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

 

 

Neothetics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-8527075
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

9191 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 400

San Diego, CA

  92122
(Address of principal executive offices)   (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, $0.0001 par value   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

 

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:

333-199449.

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 common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Neothetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”) to be registered hereunder is set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-199449) as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 17, 2014, as subsequently amended (the “Registration Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, a description of the Common Stock will be included in a prospectus to be subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the Registration Statement, and such prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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 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.

 

Date: November 18, 2014     Neothetics, Inc.
    By:  

/s/ George W. Mahaffey

    Name:   George W. Mahaffey
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer