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Prospectus Supplement No. 9 Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
dated March 31, 1998 Registration No. 333-33421
(to Prospectus dated August 28, 1997)
IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
1,400,000 SHARES OF 7-1/4% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK DUE 2007
(LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $100 PER SHARE) AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK INTO
WHICH THE PREFERRED STOCK IS CONVERTIBLE AND 97,481 ADDITIONAL
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
This Prospectus Supplement supplements information contained in that
certain Prospectus dated August 28, 1997, as supplemented by Prospectus
Supplement No. 1 dated September 10, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated
September 24, 1997, Prospectus Supplement No. 3 dated October 7, 1997,
Prospectus Supplement No. 4 dated November 12, 1997 and Prospectus Supplement
No. 5 dated December 19, 1997 (collectively, the "Prospectus") relating to the
offer and sale by (i) the Convertible Preferred Selling Holders of (a) up to
1,400,000 shares of 7-1/4% Junior Convertible Preferred Stock Due 2007, par
value $0.01 per share (the "Convertible Preferred Stock"), of IXC
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and (b) the shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of the Company
(including any shares of Common Stock resulting from an adjustment to the
conversion price of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the antidilution
provisions of the Certificate of Designation governing the Convertible Preferred
Stock) issuable upon conversion thereof and (ii) the Telecom One Selling Holders
of 97,481 shares of Common Stock. This Prospectus Supplement is not complete
without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in connection with, the
Prospectus. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Prospectus.
The following table supplements the information set forth in the
Prospectus under the heading "Selling Holders -- Convertible Preferred Selling
Holders" with respect to certain Convertible Preferred Selling Holders and the
number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such
Convertible Preferred Selling Holders that may be offered and sold pursuant to
the Prospectus, as supplemented, to add the following Convertible Preferred
Selling Holder and the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock
beneficially owned by such Convertible Preferred Selling Holder and to add the
following number of shares, with respect to the following Convertible Preferred
Selling Holders previously listed in Prospectus Supplement Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 6 to
the table set forth in the Prospectus:
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NUMBER OF SHARES OF CONVERTIBLE
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SELLING HOLDERS PREFERRED STOCK
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Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation .................................. 5,000
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Inc. .......................................... 5,592
TQA Leverage Fund, L.P. ................................................. 627
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Because the Convertible Preferred Selling Holders listed above and in
the Prospectus under the caption "Selling Holders -- Convertible Preferred
Selling Holders" may, pursuant to the Prospectus, as supplemented, offer all or
some portion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, no estimate can be given as to
the amount of Convertible Preferred Stock that will be held by the Convertible
Preferred Selling Holders upon termination of any such sales.
Furthermore, the Convertible Preferred Selling Holders identified in
the table set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Selling Holders" in the
Prospectus may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion
of their Convertible Preferred Stock or Common Stock since the date on which
they provided the Company with information regarding their Convertible Preferred
Stock or Common Stock, and the Company has not made any independent inquiries as
to the foregoing.
Unless otherwise noted, all information provided in this Prospectus
Supplement is as of March 31, 1998.
