UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

   CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)
  OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
       UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                                  Commission File Number 0-26902

                          Nimbus CD International, Inc.
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               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

           623 Welsh Run Road, Guildford Farm, Ruckersville, VA 22968
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       (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
               code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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       (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                 reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate, the appropriate rule provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  |X|           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  |X| 
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) |_|           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) |_| 
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  |_|           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  |_| 
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) |_|           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) |_|
                                             Rule 15d-6           |_|

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
       1
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

                         Nimbus CD International, Inc.
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has  caused  this  certification/notice  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: July 27, 1998                     By: /s/ L. Steven Minkel
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                                           Name: L. Steven Minkel
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer


Instruction:  This  form is  required  by Rules  12g-4,  12h-3  and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and  Regulations  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. The
registrant  shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed.  It may be signed by an officer of the registrant,  by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person
signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.