8-A12B 1 a14-9281_148a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

 

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 l934

 

 

Natera, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

01-0894487

(State of incorporation
or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

201 Industrial Road, Suite 410
San Carlos, California

 

94070

(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

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

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. x

 

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. o

 

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

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-204622

 

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

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 


 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The description of the Common Stock of Natera, Inc. (the “Registrant”), par value $0.0001 per share, to be registered hereunder set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-204622) as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2015, including any subsequent amendments thereto (the “Form S-1”), and in the prospectus to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, which prospectus will constitute a part of the Form S-1, is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this item.

 

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 Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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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.

 

Dated: June 26, 2015

 

 

 

NATERA, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Herm Rosenman

 

 

Herm Rosenman

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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