SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC
8-K, 1997-07-11
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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 (Date of earliest event reported)   July 9, 1997
                                               -------------------------



                              Smith Barney Holdings Inc.
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                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware              1-12484            06-1274088 
    --------------      ------------        ------------
    (State or other      (Commission         (IRS Employer
    jurisdiction of      File Number)        Identification No.)
    incorporation)

    388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY                10013
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                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                    (212) 816-6000
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                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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                              SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.
                              CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K




ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

              EXHIBITS:

   Exhibit No.        Description
   -----------        -----------
    1.01              Terms Agreement, dated July 9, 1997, among the Company
                      and Smith Barney Inc., CS First Boston Corporation,
                      Chase Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
                      Salomon Brothers Inc and UBS Securities LLC, as 
                      Underwriters, relating to the offer and sale of the 
                      Company's 6 5/8% Notes due July 1, 2002.
    
    4.01              Form of Note for the Company's 6 5/8% Notes due July 1,
                      2002.


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                                      SIGNATURE


         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 hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  July 10, 1997             SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.


                                  By: /s/ Mark I. Kleinman
                                     ---------------------------
                                     Mark I. Kleinman
                                     Executive Vice President
                                      and Treasurer


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                                                                    Exhibit 1.01


                                   TERMS AGREEMENT



                                            July 9, 1997



Smith Barney Holdings Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
            -----------------------

Dear Sirs:

         We understand that Smith Barney Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 65/8% Notes Due July 1, 2002 (the "Securities").  Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, we,
as underwriters (the "Underwriters"), offer to purchase, severally and not
jointly, the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite our
respective names on the list attached hereto at 99.476% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued interest from July 1, 1997, to the date of delivery.  The
Closing Date shall be July 14, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. at the offices of Smith Barney
Holdings Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013.

         The Securities shall have the following terms:

       Title:                65/8% Notes Due July 1, 2002

       Maturity:             July 1, 2002

       Interest Rate:        65/8%

       Interest Payment
         Date:               January 1 and July 1 commencing January 1, 1998

       Regular Record
         Dates:              December 15 and June 15

       Initial Price              
         To Public:          99.976% of the principal amount thereof plus
                             accrued interest from July 1, 1997, to date of
                             payment and delivery


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       Redemption
         Provisions:         The Securities are not redeemable by the Company
                             prior to maturity

         All the provisions contained in the document entitled "Smith Barney
Shearson Holdings Inc. - Debt Securities - Underwriting Agreement Basic
Provisions" and dated October 29, 1993 (the "Basic Provisions"), a copy of which
you have previously received, are, except as indicated below, herein
incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of
this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if the Basic Provisions had been set
forth in full herein.  Terms defined in the Basic Provisions are used herein as
therein defined.

         Basic Provisions varied with respect to this Term Agreement:

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 3 of the Basic
    Provisions, the Company and the Underwriter hereby agree that the
    Securities will be in the form of Book-Entry Notes and shall be delivered
    on July 14, 1997 against payment of the purchase price to the Company by
    wire transfer in immediately available funds to such accounts with such
    financial institutions as the Company may direct; and

(B) In the first line of Section 2(a), delete "A registration statement on Form
    S-3 (File No. 33-70340), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities
    has been prepared" and insert in lieu thereof "A registration statement on
    Form S-3 (File No. 333-17831), including a prospectus, relating to the
    Securities has been prepared."  Any references in the Basic Provisions to a
    Registration Statement shall be deemed a reference to such Registration
    Statement on Form S-3.

         The Underwriters hereby agree in connection with the underwriting of
the Securities to comply with the requirements set forth in any applicable
sections of Section 2720 to the By-Laws of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.

         A. George Saks, Esq., is counsel to the Company.  Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is counsel to the Underwriters.

         Please accept this offer no later than 9:00 p.m. on July 9, 1997, by
signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and
returning the signed copy to 


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us, or by sending us a written acceptance in the following form:

         "We hereby accept your offer, set forth in the Terms Agreement, dated
July 9, 1997, to purchase the Securities on the terms set forth therein."

