-----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, K4lDkJnQbkrRTEeFx+yfWdnR45c3QsKSa2KVmw3zS8DPOvGtVWV5qb0YH/4FnUL9 iWx+9FlsjlnyBshz7LDa3g== 0000950135-96-002712.txt : 19960621 0000950135-96-002712.hdr.sgml : 19960621 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950135-96-002712 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960620 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HILLS STORES CO /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000786877 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 311153510 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09505 FILM NUMBER: 96583267 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 DAN RD CITY: CANTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02021 BUSINESS PHONE: 6178211000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 15 DAN ROAD CITY: CANTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02021 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HILLS STORES CO /NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HILLS STORES CO /NEW/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931015 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THL HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870506 8-A12B 1 HILLS STORES COMPANY FORM 8-A 1 ================================================================================ 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 (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 HILLS STORES COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 31-1153510 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (I.R.S. employer identification number) 15 DAN ROAD 02021 CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) If this Form relates to the registration of a If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effectivce upon class of debt securities and is to become filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1) effective simultaneously with the effectiveness please check the following box. / / of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. /X/
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on which Title of each class to be registered each class is to be registered 12 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003, SERIES B NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE (Title of Class) ================================================================================ 2 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. ------------------------------------------------------- The material set forth in the section captioned "Description of Series B Notes" in the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-05003), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 1996, is incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 2. Exhibits. -------- 1. Indenture, dated as of April 19, 1996 among the Company, as issuer, and Hills Department Store Company, Canton Advertising, Inc., Corporate Vision, Inc., C.R.H. International, Inc., HDS Transport, Inc., and Hills Distributing Company, as guarantors, and Fleet National Bank, as trustee, is incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended May 4, 1996. 2. Form of the 12 1/2% Senior Notes due 2003, Series B of Hills Stores Company is incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit A of the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended May 4, 1996. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Hills Stores Company has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. HILLS STORES COMPANY Date: June 19, 1996 By: /s/ William K. Friend ------------------------------------ William K. Friend Vice President - Secretary and Corporate Counsel -2- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----