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

 

PREMIER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

35-2477140

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

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

 

 

 

13034 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Charlotte, NC

 

28277

(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, 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), please 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: 333-190828

 

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.

 

This Registration Statement on Form 8-A is registering the Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Class A common stock”), of Premier, Inc. (the “Company”) under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The description under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” relating to the Company’s Class A common stock in the prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-190828) as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2013, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), is incorporated herein by reference.  In addition, a description of the Class A common stock will be included under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Company’s final prospectus to be subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Registration Statement, and such prospectus shall be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Company 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, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

PREMIER, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: September 25, 2013

By:

/s/ Susan D. DeVore

 

Name:

Susan D. DeVore

 

Title:

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

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