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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
SJG Capital Trust
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in Certificate of Trust)
Delaware 22-6720144
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(State of organization ) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Number One South Jersey Plaza, Route 54, Folsom, New Jersey 08037
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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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% Trust Preferred Securities New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
of SJG Capital Trust
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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Item 1. Description of Securities to be Registered
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A description of SJG Capital Trust's Preferred Securities set forth
under the caption "Certain Terms of the Preferred Securities" beginning on page
S-9 and "Description of the Preferred Securities" beginning on page 4 of SJG
Capital Trust/South Jersey Gas Company Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-24065), as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits
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*1(a) Registration Statement No. 333-24065, as amended.
*4(a) Certificate of Trust for SJG Capital Trust.
*4(b) Trust Agreement for SJG Capital Trust.
*4(c) Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for SJG Capital Trust.
*5(a) Form of Preferred Security Certificate for SJG Capital Trust.
* Pursuant to Instruction II to Item 2, the exhibits have been filed with
copies of this Registration Statement with the New York Stock Exchange and need
not be filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Dated: April 14, 1997
SJG CAPITAL TRUST
(Registrant)
By: SOUTH JERSEY GAS COMPANY, as
sponsor
By: /s/ GEORGE L. BAULIG
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George L. Baulig,
Secretary
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