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

 

 

Pfenex Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-1356759
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

10790 Roselle Street

San Diego, CA 92121

(Address of principal executive offices and 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, par value $0.001 per share   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

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.   ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-196539

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

None

 

 

 


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

Pfenex Inc. (the “ Registrant ”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be registered hereunder contained under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-196539), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on June 5, 2014, as amended (the “ Registration Statement ”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement to be filed separately by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

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 Registrant are registered on The New York Stock Exchange 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.

 

Date: July 14, 2014

 

PFENEX INC.

 

By: 

 

/s/ Paul A. Wagner

    Paul A. Wagner
    Chief Financial Officer