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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 1999
Registration No.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DECS Trust V
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware Not Applicable
(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
c/o Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
388 Greenwich Street 10013
New York, New York
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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If this Form relates to the registration of a If this Form relates to the registration of a
class of securities pursuant to Section class of securities pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), pursuant to General Instruction A.(d),
check the following box. [_] check the following box. [X]
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Securities Act registration file number to which this form relates:
Securities Act File No. 333-83965
Investment Company Act File No. 811-09501
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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None N/A
Securities to be registered pursuant to 12(g) of the Act:
DECS representing shares of beneficial interest in DECS Trust V
(Title of Class)
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
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A description of the securities to be registered appears on
pages 27 through 28 (under the caption "Description of the DECS") and pages 32
through 36 (under the caption "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations") of the registrant's Prospectus (Subject to Completion) dated
July 29, 1999 included in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (File No. 333-83965) and under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (File No. 811-09501). Such
description, as amended or supplemented from time to time, is hereby
incorporated by reference herein. In addition, since such description has been
included in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant on July 29, 1999,
pursuant to Rule 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, such prospectus is
also hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2. Exhibits
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All necessary exhibits will be filed with the Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc. in connection with this registration statement, including any
amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed with the Commission
subsequent to the date hereof.
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated August 4, 1999 DECS TRUST V
By: /s/ Tyler Dickson
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Tyler Dickson
As Trustee
