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

 

 

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

22-3627252

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

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

 

375 Pheasant Run
Newtown, PA
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

18940
(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 $0.01 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), 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), please check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-189358

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

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

 

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference its description of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be registered hereunder contained under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-189358), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 14, 2013, as subsequently amended (the “Registration Statement”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement to be filed separately by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

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, as amended.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: July 23, 2013

ONCONOVA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ramesh Kumar. Ph.D.

 

 

Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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