-----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, TAMzQpFWOC6pT5DbaSVCFuPu9WaSjFBBcSDAFwI5MCJ2b+XolCTedyTAbcud+Z6Y BojVBBlZ/T6eZwkHtyjIUw== 0000950138-96-000056.txt : 19960402 0000950138-96-000056.hdr.sgml : 19960402 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950138-96-000056 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960401 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19960420 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WORLDCOM INC /MS/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000723527 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 581521612 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-02115 FILM NUMBER: 96543086 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 515 EAST AMITE ST CITY: JACKSON STATE: MS ZIP: 39201-2702 BUSINESS PHONE: 6013608600 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LDDS COMMUNICATIONS INC /GA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930916 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RESURGENS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CENTRAL CORP /GA/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890523 S-8 1 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 1996. Registration No. 333-____________ =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington D.C. ------------------------------ FORM S-8 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 ------------------------------ WorldCom, Inc. (f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc.) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Georgia 58-1521612 - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 515 East Amite Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201-2702 - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) LDDS WorldCom 401(k) Plan (F/K/A LDDS Salary Savings Plan) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) P. Bruce Borghardt, Esq. WorldCom, Inc. 10777 Sunset Office Drive Suite 330 St. Louis, Missouri 63127 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (314) 984-0702 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) =============================================================================== 2 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Proposed Title of Amount maximum maximum Amount of securities to be offering price aggregate offering registration to be registered registered per share price fee - ---------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Common stock $0.01 par value 750,000 shares $43.6875 $32,765,625 $11,299 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee. Proposed maximum offering price represents the average of the high and low prices for shares of common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 25, 1996. This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of common stock as may be issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions.
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. Consequently, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by WorldCom, Inc. (f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc.) (the "Company") and the LDDS WorldCom 401(k) Plan (f/k/a LDDS Salary Savings Plan) (the "Plan") on November 9, 1993, Registration No. 33-71450, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Item 8. Exhibits The Registrant has submitted the plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the plan. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that is has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Jackson, State of Mississippi on April 1, 1996. WorldCom, Inc. By: /s/ Scott D. Sullivan --------------------------------- Scott D. Sullivan Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Bernard J. Ebbers, Scott D. Sullivan and P. Bruce Borghardt, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents for him and on his behalf 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 to file the same, with exhibits and any and all other documents filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority), granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do 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. Name Title Date - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------- /s/ Carl J. Aycock Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Carl J. Aycock /s/ Max E. Bobbitt Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Max E. Bobbitt /s/ Bernard J. Ebbers Director, President and April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer Bernard J. Ebbers /s/ Francesco Galesi Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Francesco Galesi 4 Name Title Date - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------- /s/ Stiles A. Kellett, Jr. Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Stiles A. Kellett, Jr. /s/ Silvia Kessel Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Silvia Kessel /s/ John W. Kluge Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ John W. Kluge Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ John A. Porter /s/ Stuart Subotnick Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Stuart Subotnick /s/ Scott D. Sullivan Director, Secretary, and April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer, Scott D. Sullivan (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer /s/ Lawrence C. Tucker Director April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Lawrence C. Tucker /s/ Roy A. Wilkens Director, Chief Executive April 1, 1996 - ------------------------------ Officer, WilTel Roy A. Wilkens 5 The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Jackson, State of Mississippi, on April 1, 1996. LDDS WorldCom 401(k) Plan By: /s/ Scott D. Sullivan --------------------------------- Scott D. Sullivan Trustee 6 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - -------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- 23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in Signature Pages) EX-23.1 2 1 Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8, to be filed on or around April 1, 1996, relating to the registration of approximately 750,000 shares of WorldCom, Inc. common stock for the LDDS WorldCom 401(k) Plan, of our report dated March 6, 1996, included in WorldCom, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 and to all references to our Firm in this registration statement. /S/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Jackson, Mississippi, April 1, 1996 EX-23.2 3 1 Exhibit 23.2 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of WorldCom, Inc. and Subsidiaries ("WorldCom") on Form S-8 of our report dated March 7, 1994 on the consolidated financial statements of IDB Communications Group, Inc. appearing in the Annual Report of WorldCom for the year ended December 31, 1995. /S/ Deloitte & Touche LLP Los Angeles, California April 1, 1996 EX-23.3 4 1 Exhibit 23.3 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 33-71450 on Form S-8 of WorldCom, Inc. (f/k/a LDDS Communications, Inc.) of our reports dated July 29, 1994 and August 16, 1994, with respect to the combined financial statements of WilTel Network Services for the two years ended December 31, 1993 and six months ended June 30, 1994 included in the Current Report on Form 8-K of LDDS Communications, Inc. dated August 22, 1994 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /S/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP Tulsa, Oklahoma April 1, 1996 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----