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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

 

 

 

OKYO PHARMA LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Guernsey   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Martello Court, Admiral Park, St. Peter Port

Guernsey GY1 3HB

  Not Applicable
(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
American Depositary Shares, each representing 65 ordinary shares, no par value   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
     
Ordinary shares, no par value*   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: 333-263326

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

* Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing of the American Depositary Shares on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. The American Depositary Shares represent the right to receive ordinary shares and are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form F-6. Accordingly, the American Depositary Shares are exempt from the operation of Section 12(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 12a-8.

 

 

 

 
 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

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

 

OKYO Pharma Limited (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference (a) the description of its ordinary shares, no par value, contained under the heading “Description of Share Capital and Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation,” (b) the description of its American Depositary Shares, each representing 65 ordinary shares, no par value, contained under the heading “Description of the American Depositary Shares” and (c) the information set forth under the heading “Certain U.S. and Guernsey Tax Considerations,” in each case, in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (333-263326), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2022, as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”). In addition, all of the above-referenced descriptions included in any prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

In accordance with the “Instructions as to Exhibits” with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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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.

 

  OKYO PHARMA LIMITED
     
Date: May 10, 2022 By: /s/ Gary S. Jacob
  Name: Gary S. Jacob
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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