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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-A/A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12(G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
CEPHALON, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE 23-2484489
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(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification no.)
145 BRANDYWINE PARKWAY, WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA 19380
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. / /
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. /X/
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
(If applicable)
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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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
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(Title of Class)
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(Title of Class)
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Item 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
On July 31, 2000, the Company and StockTrans, Inc., as rights agent (the
"Rights Agent") entered into the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement (the "Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated
as of January 1, 1999, between the Company and the Rights Agent (the "Rights
Agreement"). The Amendment increases the initial "Purchase Price" (as defined in
the Rights Agreement) from $90.00 for each one one-hundredth of a share of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company (the "Preferred Stock") purchasable upon the exercise of a Right (as
defined in the Right Agreement) to $200 for each one one-hundredth of a share of
Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. The effective date of
the Amendment is July 31, 2000.
The text of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein
by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its
entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.
Item 2. EXHIBITS.
1. First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2000, between Cephalon, Inc. and StockTrans, Inc., as Rights Agent.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Cephalon, Inc.
Dated: July 31, 2000 By: /s/ FRANK BALDINO, JR.
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Name: Frank Baldino, Jr.
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
