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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-A/A
For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
PREMIER RESEARCH WORLDWIDE, LTD.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 22-3264604
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(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
124 South 15th Street, Phila., PA 19102
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
None
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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(Title of class)
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(Title of class)
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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 the registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
PREMIER RESEARCH WORLDWIDE, LTD.
Dated: February 4, 1997 By: /s/ Joan Carter
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Joan Carter, Chairman
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Premier Research Worldwide
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
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SEE REVERSE SIDE
FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, OF PAR VALUE OF $.01 OF
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transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender
of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile Seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of the Corporation's duly authorized officers.
Dated:
/s/ Joan Carter
CHAIRMAN
PREMIER RESEARCH WORLDWIDE, LTD
CORPORATE
SEAL
1963
DELAWARE /s/ Arthur W. Hicks, Jr.
* SECRETARY
Countersigned and Registered:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
Transfer Agent and Registrar
By:
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Authorized Signature
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PREMIER RESEARCH WORLDWIDE
The corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests,
a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or
series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
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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:
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TEN COM - as tenants in common UTMA, Custodian
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JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship (Cust) (Number)
and not as tenants in common under Uniform Transfer to Minors
At
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(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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For value received hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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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
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Shares
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of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
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Attorney
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to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT
MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN
EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
