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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-botom: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TESORO CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-0862768</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>19100 Ridgewood Pkwy<BR>
San Antonio, Texas 78259</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR>
<B>(210)&nbsp;626-6000</B><BR>
(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TESORO CORPORATION 2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
TESORO CORPORATION STOCK OPTION INDUCEMENT AWARD PROGRAM</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Charles S. Parrish, Esq.<BR>
Tesoro Corporation<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy.<BR>
San Antonio, Texas 78259</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(210)&nbsp;626-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">With copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Elizabeth A. Ising, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20036</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (2)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,200,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">24.14</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">173,808,000.00 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">20,179.11</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">33,513</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13.66</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">457,787.60</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">53.15</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">118,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">12.93</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,525,740.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">177.14</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional
shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the
event of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;5, 2011.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based upon the price at which the stock options may be
exercised,  pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Tesoro Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
relating to up to 7,200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.16 2/3 per share (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible officers, employees, non-employee directors and other service
providers of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This number includes 6,700,000 shares available for issuance under
the Plan plus up to 500,000 shares subject to outstanding awards under the Registrant&#146;s 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan that cease for any reason to be subject to such awards (other than by
reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in
vested and nonforfeitable shares). This Registration Statement also relates to 151,513 shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to two stock option awards granted to the Registrant&#146;s Chief
Executive Officer as inducement awards in connection with his commencement of employment with the
Registrant in May&nbsp;2010.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are incorporated by reference herein and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s latest annual report or prospectus referred to
in (1)&nbsp;above; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission under Section 12(b) of the Exchange
Act on April&nbsp;21, 1969 and amended by a Form&nbsp;8 dated April&nbsp;23, 1969, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all
securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, rules, or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other
than action by or in the right of the corporation &#151; a &#147;derivative action&#148;), if they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative
actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been
found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s charter, by-laws, disinterested director
vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;7 of the Registrant&#146;s By-laws requires indemnification to the full extent authorized
or permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware of any person who is made, or threatened to be
made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was
a director, officer, or employee of the Registrant or serves or served any other enterprise at the
request of the Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability for (i)&nbsp;any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;payment of unlawful dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Ninth of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that a director will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which concerns unlawful payment of dividends,
stock purchases or redemptions or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance which provides for
payment, on behalf of the directors and officers of the Registrant and its subsidiaries, of certain
losses of such persons (other than matters uninsurable under law) arising from claims, including
claims arising under the Securities Act, for acts or omissions by such persons while acting as
directors or officers of the Registrant and/or its subsidiaries, as the case may be.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the
Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1993, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant adding a new Article&nbsp;IX
limiting Directors&#146; Liability (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) of the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1993, File No.
1-3473).</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment, dated as of February&nbsp;9, 1994, to Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant amending Article&nbsp;IV, Article&nbsp;V, Article&nbsp;VII and Article&nbsp;VIII
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3(e) to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1993, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment, dated as of August&nbsp;3, 1998, to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant, amending Article&nbsp;IV, increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
from 50&nbsp;million to 100&nbsp;million (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended September&nbsp;30, 1998, File No.
1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Ownership of Merger merging Tesoro Merger Corp. into Tesoro Petroleum
Corporation and changing the name of Tesoro Petroleum Corporation to Tesoro Corporation, dated
November&nbsp;8, 2004 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;9, 2004, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment, dated as of May&nbsp;4, 2006, to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant amending Article&nbsp;IV, increasing the number of authorized shares from 100&nbsp;million to
200&nbsp;million (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2006, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Elimination, dated February&nbsp;4, 2008 (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed February&nbsp;6, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Elimination, dated March&nbsp;7, 2008 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit
3.1 to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;7, 2008, File No.&nbsp;1-3473).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Tesoro Corporation effective January&nbsp;26, 2011 (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
January&nbsp;28, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
 Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;6, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">p<I>rovided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i)&nbsp;any preliminary prospectus or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424; (ii)&nbsp;any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; (iii)&nbsp;the portion of
any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about
the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant; and (iv)&nbsp;any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 San Antonio, State of Texas, on this 11th day of May,
2011.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TESORO CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap>By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">   /s/ Gregory J. Goff
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gregory J. Goff&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Gregory J. Goff and Charles S. Parrish, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any
registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully so
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory J. Goff
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory J. Goff
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer <br>

(<I>Principal Executive</I> <I>Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ G. Scott Spendlove
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Scott Spendlove
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(<I>Principal Financial</I> <I>Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Arlen O. Glenewinkel, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Arlen O. Glenewinkel, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and
Controller  <br>(<I>Principal
Accounting Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven H. Grapstein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven H. Grapstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of<br>
Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rodney F. Chase
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rodney F. Chase
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert W. Goldman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert W. Goldman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J.W. Nokes
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J.W. Nokes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Susan Tomasky
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan Tomasky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael E. Wiley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Wiley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick Y. Yang
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick Y. Yang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;11, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TESORO CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
95-0862768
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
Identification Number)
Organization)
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
San Antonio, Texas 78259
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(210) 626-6000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
TESORO CORPORATION 2011 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
TESORO CORPORATION STOCK OPTION INDUCEMENT AWARD PROGRAM
(Full Title of the Plans)
Charles S. Parrish, Esq.