                                       Very truly yours,


                                       SMITH BARNEY INC.
                                       CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
                                       CHASE SECURITIES, INC.
                                       J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
                                       SALOMON BROTHERS INC
                                       UBS SECURITIES LLC

                                       By SMITH BARNEY INC.


                                       By: /s/ Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr.    
                                          ---------------------------------
                                          Name:  Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr.
                                          Title: Managing Director


ACCEPTED:

SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.



By: /s/ Firoz B. Tarapore     
   --------------------------
   Name:  Firoz B. Tarapore
   Title: Assistant Treasurer


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Underwriters                      Principal Amount
- ------------                      ----------------
Smith Barney Inc.                 $ 41,670,000
CS First Boston Corporation         41,666,000
Chase Securities, Inc.              41,666,000
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.         41,666,000
Salomon Brothers Inc                41,666,000
UBS Securities LLC                  41,666,000
                                  ------------
    Total                         $250,000,000


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                                 FORM OF NOTE                      EXHIBIT 4.01

LEGEND FOR BOOK-ENTRY NOTE:

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR ONE OR MORE NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, 55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK (THE "DEPOSITARY")
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY
TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.


REGISTERED                                            REGISTERED

                                CUSIP NO. 831904 DF 1

NO. ____                                              U.S. $____________

                              SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.
                             6 5/8% NOTE DUE JULY 1, 2002


         SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company," which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to               SPECIMEN            , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________________________
($_________________) on July 1, 2002 and to pay interest thereon from July 1,
1997, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 in each year,
commencing January 1, 1998, at the rate of 6 5/8% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment.  The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the December 15 or
June 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10


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days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture.

         Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at the option of the
Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security
set forth after the Trustee's certificate of authentication, which further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this
place.

         Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: July 14, 1997

                                  SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.

                                       
                             
                                  By:  Specimen                
                                     --------------------------
                                       Charles W. Scharf
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer
                                  

                                  By:  Specimen                
                                     --------------------------
                                       Mark I. Kleinman
                                       Executive Vice President 
                                       and Treasurer


TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture. 
CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee


By:___________________________
    Authorized Signatory


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                              SMITH BARNEY HOLDINGS INC.
                             6 5/8% NOTE DUE JULY 1, 2002

         This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued under an
Indenture dated as of May 15, 1993, as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture dated as of September 1, 1993 and the Second Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of December 12, 1996 (as so supplemented, herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and Citibank, N.A. (herein called the
"Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered.  This Security is one of the series designated as
set forth above, limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000.

         The Securities of this series may not be redeemed prior to the Stated
Maturity of their principal amount.

         If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Securities of this series may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.

         The Securities of this series are subject to satisfaction, discharge
and defeasance as provided in Section 403 of the Indenture.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected.  The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this
Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by
the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.


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         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. 
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the
Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

         All terms used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

                       _______________________________________

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the first
page of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in
full according to applicable laws or regulations.



         UNIF GIFT MIN ACT --          ________________________________________
                                                      (Cust)

                   as Custodian for    ________________________________________
                                                      (Minor)

                                       under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of


                                       ________________________________________
                                                      (State)


         TEN COM   --   as tenants in common
         TEN ENT   --   as tenants by the entireties
         JT TEN    --   as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
                        tenants in common


         Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
         list.


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         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto






[Please Insert Social Security Number or Other Identifying Number of Assignee:]


________________________________________________________________________________


[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE:]


________________________________________________________________________________


________________________________________________________________________________


________________________________________________________________________________


the within Security of Smith Barney Holdings Inc. and does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint


________________________________________________________________________________


Attorney to transfer said Security on the books of said Company, with full power
of substitution in the premises.



Dated: ____________________            ________________________________________
                                       NOTICE:  The signature to this
                                       assignment must correspond with the name
                                       as written upon the first page of the
                                       within Security in every particular,
                                       without alteration or enlargement or any
                                       change whatever, and be guaranteed by
                                       the endorser's bank or broker.




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