UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 15 CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Commission File Number 0-29148 ------- Global TeleSystems (Europe) Limited - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Global TeleSystems House 151 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AL United Kingdom +44 20 77 69 81 00 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address,including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive office) $230,000,000 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2007 DM 125,000,000 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2007 $150,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2008 DM 150,000,000 11% Senior Notes due 2008 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Titles of each class of securities covered by this Form) None - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports: Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) [x] Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ] Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [ ] Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) [ ] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ] Rule 15d-6 [ ] Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: $230,000,000 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2007: 20 DM 125,000,000 11 1/2% Senior Notes due 2007: 4 $150,000,000 10 7/8% Senior Notes due 2008: 15 DM 150,000,000 11% Senior Notes due 2008: 9 ------------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Global TeleSystems (Europe) Limited has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. Date: March 30, 2001 By: /s/ Jeffrey Von Deylen - ------------------- ------------------------------------- Name: Jeffrey Von Deylen Title: Senior Vice President - Finance