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0000891020-96-001565.txt : 19961217
0000891020-96-001565.hdr.sgml : 19961217
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891020-96-001565
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 19961216
SROS: NASD

FILER:

COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICROSOFT CORP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000789019
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED
SOFTWARE [7372]
IRS NUMBER: 911144442
STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0630

FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 8-A12G
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14278
FILM NUMBER: 96680865

BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY #BLDG 8
STREET 2: NORTH OFFICE 2211
CITY: REDMOND
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98052
BUSINESS PHONE: 2068828080

MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY - BLDG 8
STREET 2: NORTH OFFICE 2211
CITY: REDMOND
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98052-6399

8-A12G
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FORM 8-A
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FORM 8-A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASS OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

MICROSOFT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

WASHINGTON 91-1144442
(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND, WASHINGTON 98052-6399

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

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

Title of each class Name of each exchange on which

to be so registered each class is to be registered
N/A N/A

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities

and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1), please
check the following box. [ ]

If this Form relates to registration of a class of debt securities and

is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2), please check the following box. [ ]

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

% CONVERTIBLE EXCHANGEABLE PRINCIPAL-PROTECTED

PREFERRED SHARES, SERIES A,
$.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title of class)
2

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

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

The description of the registrant's __% Convertible Exchangeable

Principal-Protected Preferred Shares, Series A, par value $0.01 per share (the
"Series A Preferred Shares"), to be registered hereunder is incorporated by
reference from the description of such shares contained in the Prospectus
included in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File
No. 333-17143), as amended, originally filed on December 2, 1996, under the
following captions: Prospectus Summary; Description of Capital Shares;
Description of Series A Preferred Shares; and Description of Convertible Notes.
This registration statement will incorporate by reference the description of the
Series A Preferred Shares contained in any prospectus or supplement related to
such shares subsequently filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.

Item 2. Exhibits.

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to

Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 and 4.2 to the Registration Statement.

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, on this 13th
day of December, 1996.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

By: /s/ Robert A. Eshelman

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Robert A. Eshelman
Assistant Secretary

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