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S-3, 1996-02-07
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   AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 7, 1996

                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                          INNOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         CALIFORNIA                             96-3619990
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            Identification Number)


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                            4330 BELTWAY, SUITE 300
                             ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76018
                                 (800) 848-5385
         (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
            area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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                                  MICHAEL PULS
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                          INNOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                            4330 BELTWAY, SUITE 300
                             ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76018
                                 (800) 848-5385
            (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
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                                    COPY TO:
                             PETER F. ZIEGLER, ESQ.
                            GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER
                             333 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
                       LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071-3197
                                 (213) 229-7000
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        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
   FROM TIME TO TIME AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    If  the  only securities  being registered  on this  Form are  being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the  following
box. / /

    If  any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to  Rule 415 under the Securities Act  of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/

    If  this Form  is filed  to register  additional securities  for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list  the  Securities  Act  registration statement  number  of  the  earlier
effective registration statement from the same offering. / /

    If  this Form  is a post-effective  amendment filed pursuant  to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act,  check the following box  and list the Securities  Act
registration  statement number  of the earlier  effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /

    If delivery of the prospectus is expected  to be made pursuant to Rule  434,
please check the following box. / /

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM    PROPOSED MAXIMUM
        TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF             AMOUNT TO BE       OFFERING PRICE    AGGREGATE OFFERING      AMOUNT OF
     SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED            REGISTERED         PER UNIT(1)         PRICE(1)(2)       REGISTRATION FEE
<S>                                     <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Common Stock ($.01 par value).........   2,030,000 shares          $3.75            $7,612,500            $2,625
</TABLE>

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.

(2) Calculated  on the  basis of the  average of the  high and low  reported
    prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on
    February 1, 1996.

    THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL  HEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN  ACCORDANCE
WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  8(A) OF  THE  SECURITIES  ACT  OF  1933. THE
REGISTRATION HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES  AS
MAY  BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE  DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A
FURTHER AMENDMENT  WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES THAT  THIS REGISTRATION  STATEMENT
SHALL  THEREAFTER  BECOME  EFFECTIVE  IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION  8(A)  OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,  AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT  SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION
8(A), MAY DETERMINE.

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INFORMATION   CONTAINED  HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT   TO  COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.  A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT  RELATING TO  THESE SECURITIES  HAS BEEN  FILED WITH  THE
SECURITIES AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES  MAY NOT  BE SOLD  NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR  TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT  BECOMES
EFFECTIVE.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL  OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE  SECURITIES
IN  ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,  SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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               SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 7, 1996

PROSPECTUS

                          INNOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                  COMMON STOCK
                                ($.01 PAR VALUE)
                                2,030,000 SHARES

    This Prospectus relates to 2,030,000 shares of Common Stock, par value  $.01
per  share  ("Common  Stock"),  of  InnoServ  Technologies,  Inc.,  a California
corporation (the "Company"), which are beneficially owned by MEDIQ  Incorporated
(the  "Distributing Shareholder") and will be distributed to its shareholders as
a dividend.  The  shares  of  Common  Stock  offered  hereby  (hereinafter,  the
"Securities")  were issued to the Distributing Shareholder in connection with
the acquisition  by the  Company of  MEDIQ Equipment  and Maintenance  Services,
Inc.,  a subsidiary of the Distributing  Shareholder. The Company is registering
the Securities pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of  Reorganization
dated May 18, 1994, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated October 24, 1995
(the  "Reorganization  Agreement"), between  the  Company  and  the Distributing
Shareholder  in  order  to  provide   the  Distributing  Shareholder  with   the
opportunity  to distribute the  securities to its shareholders  so as to provide
those shareholders with freely tradeable securities.

    The Company will not  receive any of the  proceeds from the distribution  of
the Securities. The Company will pay all of the expenses incurred by the Company
in  connection  with  the  preparation  of  a  registration  statement  for  the
Securities, estimated  to be  approximately  $35,125.  The  Distributing
Shareholder  will pay the other costs,  if any, associated with the distribution
of the Securities.

    The Common Stock is  quoted on the NASDAQ  National Market System under  the
symbol  "ISER."  On February 6, 1996, the last reported sale price per share of
the Common Stock, as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System, was $4.00.

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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED  OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES  AND
  EXCHANGE   COMMISSION   OR   ANY  STATE   SECURITIES   COMMISSION   NOR  HAS
    THE   COMMISSION   OR   ANY    STATE   SECURITIES   COMMISSION    PASSED
     UPON   THE   ACCURACY   OR   ADEQUACY   OF   THIS   PROSPECTUS.  ANY
                REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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              THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS               , 1996.

