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

 

Moelis & Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

46-4500216

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

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

 

399 Park Avenue, 5 th  Floor

 

 

New York, New York

 

10022

(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

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

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 this form relates:  333-194306

 

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

 

 

 


 

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

 

For a description of the securities to be registered hereunder, reference is made to the information set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock—Class A Common Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-194306), which information is hereby incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Registrant’s Class A common stock included in any prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.   Exhibits.

 

No exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the New York Stock Exchange 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.

 

Dated: April 11, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

MOELIS & COMPANY

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Osamu Watanabe

 

 

Name:

Osamu Watanabe

 

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

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