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FORM 8-A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
IOWA 42-0470520
800 CAPITAL SQUARE, 400 LOCUST STREET, DES MOINES, IOWA 50309
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A. (c)(1), please check
the following box. [ ]
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to
become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
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 to Name of each exchange on which
be registered each class is to be registered
____% SENIOR NOTES NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
DUE January __, 2009
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.
The material set forth in the section captioned "Description of Notes" in the
Registrant's Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-69285), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 1998, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 filed January 8, 1999 (the "Registration Statement") is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
1. Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation, incorporated herein by
reference from the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, file no.
0-7908, for the year ended August 31, 1998.
2. Bylaws, as amended, incorporated herein by reference from the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, file no. 0-7908, for the year
ended August 31, 1998.
3. Form of the Registrant's ____% Senior Notes due January __, 2009,
incorporated herein by reference from the Registration Statement.
4. Indenture, dated January __, 1999, between the Registrant and Chase
Manhattan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, relating to
the ____% Senior Notes due January __, 2009, incorporated herein by
reference from 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, on this 8th day of
January, 1999.
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY: /s/ William J. DeMeulenaere
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ITS: Assistant Secretary and Legal Counsel
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