UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-A
FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
CHINA
JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant in
its charter)
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Nevada
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98-0557852
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(State
of incorporation or organization)
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( I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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Room
507-513, 5th Floor, A Building, Meidu Plaza
Gongshu
District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
People’s
Republic of China
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title
of each class
to
be registered:
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Name
of each exchange on which
each
class is to be registered:
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Common
stock, par value $.001 per share
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The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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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.9(d), check the following box.
o
Securities
Act registration statement file number to which this form
relates:
333-163879
Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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(Title
of class)
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(Title
of class)
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Item
1. Description
of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
This
Registration Statement on Form 8-A is being filed in connection with the listing
of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.
(the “Registrant”) on the NASDAQ Stock Market.
A
description of the Registrant’s common stock is set forth under the caption
“Description of Securities” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-163879), as initially filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 21, 2009, as subsequently amended (the
“Registration Statement”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement. Such portion of the Registration Statement is 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 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.
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.
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CHINA
JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC.
(Registrant)
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Date: April
21, 2010
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By:
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/s/
Bennet P. Tchaikovsky
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Bennet
P. Tchaikovsky
Chief
Financial Officer
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