Form 8-A

 

 

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

 

 

SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   30-0041666
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification no.)

 

8125 Highwoods Palm Way

Tampa, Florida

  33647
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

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. ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement number to which this form
relates:
   
  (if applicable)
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
     
Preferred Share Purchase Rights   The New York Stock Exchange

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 Preferred Share Purchase Rights being registered hereunder is contained in Item 3.03 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2008, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

Exhibit 1    Rights Agreement dated as of November 16, 2008, between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, including the form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, the form of Right Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B and C, respectively (1)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32432), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2008.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 19, 2008     SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS, INC.
    By:   /s/ Laura E. Binion
      Laura E. Binion
      Senior Vice President and
      General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

Exhibit 1    Rights Agreement dated as of November 16, 2008, between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC, including the form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, the form of Right Certificate and the Summary of Rights attached thereto as Exhibits A, B and C, respectively (1)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-32432), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2008.

 

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