-----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, KhW80QfxCn79cQgbnVANe3P9PxFGPuizop6Xxtlrp66Z2OlqV/pAbprVxm1R/BHX xTmpLWvF2pqVAQjB5ZVYIQ== 0000950137-96-002454.txt : 19961202 0000950137-96-002454.hdr.sgml : 19961202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-96-002454 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961127 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSTATE FINANCING II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026952 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21807 FILM NUMBER: 96674004 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ALLSTATE CORP STREET 2: 2775 SANDERS RD CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 BUSINESS PHONE: 8474025000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ALLSTATE CORP STREET 2: 2775 SANDERS RD CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSTATE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899051 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 363871531 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21807-01 FILM NUMBER: 96674005 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLSTATE PLZ CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 BUSINESS PHONE: 7084026075 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1209 ORANGE STREET CITY: NEW CASTLE COUNTY STATE: DE ZIP: 19801 8-A12G 1 FORM 8-A 1 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 ALLSTATE FINANCING II - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware Applied for - ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------- (State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) c/o The Allstate Corporation 2775 Sanders Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 - ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) If this Form relates to the regis- If this Form relates to the tration of a class of debt securities registration of a class of debt and is effective upon filing pursuant securities and is to become to General Instruction A(c)(1) please effective simultaneously with the check the following box. [ ] effectiveness 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 ------------------- ------------------------------ None Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 7.83% Capital Securities (and the Guarantee with respect thereto) 2 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. The class of securities to be registered hereby is the 7.83% Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities"), of Allstate Financing II, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"). The Capital Securities represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and the depositor of the Trust, as set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-10857) of the Trust and The Allstate Corporation, among other registrants, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 27, 1996 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on September 30, 1996 (such Registration Statement, as so amended, being hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement"), and the prospectus for the Capital Securities included therein, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. Definitive copies of the prospectus and the prospectus supplement describing the Capital Securities were filed with the Commission on November 27, 1996 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form 8-A. Item 2. Exhibits. 2.1 Certificate of Trust dated August 21, 1996 of Allstate Financing II (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement). 2.2 Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Allstate Financing II (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement). 2.3 Form of Capital Security (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A-1 of Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement). 2.4 Form of Capital Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Capital Securities of Allstate Financing II (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to the Registration Statement). 2.5 Form of Indenture relating to subordinated debt securities between The Allstate Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement). 2.6 Form of Supplemental Indenture to be used in connection with the issuance of subordinated debt securities and Capital Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4A to the Registration Statement). 2 3 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. ALLSTATE FINANCING II Dated: November 13, 1996 By: /s/ JOSEPH T. KANE --------------------------- Joseph T. Kane, Trustee THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION, Depositor of the Registrant and Guarantor under the Guarantee Dated: November 13, 1996 By: /s/ JAMES P. ZILS ----------------------------- Name: James P. Zils Title: Vice President and Treasurer 3 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----