UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

36-2669023

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois

 

60602

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

 

Title of Each Class
to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange
on Which Each Class is to be Registered

7% Senior Notes due 2060

 

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. o

 

SECURITIES ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NUMBER TO WHICH THIS FORM RELATES: 333-155078

 

SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

 

None.

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.                                                           Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the Registrant’s 7% Senior Notes due 2060 (the “Notes”) to be registered hereby is contained under the caption “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Prospectus Supplement dated March 21, 2011, and under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” set forth in the Prospectus dated March 21, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-155078), and such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

Item 2.                                                           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.

 

Indenture dated as of November 1, 2001 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

 

 

2.

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 7% Senior Notes due 2060 attached as Exhibit A thereto, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 21, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 22, 2011

 

By:

/s/ Peter L. Sereda

 

 

 

Name:

Peter L. Sereda

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO FORM 8-A RE TDS RETAIL DEBT - MARCH 2011

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

1.

 

Indenture dated as of November 1, 2001 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as the Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as successor to BNY Midwest Trust Company), filed as Exhibit 4 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

 

 

2.

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 21, 2011 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 7% Senior Notes due 2060 attached as Exhibit A thereto, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 21, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

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