8-A12B

Date: October 21, 2020

BCLS ACQUISITION CORP.

/s/ Jeffrey Schwartz

Jeffrey Schwartz

Chief Executive Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

BCLS ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrants as specified in their charters)


Cayman Islands		98-1554961
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Clarendon Street Boston, Massachusetts		02116
(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 ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value

The Nasdaq Capital Market

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:

333-249284

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 ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, of BCLS Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company, as set forth under the caption “Description of Securities” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 2, 2020 (Registration No. 333-249284), including exhibits, and as subsequently amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), is hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, the above-referenced description included in any prospectus relating to the Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Capital Market, 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.