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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 (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
MCN CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Michigan 38-2820658
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
MCN Corporation
500 Griswold Street
Detroit, Michigan 48226
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to the registration If this Form relates to the registration
of a class of debt securities and is of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General to become effective simultaneously with the
Instruction A(c)(1) please check the effectiveness of a concurrent registration
following box. [ ] statement under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to General Instruction A (c)(2)
please check the following box. [ ]
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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
FELINE PRIDES (SM) unit New York Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The class of securities to be registered hereby is the FELINE
PRIDES unit ("FELINE PRIDES"SM) of MCN Corporation, a Michigan corporation.
For a description of the FELINE PRIDES units, reference is made to
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of MCN Corporation,
among other registrants (Registration No. 333-21175), filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 7, 1997, and the forms of prospectus and
prospectus supplement for the FELINE PRIDES units included therein, which
description is incorporated herein by reference. Definitive copies of the
prospectus and the prospectus supplement describing the FELINE PRIDES units 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. ("FELINE PRIDES" is a service mark of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.)
Item 2. Exhibits.
1. Form of Purchase Contract Agreement, between MCN
Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago,
as Purchase Contract Agent (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4-13 of Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement).
2. Form of Pledge Agreement, among MCN Corporation,
Chemical Bank, as Collateral Agent, and The First
National Bank of Chicago, as Purchase Contract Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4-14 of
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement).
3. Forms of Income PRIDES and Growth PRIDES
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A of
Exhibit 4-13 of Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement).
4. Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
between Daniel L. Schiffer and Sebastian Coppola as
Regular Trustees, MCN Corporation and Wilmington
Trust Company as Institutional Trustee (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4-22 of Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement).
5. Form of Preferred Security (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4-22 of Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement).
6. Form of Supplemental Indenture to Subordinated Debt
Securities Indenture, among MCN Corporation and NBD
Bank as
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Indenture Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4-25 of
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement).
7. Form of Junior Subordinated Debenture (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4-25 of Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement).
8. Form of Guarantee Agreement, among Wilmington Trust
Company as Institutional Trustee and MCN Corporation
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4-11 of
Amendment No. 1 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.
MCN CORPORATION
Dated: March 7, 1997 By: /s/ Sebastian Coppola
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Sebastian Coppola
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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