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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-A
(Amendment No. 1)
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
USG CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware   36-3329400
     
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
125 South Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois   60606-4678
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
     
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), please check the following box. ý
  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), please check the following box. ¨
       
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
   
 
   
 
  (If applicable)
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
     
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, with
respect to Common Stock, $.10 par value
  New York Stock Exchange
     
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Not Applicable
 
(Title of class)

 


 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
     On January 29, 2006, the Board of Directors of USG Corporation (the “Company”) amended the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 27, 1998 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and between the Company and Harris N.A., successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as rights agent. Among other things, the amendment permits the Company’s proposed equity rights offering to proceed without triggering the Rights Agreement and accelerates the expiration of the rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement to 11 days after the effectiveness of USG’s plan of reorganization.
     The rights issued pursuant to the Rights Agreement are in all respects subject to and governed by the provisions of the Rights Agreement, as amended. Copies of the Rights Agreement are available free of charge from the Company. The foregoing description of the amendment to the Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the amendment, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 2. Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit
 
   
4.1
  Amendment No. 1, dated January 30, 2006, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 27, 1998, by and between the Company and Harris N.A., successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as rights agent

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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.
         
  USG CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Stanley L. Ferguson    
    Name:   Stanley L. Ferguson   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and
General Counsel 
 
 
Date: January 30, 2006

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit
 
   
4.1
  Amendment No. 1, dated January 30, 2006, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 27, 1998, by and between the Company and Harris N.A., successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as rights agent

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