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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 1999
Registration No. 333-16027
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
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.)
9197 South Peoria
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Tele-Communications, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen M. Brett, Esq.
Tele-Communications, Inc.
9197 South Peoria
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Name and address of agent for service)
(720) 875-5400
(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 9 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-16027) (the "Registration Statement"), the
Registrant files this Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement for the purpose of withdrawing from registration any of the securities
of the Registrant 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-8, 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-8 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Englewood, State of Colorado, on June 3, 1999.
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ STEPHEN M. BRETT
Name: Stephen M. Brett
Title: Senior Executive Vice President