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 (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
CENDANT CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 06-0918165
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State of incorporation of Organization I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.:
Cendant Corporation
9 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to If this Form relates to the
the registration of a registration of a class of
class of securities securities pursuant to Section
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and
12(b) of the Exchange is effective pursuant to the
Act and is effective general Instruction A. (d)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Additional Income PRIDES
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The classes of securities to be registered hereby are the
Additional Income PRIDES of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
For a description of the Additional Income PRIDES, reference is
made to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of
Cendant Corporation, among other registrants (Registration No. 333-78447),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 1999 (as so
amended, the "Registration Statement"), and the form of a prospectus for
the Additional Income PRIDES, included therein, which description is
incorporated herein by reference. Definitive copies of the prospectus and
of a prospectus supplement describing the Additional Income PRIDES will be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on
Form 8-A.
Item 2. Exhibits
1. Form of Purchase Contract Agreement, between Cendant
Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
Purchase Contract Agent (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.8 to the Registration Statement).
2. Form of Pledge Agreement, among Cendant Corporation, The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Collateral Agent, and The First
National Bank of Chicago, as Purchase Contract Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the
Registration Statement).
3. Form of Income PRIDES (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement).
4. Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
between James E. Buckman and Michael P. Monaco as Regular
Trustees, Cendant Corporation and Wilmington Trust
Company as Institutional Trustee (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement).
5. Form of Preferred Security (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Registration Statement).
6. Form of Second Supplemental Indenture, among Cendant
Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of
New York as Indenture Trustee (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registration Statement).
7. Form of Senior Debenture (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Registration Statement).
8. Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, among
Wilmington Trust Company as Institutional Trustee and
Cendant Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.7 to the Registration Statement).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registration has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
CENDANT CORPORATION
Dated: July 13, 1999 By: /s/ James E. Buckman
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James E. Buckman
Senior Executive Vice President
and General Counsel