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 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-2166630
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

3001 Deming Way

Middleton, Wisconsin

  53562
(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

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights   The 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: (if applicable)

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

N/A

(Title of class)

 

 

 


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

On February 24, 2018, the Board of Directors of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”), payable on March 8, 2018, for each share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company outstanding on March 8, 2018 (the “Record Date”) to the stockholders of record on that date. In connection with the distribution of the Rights, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”), dated as of February 24, 2018, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.

Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series R Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of the Company at a price of $462.00 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share represented by a Right (the “Purchase Price”), subject to adjustment.

The Rights are in all respects subject to and governed by the provisions of the Rights Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Rights is incorporated herein by reference to the description set forth under Items 1.01 and 5.03 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2018 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Rights Agreement.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

    No.    

  

Description of Exhibit

3.1    Certificate of Designation of Series R Preferred Stock of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2018).
4.1    Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2018, between Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2018).


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.

 

SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Nathan E. Fagre

  Name:   Nathan E. Fagre
  Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: February 26, 2018


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

    No.    

  

Description of Exhibit

3.1    Certificate of Designation of Series R Preferred Stock of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2018).
4.1    Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 2018, between Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2018).