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                             AVAILABLE INFORMATION

    The   Company  has  filed   a  Registration  Statement   on  Form  S-3  (the
"Registration Statement"), File No. 33-      , with the Securities and  Exchange
Commission  (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"),  covering the  Securities covered  by this  Prospectus.  This
Prospectus  omits certain information and  exhibits included in the Registration
Statement, copies of which may be obtained  upon payment of a fee prescribed  by
the  Commission or may be examined free of charge at the principal office of the
Commission in Washington, D.C.

    The Company is subject to  the informational requirements of the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934, as  amended  (the  "Exchange Act"),  and  in accordance
therewith files  reports,  proxy  statements  and  other  information  with  the
Commission.  Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed with the
Commission by the Company  can be inspected and  copied at the public  reference
facilities  maintained by the Commission at  450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549, and at the  regional offices of the  Commission located at 500  West
Madison  Street, Room 1400, Chicago,  Illinois 60606 and at  the Jacob K. Javits
Federal Building,  75 Park  Place, New  York,  New York  10278. Copies  of  such
material  can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.

                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

    The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are by this
reference incorporated in  and made a  part of this  Prospectus: (i) the  Annual
Report  on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1995, File No. 0-13608;
(ii) the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended July 31, 1995 and
October 31, 1995; (iii) the description of the class of the Securities which  is
contained  in Registration Statement  on Form 8-A filed  May 21, 1985, including
any amendments or reports  filed for the purpose  of updating such  description,
(iv)  the  Current  Report on  Form  8-K filed  October  30, 1995,  and  (v) all
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)  of
the  Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all Securities offered hereby have
been sold  or  which  deregisters  all Securities  then  remaining  unsold.  Any
statement  contained in a document incorporated  or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be  deemed to be modified  or superseded for purposes  of
this  Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document  which also is  or is deemed  to be incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or  supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

    Copies of  all documents  that  are incorporated  herein by  reference  (not
including  the exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into such documents  or into this Prospectus) will  be
provided  without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom
this Prospectus  is  delivered, upon  a  written  or oral  request  to  InnoServ
Technologies,  Inc., Attention:  Corporate Secretary,  4330 Beltway,  Suite 300,
Arlington, Texas 76018, telephone number (800) 848-5385.

                                  THE COMPANY

    The Company provides  comprehensive asset management systems
and services  and multi-vendor  maintenance and repair  services for  healthcare
facilities to reduce their operating costs and improve the quality of care.

    The  Company was  incorporated in California  in May 1981  as Mobile Medical
Imaging. In May 1984, the Company changed  its name to MMI Medical, Inc. and  in
October 1995, it further changed its name to InnoServ Technologies, Inc.

    The principal offices of the Company are located at 4330 Beltway, Suite 300,
Arlington, Texas 76018, telephone number (800) 848-5385.

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                            DISTRIBUTING SHAREHOLDER

    The  Distributing  Shareholder listed  below received  its shares  of Common
Stock in  connection  with the  Company's  acquisition of  MEDIQ  Equipment  and
Maintenance  Services, Inc.  from the Distributing  Shareholder. As  part of the
acquisition and  pursuant to  the  terms of  the Reorganization  Agreement,  the
Company  agreed to use its  best efforts to register  the Common Stock issued to
the Distributing Shareholder for distribution by the Distributing Shareholder as
a dividend  to  its shareholders  and  the Distributing  Shareholder  agreed  to
distribute the Securities as a dividend to its shareholders within 60 days after
registration of the Securities.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  SHARES OWNED AND
    DISTRIBUTING SHAREHOLDER       OFFERED HEREBY
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<S>                               <C>
       MEDIQ Incorporated              2,030,000
</TABLE>

                                USE OF PROCEEDS

    The  Company will not receive  any of the proceeds  from the distribution of
the Securities offered hereby.

                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

    In the  Reorganization Agreement,  the  Distributing Shareholder  agreed  to
distribute the Securities as a dividend to its shareholders within 60 days after
registration  of the Securities.  The Distributing Shareholder  will pay for the
expenses incurred in the distribution of the securities, except for the cost  of
the registration of the Securities, which will be borne by the Company.

                                 LEGAL MATTERS

    Certain  legal matters will be passed upon for the Company by Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher, Los Angeles, California.

                                    EXPERTS

    The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  InnoServ  Technologies,   Inc.
included  in its Annual  Report (Form 10-K)  for the year  ended April 30, 1995,
have been audited by Ernst  & Young LLP, independent  auditors, as set forth  in
their  report  thereon  incorporated  herein  by  reference.  Such  consolidated
financial statements  have  been  incorporated  herein  by  reference  upon  the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

    NO  DEALER, SALES REPRESENTATIVE OR ANY  OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO
GIVE ANY  INFORMATION  OR TO  MAKE  ANY  REPRESENTATION NOT  CONTAINED  IN  THIS
PROSPECTUS  IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING  OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON  AS  HAVING BEEN  AUTHORIZED  BY  THE COMPANY  OR  THE  DISTRIBUTING
SHAREHOLDER.  THIS  PROSPECTUS  DOES  NOT  CONSTITUTE AN  OFFER  TO  SELL,  OR A
SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY COMMON  STOCK BY ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION  IN
WHICH  SUCH AN OFFER OR  SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED,  OR IN WHICH THE PERSON
MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO, OR TO ANY PERSON TO
WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE  DELIVERY
OF  THIS  PROSPECTUS  NOR  ANY  DISTRIBUTION  MADE  HEREUNDER  SHALL,  UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN  IMPLICATION THAT THE  INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN  IS
CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.

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                                    PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

    The following expenses will be paid by the Company.

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                  <C>
SEC Registration Fee...............................................  $   2,625
NASDAQ/NMS Application Fee.........................................     17,500
Legal fees and expenses*...........................................     10,000
Accounting fees and expenses*......................................      4,000
Blue sky fees and expenses*........................................      1,000
Miscellaneous*.....................................................          0
                                                                     $  35,125
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</TABLE>

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* Estimated.

ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

    The  amended Articles  of the Registrant  provide: (i) the  liability of the
directors of the Company for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest
extent permissible under California  law and (ii) the  Company is authorized  to
provide indemnification of its agents (as such term is defined in Section 317 of
the  California General Corporation  Law), whether by  bylaw, agreement, vote of
the shareholders  or disinterested  directors  or otherwise,  in excess  of  the
indemnification  expressly permitted  by Section  317 of  the California General
Corporation Law for  breach of duty  to this corporation  and its  shareholders,
subject  only to  the applicable limits  upon such indemnification  set forth in
Section 204(a)(11) of the California General Corporation Law.

    As permitted by Section  317 of the General  Corporation Law of  California,
the  Bylaws  of  the  Registrant  provide: (i)  the  Registrant  is  required to
indemnify certain agents,  including, but  not limited  to officers,  directors,
employees,  other agents, and persons serving  in such capacities at the request
of  the  Company  (including,  for  example,  subsidiaries  of  the  Registrant)
(collectively,  the "Agents"),  in certain  proceedings to  the extent  that the
Agents are successful on the merits  for actual and reasonable expenses and  may
indemnify  the Agents  in these proceedings  upon authorization,  to the fullest
extent permitted  by  California law,  including  those circumstances  in  which
indemnification  would  otherwise  be  discretionary;  (ii)  the  Registrant may
advance expenses to  an Agent  in connection  with defending  a proceeding;  and
(iii)   the  Registrant   may  maintain   Agents'  liability   insurance.  These
indemnification provisions may be  sufficiently broad to permit  indemnification
of  the Registrant's  officers and directors  for liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS

    The Exhibit Index is attached hereto on page II-4.


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ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS

    The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby   undertakes  that,  for  purposes   of
determining  any liability under the Securities Act  of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934  (and, where  applicable,  each filing  of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934)  that is  incorporated  by reference  in the
Registration Statement  shall  be deemed  to  be a  new  registration  statement
relating  to the securities offered thereby and the offerings of such securities
at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities  Act
of  1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to  the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise, the  Registrant
has  been advised that in the opinion  of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against  public policy as expressed  in the Act and  is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses  incurred
or  paid by a director,  officer or controlling person  of the Registrant in the
successful defense  of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is asserted  by  such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the  Registrant will,  unless  in the  opinion  of its  counsel  the
matters  has  been  settled  by  controlling precedent,  submit  to  a  court of
appropriate jurisdiction  the question  whether such  indemnification by  it  is
against  public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

    (1)  To file, during any period  in which offers or distributions are  being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;

         (i)   To  include any  prospectus required  by Section  10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933;

        (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
    effective  date  of   the  Registration  Statement   (or  the  most   recent
    post-effective  amendment thereof) which, individually  or in the aggregate,
    represent  a  fundamental  change  in  the  information  set  forth  in  the
    Registration Statement;

        (iii)   To include any material information  with respect to the plan of
    distribution not previously disclosed in  the Registration Statement or  any
    material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however,  that paragraphs  (1)(i)  and (1)(ii)  do  not apply  if the
information required  to be  included  in a  post-effective amendment  by  those
paragraphs  is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.

