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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
Payless Cashways, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa* 42-0945849
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
TwoPershing Square, 2300 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
* Payless Cashways, Inc. is expected to be reincorporated in the State of
Delaware in December 1997, pursuant to a merger into a Delaware corporation
of the same name.
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
None Not Applicable
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. |_|
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. |X|
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this
form relates: Not Applicable
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share**
(Title of Class)
** The common stock of the Registrant to which this Form 8-A Registration
Statement pertains (the "Common Stock") originally was registered under Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to the Registrant's Form 8-A Registration
Statement dated February 11, 1993. Pursuant to Rule 12g-2 under the Exchange
Act, upon the subsequent delisting of the Common Stock from the New York Stock
Exchange, the Common Stock was and continues to be deemed registered under
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act without the filing of an additional
registration statement. The Staff of the Commission has requested that the
Company file this Registration Statement in order to assign the Company a
Section 12(g) Exchange Act registration number.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock is incorporated by
reference to the description of the Common Stock set forth in the Form 8-A
Registration Statement dated February 11, 1993.
Item 2. Exhibits.
1. Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed as part of Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement No. 33-58008 on Form S-2 on March 8, 1993).
2. By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
filed as part of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended August 27, 1994).
3. First Amended Plan of Reorganization, as modified on October 9, 1997
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 30, 1997).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
PAYLESS CASHWAYS, INC.
By: /s/ Stephen A. Lightstone
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Stephen A. Lightstone, Senior Vice
President Finance and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
(Duly authorized representative)
Date: December 1, 1997
