8-A12B 1 0001.txt ================================================================================ 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 ------------ ARVINMERITOR, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Indiana 38-3354643 (State of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer or organization) Identification No.) 2135 West Maple Road Troy, Michigan 48084-7186 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration of a class of registration of a class of securities pursuant to securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following please check the following box. |X| box. |_| Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: ______________________ (if applicable) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on Title of each class to be registered which each class is to be registered Preferred Share Purchase Rights 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 ArvinMeritor, Inc. (the "Company") has entered into a Rights Agreement dated as of July 3, 2000 with EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent ("EquiServe"), with respect to preferred share purchase rights (the "Rights Agreement"). The purchase price for the rights will be $100. A description of the Rights Agreement is contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of the Company (Registration No. 333-36448) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration Statement"). The description is subject to the detailed provisions of, and is qualified by reference to, the Rights Agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Item 2. Exhibits 1. Rights Agreement dated as of July 3, 2000 between ArvinMeritor, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent. 2 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. ARVINMERITOR, INC. By /s/ Vernon G. Baker, II ---------------------------------------- Name: Vernon G. Baker, II Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Dated: July 10, 2000 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Sequentially ------- Numbered Page ------------- 1. Rights Agreement dated as of July 3, 2000 between ArvinMeritor, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent.