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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
GRAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Georgia 58-0285030
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(State of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or Organization) Identification No.)
126 North Washington Street, Albany, Georgia 31701
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(Address of principal executive offices)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the registration
registration of a class of debt of a class of debt securities and is to
securities and is effective upon become effective simultaneously with the
filing pursuant to General effectiveness of a concurrent registration
Instruction A(c)(1) please check statement under the Securities Act of 1933
the following box. / / 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
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Class B Common stock, no par value New York Stock Exchange
per share
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.
The information set forth under the caption, "Description of Capital
Stock" relating to Class B Common Stock, no par value per share, of Gray
Communications Systems, Inc. (the "Company") in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-4340) (the "Registration
Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2,
1996, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits:
1. Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Gray
Communications Systems, Inc. relating to the Class A Common Stock and
the Class B Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1
of the Registration Statement)
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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 registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
GRAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: September 13, 1996
By /s/ William A. Fielder III
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William A. Fielder III
Chief Financial Officer
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