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

 

 

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

46-3640387

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

4130 ParkLake Avenue, Suite 400, Raleigh, NC

 

27612

(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

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), check the following box.   o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333- 198644

 

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.

 

The shares to be registered hereunder are shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (the “Registrant”). A description of Common Stock is set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock — Common Stock” in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-198644) relating to Common Stock, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such description shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference because no securities other than Common Stock 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, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

PRA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Bonello

 

Name:

Michael Bonello

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller

 

 

Date: November 6, 2014

 

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