PHARMACIA & UPJOHN INC
8-A12B, 1995-10-24
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
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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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                            PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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                  DELAWARE                                       98-0155411
  (State of incorporation or organization)          (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                FLEMING WAY                                      RH 10 2LZ
               CRAWLEY SUSSEX                                    (Zip Code)
                  ENGLAND
  (Address of principal executive offices)
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
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             TITLE OF EACH CLASS                      NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
             TO BE SO REGISTERED                      EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
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Common stock, par value $.01 per share                    New York Stock Exchange
 
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
                                      NONE
                                (Title of Class)
 
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ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
 
     The capital stock of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Registrant") to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the
"Exchange"), is the Registrant's Common Stock with a par value of $.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"). The description of the Common Stock is contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 33-61969) (as amended, the
"Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
August 21, 1995. The description of the Common Stock is hereby incorporated by
reference from the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus/Proxy
Statement included therein.
 
ITEM 2.  EXHIBITS
 
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EXHIBIT NO.                                       DESCRIPTION
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      1         Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated September 15, 1995.*
      4.1       Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.*
      4.2       Form of By-laws of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.*
      5         Form of Common Stock Certificate representing shares of Common Stock, par value
                $.01 per share, of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
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*Exhibit filed only with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     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: October 24, 1995
 
                                          PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, INC.
 
                                              
                                          By: /s/ KENNETH M. CYRUS
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                                              Name: Kenneth M. Cyrus
                                              Title:  Executive Vice President
                                                      and Secretary
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
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EXHIBIT NO.                                       DESCRIPTION
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      1         Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated September 15, 1995.*
      4.1       Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.*
      4.2       Form of By-laws of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.*
      5         Form of Common Stock Certificate representing shares of Common Stock, par value
                $.01 per share, of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
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*Exhibit filed only with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5
 
        [FORM OF FACING PAGE PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, INC. STOCK CERTIFICATE]
 
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COMMON STOCK                                                                       COMMON STOCK
  PAR VALUE $.01                                                                 PAR VALUE $.01
Certificate No.____________                                                   ___________Shares
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              Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware
 
                            PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, INC.
 
    This certificate is transferable in the City of New York or in Chicago,
                                   Illinois.
 
     This certifies that                          is the owner of
full-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock of Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized
attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate
is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the
Registrar.
 
     Witness, the corporate seal of the Corporation and the signatures of its
duly authorized officers.
 
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Dated:__________                                  ---------------------------------------------
                                                             Chief Executive Officer
Countersigned and registered:
Harris Trust and Savings Bank                     ---------------------------------------------
Transfer Agent and Registrar                                       Secretary
By:___________________________________
            Authorized Signature
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        [FORM OF REVERSE OF PHARMACIA & UPJOHN, INC. STOCK CERTIFICATE]
 
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
 
TEN COM -- as tenants in common
 
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties
 
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
 
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -- [Cust] Custodian [Minor] under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
[State]
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
Please insert social security or
other identifying number of assignee
 

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For value received,                         hereby sell, assign and transfer
unto             [Please print or typewrite name and address including postal
zip code of assignee]             Shares of the capital stock represented by the
within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                        Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the
within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Dated,
 
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Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement, or any change whatever.


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