UNITED INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC
8-K, 1999-07-23
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          Date of Report: July 23, 1999



                       United International Holdings, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


   Delaware                        0-21974                       84-1116217
(State or other                  (Commission                   (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of                  File Number)                  Identification #)
incorporation)



             4643 South Ulster Street, Suite 1300, Denver, CO 80237
                     (Address of Principal Executive Office)


                                 (303) 770-4001
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
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At a Special Meeting of Stockholders  held on July 23, 1999, the Stockholders of
the Company approved two amendments to the Company's Second Restated Certificate
of   Incorporation.   The  first   amendment   changes  the  Company's  name  to
UnitedGlobalCom,  Inc. The second  amendment  increases the  authorized  capital
stock  of the  Company.  A copy of the  amendments  as filed  with the  Delaware
Secretary of State is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.



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                                   SIGNATURES



Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                            UNITED INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.



DATE: July 23, 1999                         By: /s/ Valerie L. Cover
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                Valerie L. Cover
                                                Vice President and Controller
                                                (a Duly Authorized Officer and
                                                 Principal Financial Officer)



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                                   Exhibit 3.1
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                           Certificate of Amendment of
                 Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
                       UNITED INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.


         UNITED  INTERNATIONAL  HOLDINGS,  INC.,  a  Delaware  corporation  (the
"Corporation"), hereby certifies that:

     1.  The amendments  set forth herein have been duly  adopted in  accordance
with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

     2.  Article  FIRST of the  Corporation's  Second  Restated  Certificate  of
Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety, as follows:

         The  name of the corporation  (the "Corporation") is:  UNITEDGLOBALCOM,
         INC.

     3.  The first paragraph of the Corporation's Second Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, which immediately precedes Section A of Article FOURTH, is hereby
amended to read in its entirety, as follows:

         (a)  AUTHORIZED  SHARES.  The total  number of shares of stock that the
         Corporation  shall have authority to issue is 243,000,000  divided into
         the following classes:

                   (i)  210,000,000  shares of  Class A Common  Stock, par value
                        $.01 per share;

                  (ii)  30,000,000  shares of  Class B  Common  Stock, par value
                        $.01 per share;

                 (iii)  3,000,000 shares  of preferred stock, par value $.01 per
                        share.

         The  number of  authorized  shares  of Class A Common  Stock or Class B
         Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of
         shares thereof then  outstanding) by an amendment to the Certificate of
         Incorporation  approved  by the  affirmative  vote of the  holders of a
         majority of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common  Stock,  voting
         together and without separate class votes.

      4. All other remaining  provisions of the Second  Restated  Certificate of
Incorporation  not amended  hereby shall remain  unchanged and in full force and
effect.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
signed on this 23rd day of July, 1999.

                                      United International Holdings, Inc.



                                      By:  /s/ Ellen P. Spangler
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Ellen P. Spangler
                                         Senior Vice President and Secretary






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