SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 DLJ High Yield Bond Fund ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its certificate of trust) Delaware [Applied For] -------------------------------------- ------------------------ (State of organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 277 Park Avenue New York, New York 10172 -------------------------------------- ------------------------ 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 ------------------- --------------------------------- Common Shares of The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Beneficial Interest, par value $.001 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None ---------------- (Title of Class) Page 1 of 3 Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered Capital Stock The title and description of the Common Shares of Beneficial Interest being registered hereby is incorporated herein by reference to the information appearing under the caption "Description of Shares" in the preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form N-2 of DLJ High Yield Bond Fund (the "Company"). Item 2. Exhibits Exhibits are a part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form N-2. Page 2 of 3 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, thereunto duly authorized. DLJ HIGH YIELD BOND FUND By:/s/ G. MOFFETT COCHRAN ------------------------- G. Moffett Cochran Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Dated: May 11, 1998 Page 3 of 3