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)

 

 

 

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

 

 

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:  333-176835

 

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 5.875% Senior Notes due 2061 (the “Notes”) to be registered hereby is contained under the caption “Description of the Notes” set forth in the Prospectus Supplement dated November 26, 2012, and under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” set forth in the Prospectus dated November 26, 2012, 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. 333-176835), 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.		Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 26, 2012 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2061 attached as Exhibit A thereto, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2012 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: November 27, 2012	By:	/s/ Peter L. Sereda
		Name:	Peter L. Sereda
		Title:	Senior Vice President-Finance and Treasurer

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO FORM 8-A RE TDS RETAIL DEBT - NOVEMBER 2012

 

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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.		Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 26, 2012 between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., including the form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2061 attached as Exhibit A thereto, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

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