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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                     FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                               Commission File Number: 001-02275

                            THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                1430 Peel Street
                            Montreal, Quebec H3A 1S9
                                     Canada
                                 (514) 987-5200
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)

               $400,000,000 of Debt Securities, Preferred Shares,
  Common Shares, Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units.

                  Guarantees of $1,500,000 of Debt Securities
                       of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.


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            (Title of each class of Securities covered by this Form)

                       6.50% Debentures due April 1, 2003
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   (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)


Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

                                                                                             
         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)              [ ]                         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)             [X]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)             [ ]                         Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)            [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)              [ ]                         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)             [ ]
         Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)             [ ]                         Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)            [ ]
                                                                      Rule 15d-6                      [ ]



Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

  $400,000,000 of Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Common Shares,
    Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units:               0

  Guarantees of $1,500,000 of Debt Securities of Joseph E. Seagram &
   Sons, Inc.:                                                                 0




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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
The Seagram Company Ltd. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  January 30, 2001                     By: /s/ John R. Preston
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                                            Name:  John R. Preston
                                            Title: Senior Vice President
                                                   Treasury and Strategic
                                                   Planning