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 (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Xencor, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

20-1622502

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

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

 

 

 

111 West Lemon Avenue

 

 

Monrovia, California

 

91016

(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 exchange on which
each class is to be registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value 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), check the following box.   o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which the form relates:  333-191689

 

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.

 

A description of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Xencor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-191689), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 11, 2013, as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that constitutes part of the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.            Exhibits.

 

Under the “Instructions as to Exhibits” with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed with 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.

 

 

Xencor, Inc.

 

 

Date: November 6, 2013

By:

/s/ Bassil I. Dahiyat, PhD.

 

 

Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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