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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 1996
Registration No. 33-59058
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 84-0588868
(State or other (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
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 ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111-3000
code, and telephone number, (303) 267-5500
including area code, of (Name, address, including zip code,
registrant's principal and telephone number, including area
executive offices) code, of agent for service)
TELE-COMMUNICATIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Copy to:
ROBERT W. MURRAY JR., ESQ.
BAKER & BOTTS, L.L.P.
885 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022-4834
(212) 705-5000
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to undertaking No. 3 of Item 9 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-59058) (the "Registration Statement"), the
Registrant files this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement for
the purpose of withdrawing from registration any of the 5,000,000 shares of the
Registrant's Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, 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
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and 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
Greenwood Village, State of Colorado, on April 4, 1996.
TCI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Stephen M. Brett
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Name: Stephen M. Brett
Title: Executive Vice President
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The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons (which persons constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors) in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
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Signature Title Date
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* Chairman of the Board April 4, 1996
- ------------------- and Director
(Bob Magness)
* Director April 4, 1996
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(John C. Malone)
* Director April 4, 1996
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(Donne F. Fisher)
- --------------------- President (Principal Executive
(Brendan R. Clouston) Officer)
/s/ Gary K. Bracken Senior Vice President and April 4, 1996
- ------------------- Controller (Principal Financial and
(Gary K. Bracken) Accounting Officer)
*By: /s/ Stephen M. Brett
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Stephen M. Brett
Attorney-in-Fact
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
persons who administer the Plan have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment
to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwood Village, State of Colorado,
on April 4, 1996.
By: /s/ Gary Bracken
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Gary Bracken, Plan Administrator
