-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Serg0FiDVJxsGDM4Q2e1g8juFNn2bJMYHdADy+q1ccsdyyBWv9S538yVwqV99AhO KNio3egvzhRdSvQnSmpl0Q== 0001104659-08-020652.txt : 20080328 0001104659-08-020652.hdr.sgml : 20080328 20080328124849 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-020652 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080328 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080328 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CREDIT SUISSE / /FI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001053092 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 8880 [8880] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33434 FILM NUMBER: 08717997 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 9008070 STREET 2: 212-225-2000 CITY: ZURICH SWITZERLAND STATE: V8 ZIP: 10006 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON / /FI DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980115 8-A12B 1 a08-7044_128a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

Registration Number 001-33434

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Credit Suisse

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

13-5015677

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Paradeplatz 8

CH 8070 Zurich, Switzerland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), check the following box. x

 

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(2), check the following box. o

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered

7.9% Tier 1 Capital Notes

 

New York Stock Exchange LLC

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None.

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-132936

 

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

For a description of the securities to be registered hereunder, reference is made to the information under the heading “Description of Debt Securities” of the Registrant’s Prospectus dated March 29, 2007 included in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-132936) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the information under the heading “Description of the Notes” of the Registrant’s Prospectus Supplement dated March 25, 2008 as filed with the Commission on March 27, 2008 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act, which information is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit Description

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement relating to Debt Securities of Credit Suisse (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on March 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-132936)).

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Subordinated Indenture between Credit Suisse and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.45 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on March 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-132936)).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Third Supplemental Indenture between Credit Suisse, acting through its Guernsey branch, and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 furnished on the Registrant’s Form 6-K dated March 28, 2008).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP relating to the securities of Credit Suisse (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on March 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-132936)).

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP related to Credit Suisse (included in Exhibit 5.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on March 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-132936)).

 

 

 

25.1

 

Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York, as trustee under the Subordinated Indenture between Credit Suisse and The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.13 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed on March 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-132936)).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: March 28, 2008

CREDIT SUISSE

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter Feeney

 

Name:

Peter Feeney

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gary Gluck

 

Name:

Gary Gluck

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

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