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FORM 8-A/A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland 13-2764867
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(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10018
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Name of Each Exchange on
Title of Each Class to be Registered Which Each Class Is To Be Registered
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$2.8575 Cumulative Preferred Stock New York Stock Exchange
($50 stated value)
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If this Form related 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. [ ].
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
A description of the Registrant's 3,000,000 shares of $2.8575
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 stated value) to be registered hereby, was filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Registrant's Prospectus
Supplement dated September 17, 1997 to the Prospectus dated September 6, 1991 as
part of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-42582) (the "Registration Statement"), and such description is hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits
1. Resolutions of the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors,
adopted September 17, 1997, establishing the $2.8575 Cumulative Preferred Stock
($50 Stated Value) registered hereby, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under cover of the Registrant's Form 8-A on September 19, 1997.
2. Form of Articles Supplementary relating to the Registrant's $2.8575
Cumulative Preferred Stock ($50 Stated Value), incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4(b) to the Registrant's Registration Statement, as amended
(Registration No. 33-42582), incorporated therein by reference to such exhibit
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of the
Registrant's Form 8-K on September 24, 1997 (File No. 1-7436).
3. The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration
No. 33-42582), as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and incorporated herein by reference.
4. The Registrant's Prospectus Supplement dated September 17, 1997, as
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19,
1997 and incorporated herein by reference.
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: September 24, 1997
REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
By: William F. Rosenblum, Jr.
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William F. Rosenblum, Jr.
Senior Vice President,
Deputy General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
