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

UNIVAR INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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

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

Warrants to acquire 0.1525 shares of common stock,

$0.01 par value per share, of Univar Inc. and $1.51

(Title of Each Class)

Explanatory Note

On February 28, 2019, Univar Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Univar”), completed its previously announced acquisition of Nexeo Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Nexeo”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger Agreement, dated September 17, 2018 (the “Merger Agreement”), among Nexeo, Univar, Pilates Merger Sub I Corp, a Delaware corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Univar (“Merger Sub I”), and Pilates Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Univar (“Merger Sub II”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub I merged with and into Nexeo (the “Initial Merger”), with Nexeo surviving the Initial Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Univar, and (ii) immediately following the Initial Merger, Nexeo merged with and into Merger Sub II (the “Subsequent Merger” and together with the Initial Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II surviving as the surviving company in the Subsequent Merger.

This registration statement on Form 8-A relates to the registration by Univar of Nexeo’s outstanding warrants under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The description of the warrants contained in the section “DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK” in the prospectus included in Nexeo’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-212200) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 1, 2016, as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), is incorporated herein by reference, as further supplemented below.

Following the completion of the Initial Merger, each outstanding and unexercised warrant to purchase shares of Nexeo common stock issued by Nexeo (each, a “Nexeo Warrant”) is exercisable for 0.1525 shares of Univar Common Stock and $1.51 in cash, which represents the merger consideration that would have been payable in respect of the one-half (1/2) share of Nexeo Common Stock that the holder of each warrant would have been entitled to receive had such holder exercised such Nexeo Warrant immediately prior to the effective time of the Initial Merger, upon the terms and conditions specified in the Nexeo Warrants and the Warrant Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2014, by and between WL Ross Holding Corp and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Nexeo’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 16, 2014 (the “Nexeo Warrant Agreement”). Effective February 28, 2019, Univar Inc. appointed Equiniti Trust Company (“Equiniti”) as successor warrant agent pursuant to Section 8.2.1 (Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent) of the Nexeo Warrant Agreement, and Equiniti assumed the obligations of the Warrant Agent under the Nexeo Warrant Agreement.

Following the effective time of the Initial Merger, Univar may elect to cause the Nexeo Warrants to be exercisable only on a “cashless” basis as described in the Nexeo Warrants and the Nexeo Warrant Agreement.

Also on March 1, 2018, a Form 25 was filed with the SEC delisting the Nexeo Warrants from the NASDAQ Capital Market, the trading of which was suspended as of the close of market on February 28, 2019. Holders of Nexeo Warrants will no longer be able to trade the Nexeo Warrants on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

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.

Dated: March 1, 2019