Wachovia Corp. LUNARS 8-A12B

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

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

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Wachovia Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

North Carolina   56-0898180
(State of Incorporation or Organization)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification no.)

 

One Wachovia Center

Charlotte, North Carolina

  28288-0013
(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: 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), please check the following box: ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:   333-72374
    (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


LUNARSSM (Leveraged Upside iNdexed Accelerated Return Securities) Linked to the S&P 500® Index due November 9, 2005

  American Stock Exchange

 

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

 

None

(Title of Class)

 



INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

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

 

Wachovia Corporation (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its securities to be registered hereunder contained in the Prospectus dated May 31, 2002 under “Description of the Notes We May Offer” and in the Prospectus Supplement dated August 3, 2004 filed with the Commission on August 4, 2004 under Rule 424(b)(5), pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-72374) filed with the Commission on October 29, 2001 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”).

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

  1. Senior Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1983, between the Company and Chemical Bank, as Trustee, including form of senior debt securities (included as Exhibit 4(a) to the Registration Statement)

 

  2. Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 17, 1986, between the Company and Chemical Bank, as Trustee (included as Exhibit 4(b) to the Registration Statement)

 

  3. Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1988, between the Company and Chemical Bank, as Trustee (included as Exhibit 4(c) to the Registration Statement)

 

  4. Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1990, between the Company and Chemical Bank, as Trustee (included as Exhibit 4(d) to the Registration Statement)

 

  5. Form of LUNARSSM (Leveraged Upside iNdexed Accelerated Return Securities) Linked to the S&P 500® Index due November 9, 2005

 


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.

 

       

Wachovia Corporation

(Registrant)

Date:

 

August 26, 2004

     

By:

 

/s/ Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.

               

Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.

Senior Vice President