK E. NICHOLLS ________________________ Senior Vice President, September 30, 1998 Mark E. Nicholls Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and Controller officer and Principal accounting officer) */s/ MARIE L. KNOWLES ________________________ Director September 30, 1998 Marie L. Knowles */s/ DONALD R. VOELTE, JR. ________________________ Director September 30, 1998 Donald R. Voelte, Jr. */s/ WILLIAM E. WADE, JR. ________________________ Director September 30, 1998 William E. Wade, Jr. /s/ MARK E. NICHOLLS *By_____________________ Mark E. Nicholls Attorney-in-Fact - 2 - PLAN SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on this 7th day of October, 1998. UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES /s/ ALAN R. CRAIN, JR. By:_____________________________ Alan R. Crain, Jr. - 3 -