-----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, FvxWHDO+6881EWNM8gYJwL5c9WfTg6EQCjGaGSty0uVhFKYRQ39ulSX8vKOyzLx+ UtjQX1UBcdjNYsmvqnoD8w== 0000950137-96-002365.txt : 19961209 0000950137-96-002365.hdr.sgml : 19961209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-96-002365 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19961118 SROS: CSE SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSTATE FINANCING I CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026950 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 6331 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14484 FILM NUMBER: 96668655 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: 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: 000-21747-01 FILM NUMBER: 96668656 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 I - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware Applied for - - --------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Organization) c/o The Allstate Corporation 2775 Sanders Road Northbrook, Illinois 60062 - - ------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive (Zip Code) Offices) If this Form relates to the regis- If this Form relates to the registration tration of a class of debt secu- of a class of debt securities and is to rities and is effective upon filing become effective simultaneously with pursuant to General Instruction the effectiveness of a concurrent A(c)(1) please check the following registration statement under the box. [ ] 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 ------------------- ------------------------------ _% Cumulative Quarterly Income New York Stock Exchange Preferred Securities (and the Guarantee with respect thereto) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None 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 __% Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities (the "Preferred Securities"), of Allstate Financing I, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"). The Preferred Securities represent preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, and are guaranteed by The Allstate Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and the depositor of the Trust, to the extent 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 form of prospectus for the Preferred Securities included therein, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. Copies of the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement describing the Preferred Securities have been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form 8-A. Definitive copies of the prospectus and the prospectus supplement describing the Preferred Securities to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form 8-A. ("Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities" is a servicemark of Goldman, Sachs & Co.) Item 2. Exhibits. 2.1 Certificate of Trust dated August 21, 1996 of Allstate Financing I (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement). 2.2 Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Allstate Financing I (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement). 2.3 Form of Preferred Security (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A-1 of Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement). 2.4 Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of Preferred Securities of Allstate Financing I (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 Preferred 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 I Dated: November 18, 1996 By: /s/ JOSEPH T. KANE ----------------------------- Joseph T. Kane, Trustee THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION, Depositor of the Registrant and Guarantor under the Guarantee Dated: November 18, 1996 By: /s/ JAMES P. ZILS ----------------------------- Name: James P. Zils Title: Vice President and Treasurer 3 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----