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 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Focus Financial Partners Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

47-4780811

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

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

 

825 Third Avenue, 27 th  Floor

New York, NY 10022

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which

to be so registered

 

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), 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:  333-225166

 

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 class of securities to be registered hereby is the Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Focus Financial Partners Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”).

 

A description of the Common Stock is set forth under the captions “Prospectus Summary” and “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus to be filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus will constitute a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration No. 333-225166), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2018. Such prospectus, in the form in which it is so filed, 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 required to be filed 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 Exchange Act.

 

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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.

 

 

FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ruediger Adolf

 

Name:

Ruediger Adolf

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

Date:  July 23, 2018

 

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