UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2009

 

TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

001-33260

(Commission File Number)

 

Rheinstrasse 20

CH - 8200 Schaffhausen
Switzerland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

 

+41 (0)52 633 66 61

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

 

Second Floor, 96 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke, HM 08, Bermuda

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01       Other Events.

 

Effective June 25, 2009, Tyco Electronics Ltd. discontinued its existence as a Bermuda company as provided in Section 132G of The Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda and, according to article 161 of the Swiss Federal Code on International Private Law, continued its existence under articles 620 et seq. of the Swiss Federal Code on Obligations as a Swiss company. In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the registered shares of Tyco Electronics Ltd., a Swiss company, as the successor to Tyco Electronics Ltd., a Bermuda company, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD. (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Harold G. Barksdale
		Harold G. Barksdale Corporate Secretary
Date: June 25, 2009

 

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