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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 001-02275
THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
1430 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1S9
Canada
(514) 987-5200
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
8.35% Debentures due November 15, 2006
8.35% Debentures due January 15, 2022
6.875% Debentures due September 1, 2023
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 5.79% Senior Notes due
2001 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 6.250% Senior Notes due
2001 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 6.400% Senior Notes due
2003 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 6.625% Senior Notes due
2005 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 8 3/8% Guaranteed
Debentures due February 15, 2007 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 7% Guaranteed Debentures
due April 15, 2008 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 6.800% Senior Notes due
2008 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 8 7/8% Guaranteed
Debentures due September 15, 2011 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 9.65% Guaranteed
Debentures due August 15, 2018 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
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Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 7.500% Senior Debentures
due 2018 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 9% Guaranteed Debentures
due August 15, 2021 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 7.600% Senior Debentures
due 2028 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 8.00% Senior Quarterly
Income Debt Securities due 2038 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Common shares without nominal or par value of The Seagram Company Ltd.
7.50% Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units
Stock Purchase Contracts of The Seagram Company Ltd. issued in
connection with 7.50% Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units of The
Seagram Company Ltd.
Guarantees as to Payment of Principal and Interest of 7.62% Subordinated
Deferrable Notes due June 21, 2004 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. issued in
connection with 7.50% Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units of The
Seagram Company Ltd.
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(Title of each class of Securities covered by this Form)
6.50% Debentures due April 1, 2003
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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [x]
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
Rule 15d-6 [ ]
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
8.35% Debentures due November 15, 2006: 57
8.35% Debentures due January 15, 2022: 30
6.875% Debentures due September 1, 2023: 27
Guarantees of 5.79% Senior Notes due 2001 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.: 2
Guarantees of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2001 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.: 33
Guarantees of 6.400% Senior Notes due 2003 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.: 27
Guarantees of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2005 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.: 17
Guarantees of 8 3/8% Guaranteed Debentures due February 15, 2007 of
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 47
Guarantees of 7% Guaranteed Debentures due April 15, 2008 of Joseph E.
Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 69
Guarantees of 6.800% Senior Notes due 2008 of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,
Inc.: 23
Guarantees of 8 7/8% Guaranteed Debentures due September 15, 2011 of
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 19
Guarantees of 9.65% Guaranteed Debentures due August 15, 2018 of Joseph
E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 12
Guarantees of 7.500% Senior Debentures due 2018 of Joseph E. Seagram &
Sons, Inc.: 13
Guarantees of 9% Guaranteed Debentures due August 15, 2021 of Joseph E.
Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 15
Guarantees of 7.600% Senior Debentures due 2028 of Joseph E. Seagram &
Sons, Inc.: 5
Guarantees of 8.00% Senior Quarterly Income Debt Securities due 2038
of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.: 153
Common shares without nominal or par value of The Seagram Company Ltd.: 2
7.50% Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units: 91
Stock Purchase Contracts of The Seagram Company Ltd. issued in connection
with 7.50% Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units of The
Seagram Company Ltd.: 91
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Guarantees of 7.62% Subordinated Deferrable Notes due June 21, 2004 of
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. issued in connection with 7.50%
Adjustable Conversion-rate Equity Security Units of The Seagram Company
Ltd.: 1
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
The Seagram Company Ltd. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Date: January 8, 2001 By: /s/ John R. Preston
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Name: John R. Preston
Title: Senior Vice President
Treasury and Strategic
Planning
