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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 1997
Registration No. 33-59121
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 84-1260157
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
STEPHEN M. BRETT, ESQ.
5619 DTC PARKWAY TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111-3000 TERRACE TOWER II
(303) 267-5500 5619 DTC PARKWAY
(Address, including zip code, and ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111-3000
telephone number, including area (303) 267-5500
code, of registrant's principal (Name, address, including zip code,
executive offices) and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Removal of Securities from Registration
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REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
Pursuant to undertaking No. 3 of Item 17 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-59121) (the "Registration Statement"), the
Registrant files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement for the purpose of withdrawing from registration any of the 445,594
shares of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(which stock, subsequent to the registration thereof, was redesignated as Tele-
Communications, Inc. Series A TCI Group Common Stock), which were previously
registered under the Registration Statement and which remain unsold.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3, and
pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act the Registrant has duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Greenwood Village, State of Colorado, on November 6, 1997.
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Stephen M. Brett
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Name: Stephen M. Brett
Title: Executive Vice President
