UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-A/A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC. 

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 

20-4568600 

(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
   

Bedminster One

135 Route 202/206 

Bedminster, New Jersey


07921 

(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 registered 

Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered 

Series A Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
New York Stock Exchange

 

 

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. ☐

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: None.

 

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

 

 

 

(Title of Class)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

The Company’s Form 8-A registration statement originally filed on April 9, 2013 and as amended on April 8, 2016 is hereby amended to describe the following transaction:

 

Effective April 8, 2019, GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 2 to its Rights Agreement dated as of April 9, 2013 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 8, 2016, the “Rights Agreement”) with Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as rights agent, to extend the term of the Rights Agreement to April 9, 2022 unless earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement. In addition, the exercise price of the rights is changed from $27.50 to $28.00.

 

The material terms of Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Agreement are described in the Company’s Form 8-K dated April 9, 2019.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

1.Amendment No. 2, dated April 8, 2019, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2013, between GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as Rights Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 9, 2019).

 

 

 

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.

 

  GAIN CAPITAL HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ Diego Rotsztain
    Name: Diego Rotsztain
    Title: EVP, General Counsel and Secretary

 

April 9, 2019