INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES INC
8-A12B, 1997-09-26
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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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

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                        INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


              DELAWARE                                    23-2428312
     (State of Incorporation or                        (I.R.S. Employer
            Organization)                             Identification no.)

       10065 RED RUN BOULEVARD
       OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND                                21117
(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

10 1/4% SENIOR SUBORDINATED
 NOTES DUE 2006, SERIES A                         NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

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Securities  Act  registration  statement file number to which this form relates:
333-12685

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If   this   Form    relates   to   the  If   this   Form    relates   to   the
registration  of a class of securities  registration  of a class of securities
pursuant  to  Section   12(b)  of  the  pursuant  to  Section   12(g)  of  the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant  Exchange Act and is effective pursuant
to General  Instruction  A.(c),  check  to General  Instruction  A.(d),  check
the following box. [x]                  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

              The  Registrant's  10 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Notes  due 2006,
Series A (the  "Notes")  are to be  registered.  The  description  of the  Notes
contained under the caption  "Description of the New Notes" on pages 75 to 94 of
the Registrant's  Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-12685) relating to
the Notes is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.       EXHIBITS

              The  securities  described  herein are to be registered on the New
York Stock  Exchange,  on which the  Registrant's  (i) Common  Stock,  $.001 par
value;  (ii) 5 3/4%  Convertible  Senior  Subordinated  Debentures due 2001; and
(iii)  6%  Convertible   Subordinated   Debentures  due  2003  are   registered.
Accordingly, the following exhibits have been attached hereto in accordance with
the Instructions as to Exhibits to Form 8-A:

     1.       Indenture dated as of May 15, 1996, between the Registrant and The
              Bank of New  York (as  successor  to  Signet  Trust  Company),  as
              Trustee,  relating to the Registrant's 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated
              Notes due 2006,  incorporated herein by reference to the Company's
              Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal  quarter  ended June
              30, 1996.

     2.       Form of  Registrant's 10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Note due 2006,
              Series A (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 1).

     3.       Amended and Restated Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September
              15, 1994,  between the  Registrant  and  NationsBank  of Virginia,
              N.A., as Trustee,  relating to the Registrant's 5 3/4% Convertible
              Subordinated Debentures due 2001, incorporated by reference to the
              Registrant's   Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-3  (File  No.
              33-81378).

     4.       Indenture,  dated as of December 1, 1992,  between the  Registrant
              and The Bank of New York (as  successor to Signet Trust  Company),
              as  Trustee,   relating  to  the   Registrant's   6%   Convertible
              Subordinated   Debentures,   incorporated   by  reference  to  the
              Registrant's   Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-3  (File  No.
              33-54458).

     5.       Third   Restated   Certificate   of   Incorporation,   as  amended
              (incorporated  by  reference  to  the  Registrant's   Registration
              Statement on Form S-3, No. 33-77754).

     6.       Amendment  to the Third  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation,
              dated May 26, 1995  (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
              Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 33-94130).

     7.       Certificate  of  Designation  of  Series  A  Junior  Participating
              Cumulative  Preferred  Stock  (incorporated  by  reference  to the
              Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 27, 1995).

     8.       By-laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
              Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995).



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                               SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Securities Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

                                INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


                                By:     /s/ W. Bradley Bennett
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                                            W. Bradley Bennett
                                            Executive Vice President - Chief
                                            Accounting Officer



Dated:  September 26, 1997



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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
   NO.      DESCRIPTION
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1.          Indenture  dated as of May 15, 1996,  between the Registrant and The
            Bank of New York (as successor to Signet Trust Company), as Trustee,
            relating to the Registrant's 10 1/4% Senior  Subordinated  Notes due
            2006,  incorporated  herein by reference to the Company's  Quarterly
            Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1996.

2.          Form of  Registrant's  10 1/4%  Senior  Subordinated  Note due 2006,
            Series A (included as an exhibit to Exhibit 1).

3.          Amended and Restated Supplemental  Indenture,  dated as of September
            15, 1994, between the Registrant and NationsBank of Virginia,  N.A.,
            as  Trustee,   relating  to  the  Registrant's  5  3/4%  Convertible
            Subordinated  Debentures due 2001,  incorporated by reference to the
            Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-81378).

4.          Indenture,  dated as of December 1, 1992, between the Registrant and
            The Bank of New York (as  successor  to Signet  Trust  Company),  as
            Trustee,  relating to the Registrant's 6% Convertible  Subordinated,
            Debentures,   incorporated   by   reference   to  the   Registrant's
            Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-54458).


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