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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 1995
Registration No. 33-123
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ZAPATA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE C-74-1339132
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
P.O. BOX 4240 77210-4240
HOUSTON, TEXAS (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION PROFIT-SHARING/SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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JOSEPH L. VON ROSENBERG III
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
ZAPATA CORPORATION
P.O. BOX 4240
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77210-4240
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 940-6100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNISSUED SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 33-123) (the "Registration Statement") of Zapata Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is being filed to deregister (i) certain
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.25 per share ("Common
Stock"), which were registered for issuance pursuant to the Zapata Haynie
Corporation Profit-Sharing/Savings Plan (the "Plan"), and (ii) related
participation interests in the Plan.
The Registration Statement registered 705,882 shares of Common Stock
to be offered pursuant to the Plan and $6,000,000 of participation interests in
the Plan. Effective with the beginning of the Plan's 1995 fiscal year (October
1, 1994), the option to make additional investments in Common Stock under the
Plan was terminated. Accordingly, no additional shares of Common Stock or
related participation interests will be offered or sold pursuant to the
Registration Statement, and the Company hereby removes from registration such of
the 705,882 shares of Common Stock and related participation interests as remain
unsold.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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
amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on September 29, 1995.
ZAPATA CORPORATION
By: /s/ LAMAR C. MCINTYRE
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Lamar C. McIntyre
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Plan has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas,
on September 29, 1995.
ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION
PROFIT-SHARING/SAVINGS PLAN
By: /s/ LAMAR C. MCINTYRE
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Lamar C. McIntyre
Member of the Pension and
Benefits Committee
By: /s/ ROBERT A. GARDINER
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Robert A. Gardiner
Member of the Pension and Benefits
Committee
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