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                                    UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                         ----------------------------------
                                      FORM 8-K
                         ----------------------------------
  
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
  
  
              March 3, 2003                                     1-12261
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       Date of Report (Date of earliest                  Commission File Number
              event reported)
  
  
                                 SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                     Delaware                                    58-2248978
       --------------------------------                  ------------------------
       (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                     Identification Number)
  
  
  
  
                                 One Meadowlands Plaza
                              East Rutherford, New Jersey    07073
                ----------------------------------------------------
                  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
  
                                   (201) 549-4400
                ----------------------------------------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
           --------------------------------------------------------------
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  
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  <PAGE>
  
  
  
  
  Item 3.    Bankruptcy or Receivership.
  
           On March 3, 2003, Superior TeleCom Inc. (the "Company") and its U.S.
  subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions for relief
  under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in
  the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy
  Court"). The Chapter 11 cases are being jointly administered (Case No.
  03-10607). The Debtors will continue to manage their properties and operate
  their businesses as "debtors-in-possession" under the jurisdiction of the
  Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
  Bankruptcy Code. On March 3, 2003, the Company issued a press release relating
  to the foregoing. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
  is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
  
           In connection with the Chapter 11 filing, the Company has entered into
  a $100 million debtor-in-possession ("DIP") financing. The DIP financing is
  structured as a revolving credit facility from a group of lenders that includes
  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and General Electric Capital Corporation.
  Borrowings may be made thereunder from time to time subject to the borrowing
  base more particularly described therein. At the option of the Company, the DIP
  facility will bear interest at (i) LIBOR plus 3.5% or (ii) the Prime Rate plus
  2.5%.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
           (c) Exhibits.
  
           Exhibit 99.1 -- Press release, dated March 3, 2003, of Superior TeleCom
                           Inc.
  
  
  
  
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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.
  
                                         SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.
  
  Date:    March 3, 2003
  
                                     By: /s/ David S. Aldridge
                                         ---------------------------------
                                         Name: David S. Aldridge
                                         Title: Chief Financial Officer
  
  
  
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  Exhibit      Description
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  99.1         Press release, dated March 3, 2003, of Superior TeleCom Inc.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                                    UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                         ----------------------------------
                                      FORM 8-K
                         ----------------------------------
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
              March 3, 2003                                     1-12261
       --------------------------------                  ------------------------
       Date of Report (Date of earliest                  Commission File Number
              event reported)
  
                                 SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                     Delaware                                    58-2248978
       --------------------------------                  ------------------------
       (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                     Identification Number)
  
                                 One Meadowlands Plaza
                              East Rutherford, New Jersey    07073
                ----------------------------------------------------
                  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                   (201) 549-4400
                ----------------------------------------------------
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
           --------------------------------------------------------------
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Item 3.    Bankruptcy or Receivership.
  
           On March 3, 2003, Superior TeleCom Inc. (the "Company") and its U.S.
  subsidiaries (collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary petitions for relief
  under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in
  the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "Bankruptcy
  Court"). The Chapter 11 cases are being jointly administered (Case No.
  03-10607). The Debtors will continue to manage their properties and operate
  their businesses as "debtors-in-possession" under the jurisdiction of the
  Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
  Bankruptcy Code. On March 3, 2003, the Company issued a press release relating
  to the foregoing. A copy of the release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and
  is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.
  
           In connection with the Chapter 11 filing, the Company has entered into
  a $100 million debtor-in-possession ("DIP") financing. The DIP financing is
  structured as a revolving credit facility from a group of lenders that includes
  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and General Electric Capital Corporation.
  Borrowings may be made thereunder from time to time subject to the borrowing
  base more particularly described therein. At the option of the Company, the DIP
  facility will bear interest at (i) LIBOR plus 3.5% or (ii) the Prime Rate plus
  2.5%.
  
  Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  
           (c) Exhibits.
  
           Exhibit 99.1 -- Press release, dated March 3, 2003, of Superior TeleCom
                           Inc.
  
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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.
  
                                         SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.
  
  Date:    March 3, 2003
  
                                     By: /s/ David S. Aldridge
                                         ---------------------------------
                                         Name: David S. Aldridge
                                         Title: Chief Financial Officer
  
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit      Description
  -------      -----------
  
  99.1         Press release, dated March 3, 2003, of Superior TeleCom Inc.
  
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