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FORM 8-A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b)
OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 22-3408857
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
600 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, MURRAY HILL, NJ 07974
(Address of principal executive officers) (Zip Code)
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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), please 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), please check the following box. [ ]
Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates: 333-01223
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
5.50% NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 15, 2008 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.
The material set forth in the section captioned "Description of the Notes" in
the Registrant's Amendment No. 3 to Form S-3 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-01223), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 1, 1996, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated November
19, 1998, filed with the SEC on November 20, 1998, is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS
1. Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1996, between the Registrant and The
Bank of New York, as trustee, relating to an unlimited principal amount
of the Registrant's unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness, is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's
indebtedness, is incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's
Amendment No. 3 to Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No.
333-01223) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
1, 1996.
2. Specimen Note.
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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, on this 4th day of
December, 1998.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By: /s/ PAMELA F. CRAVEN
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Name: Pamela F. Craven
Title: Vice President-Law
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Exhibit 2
FORM OF NOTE
PERMANENT GLOBAL REGISTERED FIXED RATE SECURITY
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
EXCEPT FOR EXCHANGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11(c) OF SUCH INDENTURE, THIS NOTE
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION ("DTC") TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS NOTE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
5.50% Notes due November 15, 2008
REGISTERED CUSIP NO. 549463 AD 9
No. R-
Lucent Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the
"Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to ___________, or
registered assigns the principal sum of _______________________ on November 15,
2008 (the "Maturity Date"), and to pay interest semiannually on May 15 and
November 15 commencing May 15, 1999, on said principal sum at the rate per annum
specified in the title of these Notes, from November 24, 1998 until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this global security (the
"Global Security") set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth in this place.
This Global Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture referred to herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lucent Technologies Inc. has caused this Global Security to
be duly executed by a duly authorized officer.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:___________________
Donald K. Peterson
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
As Trustee
By:_____________________
Authorized Signatory
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REVERSE OF SECURITY
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, this Global
Security will be made in immediately available funds at the office or agency of
the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, State of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public
and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment
of interest on any Notes issued in definitive form other than interest due at
the Maturity Date may be made by check mailed to the address of the person
entitled thereto as such address as shall appear in the Note register. Interest
due on any day that is not a Business Day shall be paid on the next Business
Day. "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, and that
is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are
authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of New York.
Interest will be paid to persons in whose names the Notes are registered at the
close of business on the May 1 or November 1, as the case may be, prior to any
interest payment date, except that interest payable at the Maturity Date shall
be paid to the person to whom principal shall be paid. Except as otherwise set
forth in the Indenture, Notes in definitive form will not be issued.
This note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued
and to be issued under and pursuant to an indenture dated as of April 1, 1996
(herein referred to as the "Indenture"), duly executed and delivered by the
Company to The Bank of New York, as trustee (herein referred to as the
"Trustee"), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and
the Holders (the words "Holders" or "Holder" meaning the registered holders or
registered holder) of the Notes. This note is one of a separate Series of
Securities under the Indenture of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
designated as the 5.50% Notes due November 15, 2008 and referred to herein as
the "Notes."
In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, as defined in the
Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become due and payable in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be affected under the
Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, on behalf of the Holders
of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture. The Indenture also provides that the Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may waive certain past
defaults and their
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consequences on behalf of the Holders of all Notes. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of such Note and of any Note issued upon registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon such Note.
The Indenture contains provisions setting forth certain conditions to the
institution of proceedings by Holders of Notes with respect to the Indenture or
for any remedy under the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Global Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on, these Notes at the places, at the respective times, at the rate and
in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
The Notes are issuable as registered Notes without coupons in denominations of
U.S. $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is a multiple of U.S. $1,000
at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to above and in the manner and
subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture. Notes may be exchanged
without service charge for like aggregate principal amount of Notes.
The Notes may not be redeemed by the Company prior to the Maturity Date.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the
above-mentioned office or agency of the Trustee, a new Global Security or Notes
of authorized denominations, for a like aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the transferee as provided in the Indenture. No service charge shall
be made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem
and treat the Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not this
Global Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership
or other writing hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of the principal hereof and subject to the provisions above, of premium or
interest hereon, and for all other purposes and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or the interest on, this Global Security or for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, shareholder, officer
or director as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being,
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by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.
This Global Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of said State.
All terms used in this Global Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and
not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____________________(Cust)__________________(Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act _________________(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE]
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing such person attorney to transfer such Note on the books of the
Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
By: ______________________________________________
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Date: ____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within Note in every particular without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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