-----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, WJi8MsZUawAThzTpAZsLXjwRkjZCzjP4LWCHEoh75EXXujqECc/M49MQDwvJ9znh Sn6hUjJLJ6i7/8o2bPkNoA== 0000910662-04-000251.txt : 20040504 0000910662-04-000251.hdr.sgml : 20040504 20040503173135 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000910662-04-000251 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS LTD /NY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000088095 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400] IRS NUMBER: 980038412 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07560 FILM NUMBER: 04774642 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: P O BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 BUSINESS PHONE: 4412952244 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 41 CEDAR AVE STREET 2: PO BOX HM 1179 CITY: HAMILTON HM EX BERMU STATE: D0 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SEA CONTAINERS ATLANTIC LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19810817 8-A12B 1 fm8a.txt 10 1/2% NOTES DUE 2012 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 SEA CONTAINERS LTD. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Bermuda 98-0038412 -------------------------- ------------------ (State of incorporation or (IRS Employer organization) Identification No.) 22 Victoria Street Hamilton HM 12 Bermuda -- ------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive (Zip Code) offices) 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 ------------------------------------ ------------------------------ 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 New York Stock Exchange 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.[ ] Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-11588 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. A description of the 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2012 of the Registrant (the "Notes") appears in the prospectus supplement dated April 28, 2004, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-11588. Such description is hereby incorporated by reference herein in answer to this Item 1. Item 2. Exhibits Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 4.1 - Indenture dated as of May 1, 2004, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, providing for the issuance from time to time of an unlimited principal amount of Debt Securities in one or more series (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K bearing cover date of April 28, 2004 (File No. 1-7560), and incorporated herein by reference). 4.2 - Officers' Certificate dated May 3, 2004, providing for the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 of the above referenced Indenture, including the certificate evidencing the Notes (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K bearing cover date of April 28, 2004 (File No. 1-7560), and incorporated herein by reference). 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, thereunto duly authorized. SEA CONTAINERS LTD. Date: May 3, 2004 By: /s/ Edwin S. Hetherington ------------------------------------ Edwin S. Hetherington Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----