Valero 2004 Annual Report Download - page 31

S H A R E H O L D E R ฀ I N F O R M AT I O N
Valero฀Corporate฀Headquarters
One฀Valero฀Way฀ ฀ ฀ ฀
San฀Antonio,฀TX฀78249-1616
(210)฀345-2000
Web฀Site
www.valero.com
Investor฀Inquiries
For฀investor฀inquiries,฀please฀contact:฀
Investor฀Relations฀Department
P.O.฀Box฀696000
San฀Antonio,฀TX฀78269-6000
(800)฀531-7911฀or฀(210)฀345-2198
(210)฀345-2103฀(fax)
[e-mail]
Media฀Inquiries
For฀media฀inquiries,฀please฀contact:
Corporate฀Communications฀Department
P.O.฀Box฀696000
San฀Antonio,฀TX฀78269-6000
(800)฀531-7911฀or฀(210)฀345-2314
(210)฀345-2327฀(fax)
[e-mail]฀
F O R WA R D - L O O K I N G ฀ S T A T E M E N T S ฀
Much฀of฀the฀information฀provided฀in฀this฀report฀includes฀or฀is฀based฀upon฀estimates,฀predictions,฀projections฀and฀other฀
“forward-looking฀statements”฀(as฀defined฀in฀Section฀27A฀of฀the฀Securities฀Act฀of฀1933฀and฀Section฀21E฀of฀the฀Securities฀
Exchange฀Act฀of฀1934)฀that฀involve฀various฀risks฀and฀uncertainties.฀While฀these฀forward-looking฀statements,฀and฀any฀
assumptions฀upon฀which฀they฀are฀based,฀are฀made฀in฀good฀faith฀and฀reflect฀Valero’s฀current฀judgment฀regarding฀the฀
direction฀of฀its฀business,฀actual฀results฀will฀almost฀always฀vary,฀sometimes฀materially,฀from฀any฀estimates,฀predictions,฀
projections,฀assumptions,฀or฀other฀future฀performance฀suggested฀herein.฀Certain฀risks฀and฀uncertainties฀that฀may฀affect฀
Valero฀are฀detailed฀from฀time฀to฀time฀in฀its฀SEC฀reports,฀including฀Valero’s฀most฀recent฀Annual฀Report฀on฀Form฀10-K.฀฀
The฀financial฀and฀other฀information฀provided฀in฀this฀summary฀annual฀report฀should฀be฀read฀in฀conjunction฀with฀Valero฀
Energy฀Corporation’s฀complete฀Consolidated฀Financial฀Statements฀(including฀the฀notes)฀and฀Management’s฀Discussion฀
and฀Analysis฀of฀Financial฀Condition฀and฀Results฀of฀Operations.฀This฀and฀other฀information฀about฀Valero฀is฀contained฀
in฀Valero’s฀Notice฀of฀the฀2005฀Annual฀Meeting฀of฀Stockholders฀Proxy฀Statement฀and฀Form฀10-K฀for฀the฀year฀ended฀
December฀31,฀2004.฀฀This฀document฀is฀provided฀to฀all฀stockholders฀of฀record฀as฀of฀March฀1,฀2005.฀฀In฀addition,฀persons฀
may฀request,฀without฀charge,฀a฀Form฀10-K฀by฀writing฀or฀calling฀Valero’s฀Investor฀Relations฀Department.฀฀Valero’s฀2004฀
Annual฀Report฀on฀Form฀10-K฀and฀the฀Proxy฀Statement฀also฀may฀be฀accessed฀via฀our฀web฀site฀at:฀www.valero.com.
Annual฀Meeting
Valero’s฀annual฀meeting฀of฀stockholders฀will฀be฀held฀at฀10:00฀a.m.,฀
Thursday,฀April฀28,฀2005,฀at฀Valero’s฀corporate฀headquarters฀located฀
at฀One฀Valero฀Way฀(near฀the฀southwest฀corner฀of฀the฀intersection฀of฀
I.H.฀10฀and฀Loop฀1604฀West)฀in฀San฀Antonio,฀Texas.
Valero฀Energy฀Corporation฀Common฀Stock
Valero’s฀common฀stock฀is฀listed฀for฀trading฀on฀the฀New฀York฀Stock฀
Exchange฀under฀the฀ticker฀symbol฀“VLO.”฀฀฀
Transfer฀Agent฀and฀Registrar฀
Computershare฀Investor฀Services฀has฀been฀appointed฀transfer฀agent,฀
registrar฀and฀dividend฀disbursing฀agent฀for฀Valero’s฀common฀stock.฀฀
Inquiries฀with฀respect฀to฀stock฀accounts฀and฀dividends฀and฀all฀
requests฀to฀transfer฀shares฀should฀be฀addressed฀to:
Computershare฀Investor฀Services
P.O.฀Box฀A3504
Chicago,฀IL฀60690-3504
(888)฀470-2938
Dividend฀Withholding
Under฀federal฀income฀tax฀law,฀you฀are฀subject฀to฀certain฀penalties,฀
as฀well฀as฀withholding฀with฀respect฀to฀your฀dividend฀payments,฀
if฀you฀have฀not฀provided฀Valero฀with฀your฀correct฀social฀security฀
number฀or฀other฀taxpayer฀identification฀number.฀฀For฀this฀reason,฀
any฀security฀holder฀who฀has฀not฀provided฀a฀taxpayer฀identification฀
number฀should฀obtain฀a฀Form฀W-9฀(Payer’s฀Request฀for฀Taxpayer฀
Identification฀Number).฀฀To฀request฀a฀Form฀W-9,฀please฀contact฀
Valero’s฀transfer฀agent฀and฀registrar฀at฀the฀address฀shown฀above.฀
Printed฀in฀the฀U.S.A.