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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
Carrols Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 16-0958146
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
968 James Street, Syracuse, New York 13203
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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 debt registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon securities and is to become
filing pursuant to General effective simultaneously with the
Instruction A(c)(1) please check effectiveness of a concurrent
the following box. [ ] registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
General Instruction A(c)(2) please
check the following box. [X]
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
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
9 1/2 Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
The securities of Carrols Corporation (the "Registrant") to be
registered hereunder are 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008
(collectively, the "Notes").
Reference is made to the description of the Notes to be registered
hereby contained on pages 75 through 101 of the Prospectus contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the
"Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 2, 1999, as amended on March 24, 1999.
(File No. 333-71593).
Item 2. Exhibits
Exhibit 4.1 Form of 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note due 2008 (incorporated
by reference to the Registration Statement).
Exhibit 4.2 Indenture, dated as of November 24, 1998, between Carrols
Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and IBJ Schroder Bank
& Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to the
Registration Statement).
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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.
CARROLS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Joseph A. Zirkman
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Joseph A. Zirkman
Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
Dated: March 25, 1999
