As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2011
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
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Oxford
Lane Capital Corp.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Maryland
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27-2859071
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(State
of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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8
Sound Shore Drive, Suite 255
Greenwich,
CT
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06830
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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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.(d), check the following box.
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Securities
Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-167803
Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title
of each class
to be so
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 $0.01 per share
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The
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
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Securities
to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Item
1.
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Description of the
Registrant's Securities to be
Registered
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The
securities to be registered hereby are shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (the “Company”). The
description of the shares of common stock contained in the section entitled
“Description of Securities” in the Prospectus included in the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-167803), filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2010 (as amended from time to
time, the “Registration Statement”), is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement
that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed are hereby also
incorporated by reference herein.
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3.1
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Articles
of Amendment and Restatement of Oxford Lane Capital
Corp.*
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3.2
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws of Oxford Lane Capital
Corp.*
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4.1
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Specimen
Common Stock Certificate*
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Incorporated
by reference to Amendment No. 2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form N-2 (File No. 333-167803), filed on November 30,
2010.
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SIGNATURE
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: January
19, 2011
OXFORD
LANE CAPITAL CORP.
By:
/s/ Jonathan H.
Cohen
Name:
Jonathan H. Cohen
Title:
Chief
Executive Officer