-----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, SwukAnKFtv5EE2u6Q7CQ+fKdBriyTo1Xue8JdgsLsLBF4nqXbF9DZxjqwwEiaTCa 2vhxtlf/SHk1r/magXaotg== 0000950137-97-000049.txt : 19970109 0000950137-97-000049.hdr.sgml : 19970109 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-97-000049 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970108 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSTATE FINANCING I CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001026950 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21747 FILM NUMBER: 97502820 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-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11840 FILM NUMBER: 97502821 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-A12B/A 1 FORM 8-A/A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A/A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION ALLSTATE FINANCING I (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 36-3871531 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 registration If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General to become effective simultaneously with Instruction A(c)(L) please check the following the effectiveness of a concurrent registration box. [ ] 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 7.95% 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 This Form 8-A/A is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to supplement the Registrants' original Registration Statement on Form 8-A by providing final pricing terms and incorporating by reference the definitive prospectus and prospectus supplement. Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered The class of securities to be registered hereby is the 7.95% 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"). Each of the 22,000,000 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 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 Preferred Securities included therein, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. Definitive copies of the prospectus and the prospectus supplement describing the Preferred Securities, which have been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form 8-A/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). 3 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). 4 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: January 7, 1997 By: /s/ JOSEPH T. KANE ------------------------- Joseph T. Kane, Trustee THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION, Depositor of the Registrant and Guarantor under the Guarantee Dated: January 7, 1997 By: /s/ JAMES P. ZILS ------------------------- Name: James P. Zils Title: Vice President and Treasurer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----