-----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, SnRhOcaM2380t0tKi1LHxbeaJxv3SFKWPn6wRekmI8qf+wF6QaZJjGjXVoJ8FQ3l rTD+2GLE8lvD0CXz/DjxEg== 0000950109-96-008464.txt : 19961218 0000950109-96-008464.hdr.sgml : 19961218 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950109-96-008464 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961217 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CROWN CORK & SEAL CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000025890 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL CANS [3411] IRS NUMBER: 231526444 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02227 FILM NUMBER: 96681836 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9300 ASHTON RD CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19136 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156985100 8-A12B 1 FORM 8-A CROWN CORK AND SEAL ==================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 23-1526444 ------------ ---------- (State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 9300 Ashton Road, Philadelphia, PA 19460 ----------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the registration If this form relates to the of a class of debt securities and is registration of a class of debt effective upon filing pursuant to securities and is to become General Instruction A(c)(1) please check effective simultaneously with the following box. [X] the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. [_] Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which to be so registered each class is to be registered ------------------- ------------------------------ 7 3/8% Debentures Due 2026 New York Stock Exchange, Inc. 7 1/2% Debentures Due 2096 New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None ==================================================== Page 1 of 3 Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. A description of the Registrant's 7 3/8 % Debentures Due 2026 and 7 1/2 % Debentures Due 2096 is set forth under the caption "Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees" in both the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement constituting a part of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-16869), as amended, and under the same headings in the Registrant's Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to 424(b)(1) on December 13, 1996, which description is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Item 2. Exhibits Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit - -------------- ---------------------- 4.1 Form of Indenture among the Registrant, Crown Cork & Seal Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, Crown Cork & Seal Finance S.A., a societe anonyme organized under the laws of the Republic of France and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's (Commission File No. 1-2227) Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 17, 1996, and hereby incorporated herein by reference). Page 2 of 3 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, thereto duly authorized. CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC. By: /s/ Alan W. Rutherford --------------------------------- Alan W. Rutherford Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer DATE: December 13, 1996 Page 3 of 3 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----