Form: 8-A12B

Form for the registration / listing of a class of securities on a national securities exchange pursuant to Section 12(b)

November 12, 2013

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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

 

Trevena, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

26-1469215

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1018 West 8th Avenue, Suite A
King of Prussia, PA

 

19406

(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 exchange on which
each class is to be registered

Common Stock, $0.001 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), please 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.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement number to which the form relates:  333-191643

 

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

None

 

 

 


 

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

 

Trevena, 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. 333-191643), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 9, 2013, as subsequently 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, which description included in such 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 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.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Trevena, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 12, 2013

By:

/s/ Maxine Gowen

 

 

Name: Maxine Gowen

 

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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