SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ----------------- FORM 8-A/A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 SIZELER PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Maryland 72-1082589 (State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 2542 Williams Boulevard Kenner, Louisiana 70062 (504) 471-6200 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code) If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration of a class of registration of a class of securities pursuant to securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective purusant Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following please check the following box. [X] box. [ ] Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-72210 --------- (if applicable) 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 ------------------- ------------------------------ Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share(1) New York Stock Exchange (1) Includes associated rights to purchase Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Agreement dated as of August 6, 1998, as amended Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None (Title of Class) EXPLANATORY NOTE This Form 8-A/A is filed for the purpose of updating the description of the registrant's common stock contained in the registrant's Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 1989. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered The information required by this Item 1 is set forth under the caption "Description of Capital Stock," pages 15-18, inclusive, in the prospectus contained in Amendment No. 3 to Sizeler Property Investor's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-72210), filed on December 17, 2001, which description is incorporated herein by this reference. Item 2. Exhibits Exhibit No. Description ---- ----------- 1 Information set forth under the caption "Description of Capital Stock," pages 15-18, inclusive, in the prospectus contained in Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-72210) 2 Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 3(i) of the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2001) 3 Form of Articles Supplementary creating Registrant's 10.0% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2001) 4 Restated By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on October 25, 2001) 5 Form of Certificate for Common Stock, $.0001 par value 6 Indenture for the Registrant's 8% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003 (incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Company's Form 8-K, dated May 26, 1993) 7 First Supplemental Indenture for the Registrant's 8% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2003 (incorporated by reference to the Exhibit (4) of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 26, 2001) 8 Form of Debenture for the Registrant's 8% Convertible Subordinated Debentures, due 2003 (incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with the Company's Form 8-K, dated May 26, 1993) 9 Shareholder Rights Agreement dated as of August 6, 1998 (incorporated by reference to the exhibit to the Company's Form 8-A, filed on August 26, 1998) 10 Amendment No. 1 to Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 5, 1999 (incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998) 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, thereunto duly authorized. SIZELER PROPERTY INVESTORS, INC. December 17, 2001 By: /s/ Thomas A. Masilla, Jr. -- -------------------------- Thomas A. Masilla, Jr. President and Principal Operating Officer