0001104659-19-044887.txt : 20190808 0001104659-19-044887.hdr.sgml : 20190808 20190808161028 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-19-044887 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190808 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190808 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSTATE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899051 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 363871531 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11840 FILM NUMBER: 191009586 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2775 SANDERS ROAD CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 BUSINESS PHONE: 8474025000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2775 SANDERS ROAD CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062-7127 8-A12B 1 a19-15284_58a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State of incorporation or organization)

 

36-3871531
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois  60062

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class to be so registered:

 

Name of each exchange on
which each class is to be registered:

Depositary Shares each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series H

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-224541

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 1.                                                         Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The Allstate Corporation (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference herein (i) the description of the Depositary Shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series H, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference $25,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), to be registered hereunder, set forth under the heading “Description of the Depositary Shares” and (ii) the description of its Preferred Stock set forth under the heading “Description of the Preferred Stock”, respectively, in the Registrant’s Prospectus Supplement, dated August 1, 2019, to the Prospectus dated April 30, 2018, constituting part of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224541) of the Registrant, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The Depositary Shares are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 2.                                                         Exhibits

 

3.1                               Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 23, 2012 of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed May 23, 2012).

 

3.2                               Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended November 19, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed November 19, 2015).

 

3.3                               Certificate of Designations with respect to Preferred Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed August 5, 2019).

 

4.1                               Deposit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2019, among the Registrant, Equiniti Trust Company, as depositary, and the holders from time to time of the depositary receipts described therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed August 8, 2019).

 

4.2                               Form of Preferred Stock Certificate (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 3.3 above).

 

4.3                               Form of Depositary Receipt (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 above).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael A. Pedraja

 

Name:

Michael A. Pedraja

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

Date: August 8, 2019

 

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