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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 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
THE KUSHNER-LOCKE COMPANY
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
CALIFORNIA 95-4079057
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(State of Incorporation or (IRS Employer Identification Number)
Organization)
11601 WILSHIRE BLVE., SUITE 2100, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025
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(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon securities and is to become
filing pursuant to General effective simultaneously with the
Instruction A (c)(1) please effectiveness of a concurrent
check the following box. / / 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
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None None
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
CLASS C REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
The description of the Registrant's securities being registered hereby
is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (File No.
333-5089) and is incorporated herein by this reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
1. Form of Class C Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 2
to Form S-2 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-5089) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 1996).
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.
Date: July 16, 1996
THE KUSHNER-LOCKE COMPANY
By: /s/ Peter Locke
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Peter Locke
Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief
Executive Officer and President
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