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

 

 

NOVAN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-4427682
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4222 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 200  
Durham, North Carolina   27703
(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 per share   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.   ¨

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.   ¨

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-213276

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

 

 

 

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

The description of the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Registrant set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus included in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-213276), as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2016 and as subsequently amended (the “ Registration Statement ”), is hereby incorporated by reference. Any form of prospectus that constitutes part of the Registration Statement and is subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall be deemed incorporated by herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for 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, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: September 16, 2016     NOVAN, INC.
    By:  

/s/ Nathan Stasko

      Nathan Stasko
      President and Chief Executive Officer