/--------------------------/ / OMB APPROVAL / /--------------------------/ / OMB Number: 3235-0056 / / Expires: July 31, 1999 / FORM 8-A / Estimated Average Burden / SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION / hours per response ... 8 / /--------------------------/ Washington, D.C. 20549 FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FALL RIVER GAS COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Massachusetts 04-1298 780 - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 155 North Main Street, Fall River, Massachusetts 02722 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section12(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 Stock, $0.83-1/3 Par Value American Stock Exchange - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A.(c)(1), please check the following box. [ ] If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent 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 12g of the Act: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. The "Description of Capital Stock" contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1997, is incorporated by reference herein. Item 2. Exhibits. Not Applicable. 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. (Registrant) Fall River Gas Company --------------------------------------------------------------- Date October 9, 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- By /s/Bradford J. Faxon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradford J. Faxon, President