8-A12B

 

 

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

 

 

BLACKHAWK NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   43-2099257

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

6220 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, CA   94588
(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

Class A Common Stock, $0.001 per share 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: 333-187325 (if applicable)

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 Class A common stock, $0.001 per share par value, to be registered hereunder is set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus that constitutes a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-187325, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2013, as subsequently amended by any amendments to such Registration Statement and by any form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with such Registration Statement (as so amended, the “Registration Statement”). Such Registration Statement, and any form of prospectus subsequently filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that includes such description, are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Under 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.

 

    BLACKHAWK NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.
Date: April 16, 2013     By:  

/s/ David Durant

    Name:   David Durant
    Title:   Group Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary