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

 


 

Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

82-4592913

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

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

 

35 Gatehouse Drive
Waltham, Massachusetts

 


02451

( 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, $0.001 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

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.   o

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-226920

 

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

 

 

 



 

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

 

The description of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming a part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-226920), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 17, 2018, as subsequently amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. The prospectus to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which will constitute part of the Registration Statement, 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 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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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

Date: September 21, 2018

Entasis Therapeutics Holdings Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Gutch

 

 

Michael Gutch

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer

 

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