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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
BA Merchant Services, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 94-3252840
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization) Identification No.)
One South Van Ness Avenue
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San Francisco, California 94103
(415) 241-3390
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Class A Common Stock, New York Stock Exchange
par value $.01 per share
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and
is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check
the following box: [ ]
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities
and is to become effective simultaneously with the 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(g) of the Act:
None
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
In response to this item, incorporated by reference is the description of
the Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Class A Common Stock"),
of BA Merchant Services, Inc., contained under the caption "Description of
Capital Stock" in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-13985), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11,
1996.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
In accordance with Instruction II, the exhibits listed in such Instruction
shall be filed with each copy of this registration statement filed with each
exchange on which the Class A Common Stock is to be registered.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Date: October 25, 1996
BA MERCHANT SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Sharif M. Bayyari
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Sharif M. Bayyari
President and Chief Executive Officer
