-----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, RVN/X/PAn9ZwIBhuRxsypDkLHeSkIXmJUtujRXR6BO8Qzjh+D/sJkilixXIVef5H g97dq1rlAq2073qb39UFDg== 0001047469-98-004020.txt : 19980209 0001047469-98-004020.hdr.sgml : 19980209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-98-004020 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980206 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INC /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794367 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-DEPARTMENT STORES [5311] IRS NUMBER: 133324058 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0131 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13536 FILM NUMBER: 98523903 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 W SEVENTH ST CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126954400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7 W SEVENTH ST CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: R H MACY & CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950307 8-A12B 1 FORM 8-A 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 FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 13-3324058 - ---------------------------- --------------------------------- (State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 7 West Seventh Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 and 1440 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10018 -------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration of a class of debt registration of a class of securities and is effective upon debt securities and is to become filing pursuant to General effective simultaneously Instruction A(c)(1) please check with the effectiveness the following box /X/ 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% Senior Debentures Due 2028 New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NONE -------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. The description of the securities registered hereby is included in a prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on February 4, 1998, in connection with the registration of such securities under the Securities Act pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-34321). Such prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. 1. Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-34321) filed with the Commission on September 11, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference) 2. Form of First Supplemental Trust Indenture, dated as of February 6, 1998, between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 6, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference) 3. Form of 7% Senior Debenture Due 2028 (included in Exhibit 2) -2- 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. FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. (Registrant) Date: February 6, 1998 By: /s/Dennis J. Broderick ----------------------------- Name: Dennis J. Broderick Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary -3- EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER EXHIBIT 1. Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-34321) filed with the Commission on September 11, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference) 2. Form of First Supplemental Trust Indenture, to be dated as of February 6, 1998, between the Registrant and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 6, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference) 3. Form of specimen 7% Senior Debenture Due 2028 (included in Exhibit 2) -4- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----