<PAGE>
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
NSP Financing I
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied For
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
414 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
(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
__% Trust Originated Preferred Securities -SM- ("TOPrS-SM-") (Liquidation amount
$25 per Preferred Security) (together with the rights of holders of the
Preferred Securities under the Preferred Securities Guarantee and back-up
undertakings, consisting of obligations of Northern States Power Company as set
forth in the Declaration of Trust (including the obligation to pay expenses of
NSP Financing I), the Indenture and any applicable supplemental indentures
thereto, and the Debt Securities issued to NSP Financing I)
_____________________________________
Name of each exchange on which
each class is to be registered
New York Stock Echange, Inc.
_____________________________________
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. / /
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
- -SM-"Trust Originated Preferred Securities" and "TOPrS" are service marks of
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
<PAGE>
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
The information included under the caption "DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
SECURITIES" in the Prospectus Supplement dated December 27, 1996, filed in
connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (333-18917), is
incorporated herein by reference. For purposes of such description, any
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS
The securities described herein are to be registered on the New York Stock
Exchange, on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered.
Accordingly, the following exhibits, required in accordance with Part II to the
Instructions as to exhibits on Form 8-A, have been duly filed with the New York
Stock Exchange:
(a) Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-18917 on Form S-3 as filed
on December 27, 1996, and incorporated herein by this reference.
(b) Registrant's Certificate of Trust as filed as Exhibit 4.06 to
Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-18917 and incorporated
herein by this reference.
(c) Registrant's Declaration of Trust as filed as Exhibit 4.08 to
Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-18917, which will be
amended by the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust the form of
which was filed as Exhibit 4.10 to Registrant's Registration Statement
No. 333-18917, each of which are incorporated herein by this
reference.
(d) Form of Preferred Security
<PAGE>
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 21, 1997 NSP FINANCING I
By: /s/ Edward J. McIntyre
--------------------------------------
Edward J. McIntyre, as Regular Trustee
By: /s/ Paul Pender
--------------------------------------
Paul Pender, as Regular Trustee
