OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0167 Expires: October 31, 2004 Estimated average burden hours per response.....1.50 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 SECURITES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. Commission File Number 33-63661 ------------ BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. ---------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 675 West Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30375 404-927-1909 ------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) 6% Reset Put Securities due June 15, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------- (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form) See attached appendix ------------------------------------------------------- (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)(ii)[] Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)[] Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) [] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) [] Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)[] Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)[] Rule 15d-6 -------- [x] Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: zero ----------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 BellSouth Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. Date: February 27 , 2003 By: /s/ Linda S. Harty --------------------------- ------------------------------- Linda S. Harty Vice President and Treasurer Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature. APPENDIX Title of Each Class ------------------------------------------------------- Issued by BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.: Forty Year 7 1/2% Debentures, due June 15, 2033 Fifteen Year 5 7/8% Debentures, due January 15, 2009 Forty Year 6 3/4% Debentures, due October 15, 2033 Forty Year 7 5/8% Debentures, due May 15, 2035 Thirty Year 7% Debentures, due October 1, 2025 Fifty Year 5.85% Debentures, due November 15, 2045 One Hundred Year 7% Debentures, due December 1, 2095 Twenty Year 6.30% Amortizing Debentures, due December 15, 2015 Principal Amount of One Hundred Year 6.65% Zero-To-Full Debentures, due December 15, 2095 Twelve Year 7% Notes, due February 1, 2005 Ten Year 6 1/4% Notes, due May 15, 2003 Eleven Year 6 3/8% Notes, due June 15, 2004 Ten Year 6 1/2% Notes, due June 15, 2005 Thirty Year 6 3/8% Debentures, due June 1, 2028 Extendable Liquidity Securities, due January 4, 2006