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FORM 8-A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 51-0370603
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. employer identification number)
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401 NORTH WABASH AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check
the following box. [ ]
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c)(2), please check the following box. [ X ]
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
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Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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____% Senior Notes due 2005 New York Stock Exchange
____% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 New York Stock Exchange
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SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
This Registration Statement under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") relates to the __% Senior Notes due 2005 (the
"Senior Notes") and the __% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the "Senior
Subordinated Notes"), of Hollinger International Publishing Inc. ("Publishing").
Publishing filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No.
333-17113, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
November 29, 1996, relating to the shelf registration of $550,000,000 of debt
securities pursuant to Rule 415, such Registration Statement was amended by
Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on February 28, 1997, Amendment No. 2 thereto
filed on March 4, 1997, Amendment No. 3 thereto filed on March 12, 1997, which
amendments relate to the offering and sale of Senior Notes and Senior
Subordinated Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Certain
information contained in that Registration Statement, as amended, and the
accompanying Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, including certain of the
information necessary to describe the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated
Notes, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement filed under the Exchange Act.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
1. All exhibits required by Instruction I to Item 2 have been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference
in accordance with Rule 12b-32.
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, on this 11th
day of March, 1997.
HOLLINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING INC.
By: /s/ KENNETH L. SEROTA
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Kenneth L. Serota
Vice President-Law and Finance and Secretary
