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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): SEPTEMBER 4, 2001
TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 1-3473 95-0862768
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)
300 CONCORD PLAZA DRIVE 78216-6999
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (210) 828-8484
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
In connection with the Company's pending acquisition of BP Corporation
North America Inc.'s Salt Lake City, Utah and Mandan, North Dakota refineries
and related distribution and marketing assets, the Company is removing the
indicator margin from its website. The indicator margin, as it was being
calculated, would not provide an indication of market conditions that impact the
Company's current refining system, after giving effect to the acquisitions.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired.
Not applicable.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Not applicable.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Presentation Data.
99.2 Presentation Script.
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
Tesoro is furnishing herewith certain data being presented by certain
of its executive officers at the Lehman Brothers 15th Annual CEO Energy
conference in New York, New York at approximately 2:40 p.m. Eastern Time on
September 4, 2001. Similar data is also being presented by certain executive
officers of Tesoro at the Friedman Billings Ramsey 8th Annual Investor
Conference via simultaneous webcast commencing at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
September 6, 2001. This data is filed as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information presented may contain forward-looking statements and
certain assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are in part
based.
Numerous important factors, including those factors identified as Risk
Factors and Investment Considerations in Tesoro's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, and the fact that the assumptions
set forth in the presentation data and script could prove incorrect, could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking
statements.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 4, 2001
TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
By: /s/ James C. Reed, Jr.
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James C. Reed, Jr.
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
99.1 Presentation Data
99.2 Presentation Script.
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