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

 

 

AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   46-1336960
(State of incorporation or organization)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

10975 N. Torrey Pines Road, Suite 150

La Jolla, California 92037

  92037

(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:  ☒

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 file number to which this form relates: 333-238612

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, $0.0001 par value per share, of Avidity Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus that constitutes part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-238612) initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 22, 2020, including exhibits, and as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that constitutes part of the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be 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 with this registration statement, 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, thereto duly authorized.

 

Dated: June 9, 2020   AVIDITY BIOSCIENCES, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Sarah Boyce

  Name:   Sarah Boyce
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer