Form 8-A12B

Date: November 4, 2019

SILVERGATE CAPITAL CORPORATION

/s/ Alan J. Lane

Name: Alan J. Lane

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

UNITED STATES

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

Silvergate Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland		33-0227337
(State of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4250 Executive Square, Suite 300 La Jolla, California		92037
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

to be so registered

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

The New York Stock Exchange

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) or (e), 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) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-228446

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

The description of the Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Silvergate Capital Corporation (the “Registrant”) set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus that constitutes a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-228446) initially filed publicly by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2018, as subsequently amended from time to time thereafter, including by any form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated herein by reference. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that another document incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such previous statement.

Item 2.

Exhibits.

In accordance with the “Instructions as to Exhibits” with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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.