TELESPECTRUM WORLDWIDE INC
8-A12G/A, 1996-08-05
BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-A
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 1)

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          TELESPECTRUM WORLDWIDE INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                DELAWARE                                 23-2845501
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(State of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

        443 SOUTH GULPH ROAD
     KING OF PRUSSIA, PENNSYLVANIA                             19406
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(Address of principal executive offices)                     (zip code)

If this Form relates to the registration     If this Form relates to the
of a class of debt securities and is         registration of a class of debt
effective upon filing pursuant to General    securities and is to become 
Instruction A(c)(1) please check the         effective simultaneously with the
following box. [  ]                          effectiveness of a concurrent 
                                             registration statement under the 
                                             Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
                                             General Instruction (A)(c)(2) 
                                             please check the following 
                                             box. [  ]

SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

      TITLE OF EACH CLASS                        NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON
      TO BE SO REGISTERED                 WHICH EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
      -------------------                 ------------------------------------

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SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

                     COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE
                     --------------------------------------
                                (Title of class)


                     --------------------------------------
                                (Title of class)
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                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.

        The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
        
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        Exhibit                                 Description
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        1.01      Specimen of Certificate of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
        2.01      Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc. (previously filed)
        2.02      Bylaws of TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc. (previously filed)

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                                   SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to registration 
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly 
authorized. 

                                       TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc.
                                       ---------------------------
                                       (Registrant)


Date August 5, 1996                    By  /s/ J. BRIAN O'NEILL
     --------------                      -------------------------
                                       J. Brian O'Neill
                                       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



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                                                                  EXHIBIT 1.01


   NUMBER                        [CORPORATE LOGO]                SHARES

TLSP ________________       TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc.       ____________

COMMON STOCK                                                 CUSIP 87951U 10 9
                                                             SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

              INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

         This certifies that


         is the owner of

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE,
OF

TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc., (the "Corporation"), a Delaware corporation. The
shares represented by this certificate are transferable only on the stock
transfer books of the Corporation by the holder of record hereof, or by the
holder's duly authorized attorney or legal representative, upon the surrender
of this certificate properly endorsed.

         This certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by
the Corporation's transfer agent and registrar.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be
executed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and has
caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed.

Dated:

 /S/                           [CORPORATE SEAL]           /S/
SECRETARY                                                 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

                                       Countersigned and Registered:
                                       CHASEMELLON SHAREHOLDER SERVICES, L.L.C.
                                       Transfer Agent and Registrar

                                       ________________________________________
                                       Authorized Signature


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                          TeleSpectrum Worldwide Inc.

         A statement of the powers, rights, preferences, privileges and
restrictions granted to or imposed upon the respective classes or series of
shares of stock of the Corporation; and upon the holders thereof as established
by the Certificate of Incorporation or by any certificate of designations, and
the number of shares constituting each series or class and the designations
thereof, may be obtained by any stockholder of the Corporation upon request and
without charge from the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal office of
the Corporation.

         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM-as tenants in common               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-...Custodian.....
TEN ENT-as tenants by the entireties                 (Cust)      (Minor) 
JT TEN -as joint tenants with right                  under Uniform Gifts to
        of survivorship and not as                   Minors.....  
        tenants in common
                                                     Act......................
                                                              (State)

      Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

      For value received, ________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

     [                                      ]

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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF
ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________  Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated ______________________
                                        _____________________________________
                                        NOTICE: THE SIGNATURES TO THIS
                                        ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE
                                        NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF
                                        THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR
                                        WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT
                                        OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

By __________________________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO
S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15




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