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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington D.C. 20549

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                                    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): February 7, 2001

                                   001-13836
                            (Commission File Number)

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                            TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                       
             Bermuda                                 Not applicable
     (State of Incorporation)             (IRS Employer Identification Number)


  The Zurich Centre, Second Floor, 90 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda
              (Address of registrant's principal executive office)

                                 441-292-8674*
                        (Registrant's telephone number)

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* The executive offices of Registrant's principal United States subsidiaries
 are located at One Tyco Park, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833. The telephone
 number there is (603) 778-9700.

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Item 5. Other Events

      On February 7, 2001, Tyco International Ltd., a Bermuda company, issued a
press release with respect to a private offering of zero-coupon convertible
debt securities, issued by Tyco International Group S.A. and guaranteed by Tyco
International Ltd. This press release is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

      (c) Exhibits


   
 99.1 Press release of Tyco International Ltd., dated February 7, 2001.


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                                   SIGNATURE

      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.

Date: February 9, 2001                    TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.

                                                   /s/ Mark H. Swartz
                                          By:
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                                             Mark H. Swartz
                                             Executive Vice President and
                                              Chief Financial Officer
                                             (Principal Accounting and
                                             Financial Officer)

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



 Exhibit
 Number  Description
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 99.1    Press Release of Tyco International Ltd., dated February 7, 2001.


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