Tesoro Corporation
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy.
San Antonio, Texas 78259
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(210) 626-6000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With copy to:
Elizabeth A. Ising, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed maximum
maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (1)
share
price
fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (2)
7,200,000
$
24.14
(3)
$
173,808,000.00
(3)
$
20,179.11
Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (4)
33,513
$
13.66
(5)
$
457,787.60
(5)
$
53.15
Common Stock, par value
$0.16 2/3 per share (4)
118,000
$
12.93
(5)
$
1,525,740.00
(5)
$
177.14
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional
shares of the Registrant's Common Stock as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the
event of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(2)
Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 5, 2011.
(4)
Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.
(5)
Based upon the price at which the stock options may be
exercised,  pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Tesoro Corporation (the "Registrant"),
relating to up to 7,200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.16 2/3 per share ("Common
Stock"), issuable to eligible officers, employees, non-employee directors and other service
providers of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This number includes 6,700,000 shares available for issuance under
the Plan plus up to 500,000 shares subject to outstanding awards under the Registrant's 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan that cease for any reason to be subject to such awards (other than by
reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in
vested and nonforfeitable shares). This Registration Statement also relates to 151,513 shares of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to two stock option awards granted to the Registrant's Chief
Executive Officer as inducement awards in connection with his commencement of employment with the
Registrant in May 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated by reference herein and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(1) The Registrant's latest Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act, that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's
latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(2) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's latest annual report or prospectus referred to
in (1) above; and
(3) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission under Section 12(b) of the Exchange
Act on April 21, 1969 and amended by a Form 8 dated April 23, 1969, including any amendments or
reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all
securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, rules, or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other
than action by or in the right of the corporation — a "derivative action"), if they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative
actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been
found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, by-laws, disinterested director
vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.
Article 7 of the Registrant's By-laws requires indemnification to the full extent authorized
or permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware of any person who is made, or threatened to be
made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was
a director, officer, or employee of the Registrant or serves or served any other enterprise at the
request of the Company.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability for (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) payment of unlawful dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
that a director will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which concerns unlawful payment of dividends,
stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance which provides for
payment, on behalf of the directors and officers of the Registrant and its subsidiaries, of certain
losses of such persons (other than matters uninsurable under law) arising from claims, including
claims arising under the Securities Act, for acts or omissions by such persons while acting as
directors or officers of the Registrant and/or its subsidiaries, as the case may be.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the
Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1993, File No. 1-3473).
4.2
Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant adding a new Article IX
limiting Directors' Liability (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3(b) of the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, File No.
1-3473).
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
4.3
Certificate of Amendment, dated as of February 9, 1994, to Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant amending Article IV, Article V, Article VII and Article VIII
(incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3(e) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993, File No. 1-3473).
4.4
Certificate of Amendment, dated as of August 3, 1998, to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant, amending Article IV, increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock
from 50 million to 100 million (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 1998, File No.
1-3473).
4.5
Certificate of Ownership of Merger merging Tesoro Merger Corp. into Tesoro Petroleum
Corporation and changing the name of Tesoro Petroleum Corporation to Tesoro Corporation, dated
November 8, 2004 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2004, File No. 1-3473).
4.6
Certificate of Amendment, dated as of May 4, 2006, to Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant amending Article IV, increasing the number of authorized shares from 100 million to
200 million (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2006, File No. 1-3473).
4.7
Certificate of Elimination, dated February 4, 2008 (incorporated by reference herein to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 6, 2008, File No. 1-3473).
4.8
Certificate of Elimination, dated March 7, 2008 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit
3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2008, File No. 1-3473).
4.9
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Tesoro Corporation effective January 26, 2011 (incorporated by
reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
January 28, 2011).
5.1*
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.1
Tesoro Corporation 2011 Long-Term
Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
 Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 6, 2011).
99.2*
Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
p
rovided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; (iii) the portion of
any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about
the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
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 San Antonio, State of Texas, on this 11th day of May,
2011.
TESORO CORPORATION
By
/s/ Gregory J. Goff
Gregory J. Goff
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Gregory J. Goff and Charles S. Parrish, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any
registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully so
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gregory J. Goff
Gregory J. Goff
President and Chief Executive Officer
(
Principal Executive
Officer
)
May 11, 2011
/s/ G. Scott Spendlove
G. Scott Spendlove
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal Financial
Officer
)
May 11, 2011
/s/ Arlen O. Glenewinkel, Jr.
Arlen O. Glenewinkel, Jr.
Vice President and
Controller
(
Principal
Accounting Officer
)
May 11, 2011
/s/ Steven H. Grapstein
Steven H. Grapstein
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
May 11, 2011
/s/ Rodney F. Chase
Rodney F. Chase
Director
May 11, 2011
/s/ Robert W. Goldman
Robert W. Goldman
Director
May 11, 2011
/s/ J.W. Nokes
J.W. Nokes
Director
May 11, 2011
/s/ Susan Tomasky
Susan Tomasky
Director
May 11, 2011
/s/ Michael E. Wiley
Michael E. Wiley
Director
May 11, 2011
/s/ Patrick Y. Yang
Patrick Y. Yang
Director
May 11, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.2
Tesoro Corporation Stock Option Inducement Award Program.