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

 

 

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   90-0199783
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

100 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94103

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

    each class is to be registered    

N/A   N/A

 

 

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.   ¨

 

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.   x

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): None

 

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

 

Class B Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

(Title of class)

 

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

 

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its Class B Common Stock contained under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus that forms a part of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-120614), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 19, 2004, as subsequently amended (the “Registration Statement”), together with the description contained under such caption included in the form of final prospectus filed separately by Registrant with the Commission on February 17, 2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein as indicated below:

 

3.1*    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
3.2*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
4.1    Form of Class B Common Stock certificate of the Registrant.
* Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. filed on November 19, 2004, as amended (File No. 333-120614).

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.

 

Date: January 25, 2006

  DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Mark Anderson

        Mark Anderson
        Vice President, General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

3.1*    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
3.2*    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
4.1       Form of Class B Common Stock certificate of the Registrant.
* Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. filed on November 19, 2004, as amended (File No. 333-120614).

Exhibit 4.1

 

CLASS B COMMON STOCK              CLASS B COMMON STOCK
                  NUMBER              SHARES                  

 

[DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. LOGO]

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA, JERSEY

CITY, NJ AND

NEW YORK, NY

              

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

 

 

IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF

 

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE CLASS B COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE, OF

 

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

 

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

 

WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

 

Dated:

 

[DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. SEAL]

 

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD                 COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
                      EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
                  SECRETARY                     TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
                  BY  

 

                      AUTHORIZED OFFICER

DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.

 

The Corporation will furnish upon request and without charge to each stockholder the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each class of stock and series within a class of stock of the Corporation, as well as the qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to those preferences and/or rights. A stockholder may make the request to the Corporation or to the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM      –      as tenants in common        UNIF GIFT MIN ACT      –                               Custodian                     
                                     (Cust)                                   (Minor)
TEN ENT      –      as tenants by the entireties                      under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                                     Act                                                       
JT TEN      –      as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common                      (State)
                       UNIF TRF MIN ACT      –                    Custodian (until age               )
                                                      under Uniform Transfers
                                       (Minor)
                                     To Minors Act                                       
                                                                            (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                  hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

        IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

                             
                               
                               
                               

 

 

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

 
 
 

 

Shares of the Class B Common Stock represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

 

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

DATED   X    
        X  

 

            NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST STRICTLY CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR AND WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:        
BY  

 

       
    THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION, (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.        

 

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.