SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   33-0728374
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification no.)

2929 Seventh Street, Suite 100

Berkeley, CA

  94710-2753
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

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), please 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. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement number to which this form relates:    
  (if applicable)

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

 

Title of Each Class to   Name of Each Exchange on Which

be so Registered

 

Each Class is to be Registered

Preferred Share Purchase Rights   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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

 

 

 


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

A description of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights being registered hereunder is contained in Item 3.03 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2008, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

Exhibit 1   

Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating

Preferred Stock (1)

Exhibit 2   

Rights Agreement dated as of November 5, 2008, by and between the Company

and Mellon Investor Services LLC (1)

Exhibit 3    Form of Right Certificate (1)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50577), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2008.

 

2.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 5, 2008     DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    By:  

/s/    Dino Dina, M.D.        

     

Dino Dina, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

3.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

Exhibit 1   

Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating

Preferred Stock (1)

Exhibit 2   

Rights Agreement dated as of November 5, 2008, by and between the Company

and Mellon Investor Services LLC (1)

Exhibit 3    Form of Right Certificate (1)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50577), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2008.

 

4.