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

 

 

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-2530195
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3000 Tannery Way

Santa Clara, California

  95054
(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, par value $0.0001 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) or (e), 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) or (e), 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:

Not applicable

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

None

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form 8-A in connection with the transfer of the listing of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). The Registrant expects the listing and trading of its Common Stock on the NYSE to cease at the close of trading on October 22, 2021, and that trading will begin on Nasdaq at market open on October 25, 2021

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

The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock included in Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020 (File No. 001-35594), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 4, 2020, is incorporated herein by reference, except that any reference to the NYSE is hereby amended to refer to Nasdaq.

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 Nasdaq 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.

 

  Date: October 22, 2021

  PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Dipak Golechha

    Dipak Golechha
    Chief Financial Officer