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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
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FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
LOCAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 65-0424192
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(State of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)
3601 N.W. 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section securities pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and is 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
effective pursuant to General is effective pursuant to
instruction A.(c), please check the General Instruction A.(d),
following box. please check the following
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this Form relates:
No. 333-43727
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share American Stock Exchange
11.0% Senior Notes due September 8, 2004 American Stock Exchange
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(Title of class) (Exchange on which Registered)
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
See "Description of Capital Stock" and "Description of Senior Notes"
in the Prospectus included in Local Financial Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-43727) which is hereby incorporated
by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits
*3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Local Financial Corporation
*3.2 Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of
Local Financial Corporation
*3.3 Bylaws of Local Financial Corporation
*4.3 Indenture between Local Financial Corporation and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, dated September 8, 1997
*4.4 Form of Common Stock certificate of Local Financial
Corporation
*4.5 Form of Senior Note of Local Financial Corporation
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*Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
exhibits to Local Financial Corporation's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-43727). Such exhibits are incorporated herein
by reference.
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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.
LOCAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Date: March 12, 1998 By:/s/ Edward A. Townsend
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Edward A. Townsend, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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Law Offices
ELIAS, MATZ, TIERNAN & HERRICK L.L.P.
12th Floor
734 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone (202) 347-0300
WWW.EMTH.COM
March 12, 1998
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re:Local Financial Corporation
Registration Statement on Form 8-A
Dear Sir or Madam:
Attached for filing on behalf of Local Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), is a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the
"Registration Statement"), which is being filed pursuant to the requirements of
Regulation S-T. The Registration Statement registers the Company's common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), and 11.0% Senior Notes due
September 8, 2004 (the "Notes"), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Common Stock and the Notes are
concurrently being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
under a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-43727).
Please do not hesitate to call the undersigned or Jeffery D. Haas of this
office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Kenneth B. Tabach
Kenneth B. Tabach