    (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each such post-effective  amendment shall  be deemed to  be a  new
registration  statement  relating to  the  securities offered  therein,  and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial  bona
fide offering thereof.

    (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

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                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant  to the requirements of the  Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has  reasonable grounds to  believe that it  meets all of  the
requirements  for  filing on  Form  S-3 and  has  duly caused  this Registration
Statement to  be  signed  on  its behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Arlington, State  of Texas, on this 21st day of
January, 1996.

                                          INNOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                          By:   /s/ MICHAEL PULS
                                              --------------------------------
                                                        Michael Puls
                                                PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
                                                           OFFICER

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL MEN  BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person  whose signature  appears
below  constitutes  and appoints  Michael Puls  as  his or  her true  and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full powers of substitution and  resubstitution,
for  him  or her  and  in his  or her  name,  place and  stead,  in any  and all
capacities to sign any or  all amendments (including post-effective  amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and  other documents in  connection therewith, with  the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting  unto  said  attorney-in-fact  and  agent  full  power  and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to  be done in and about the foregoing,  as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

    Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of   the  Securities  Act  of  1933,   this
Registration  Statement has  been signed below  by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      SIGNATURE                                        TITLE                         DATE
                      ---------                                        -----                         ----

<C>                                                     <S>                                   <C>
                 /s/ DUDLEY A. RAUCH
- ------------------------------------------------------  Chairman of the Board of Directors     January 21, 1996
                   Dudley A. Rauch


                   /s/MICHAEL PULS
- ------------------------------------------------------  President, Chief Executive Officer,    January 21, 1996
                     Michael Puls                       Chief Financial Officer and
                                                        Director (Principal Executive
                                                        Officer and Principal Financial and
                                                        Accounting Officer)


                /s/ SAMUEL SALEN
- ------------------------------------------------------  Director                               January 21, 1996
                  Samuel Salen, M.D.


                 /s/ MICHAEL M. SACHS
- ------------------------------------------------------  Director                               January 21, 1996
                   Michael M. Sachs


                  /s/ BERNARD KORMAN
- ------------------------------------------------------  Director                               January 21, 1996
                    Bernard Korman


                 /s/ MICHAEL SANDLER
- ------------------------------------------------------  Director                               January 21, 1996
                   Michael Sandler


                 /s/ DAVID A. WEGMANN
- ------------------------------------------------------  Director                               January 21, 1996
                   David A. Wegmann
</TABLE>

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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                    SEQUENTIALLY
  EXHIBIT                                                                                            NUMBERED
   NUMBER                                         DESCRIPTION                                          PAGE*
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<C>           <S>                                                                                   <C>
     5.1      Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

    23.1      Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

    23.2      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors.

    24.1      Power of Attorney (included at page II-3).
</TABLE>

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* Appears only in manually executed copy.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 5.1

                           [GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER]

                               January 31, 1996



(213) 229-7000                                                    C 62203-00022

InnoServ Technologies, Inc.
4330 Beltway, Suite 300
Arlington, Texas 76018

         RE: INNOSERV TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Gentlemen:

    We  have  acted  as  special  counsel  to  InnoServ   Technologies,  Inc., a
California  corporation  (the  "Company"),  in  connection with the registration
by the  Company on Form S-3  (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,030,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $.01
par value (the "Shares"). The Shares are being offered for distribution by MEDIQ
Incorporated, a  Delaware  corporation  (the  "Distributing  Shareholder"), as a
dividend to its shareholders.

    On the basis  of  such  investigation as we have deemed necessary, we are of
the opinion  that  the Shares to be offered for distribution by the Distributing
Shareholder  have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessible.


    We  hereby  consent  to  the  filing  of  this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement  and  to  the  reference  to this firm under the heading
"Legal  Matters"  contained  in  the   prospectus  that  forms  a  part  of  the
Registration Statement.


                                       Very truly yours,


                                        /s/  GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER
                                        -------------------------------------
                                        GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER

PFZ/MSU/MP


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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

    We  consent to the reference to our  firm under the caption "Experts" in
the Registration Statement on Form S-3, and related Prospectus  of InnoServ
Technologies, Inc.  for the  registration of  2,030,000 shares  of its common
stock and to the incorporation  by reference therein of our report  dated
July  25,  1995,  with  respect to  the  consolidated  financial  statements and
schedule of InnoServ Technologies, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended April 30, 1995 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Los Angeles, California
January 31, 1996


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