0000817979-12-000060.txt : 20121220 0000817979-12-000060.hdr.sgml : 20121220 20121220102155 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000817979-12-000060 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121220 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121220 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ACCURIDE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000817979 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 611109077 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32483 FILM NUMBER: 121276087 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ACCURIDE STREET 2: 7140 OFFICE CIRCLE CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47715 BUSINESS PHONE: 8129625000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7140 OFFICE CIRCLE CITY: EVANSVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47715 8-A12B/A 1 acw8aa122012.htm 8-A/A acw8aa122012.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
__________________________
FORM 8-A/A
 
Amendment No. 2
__________________________
 
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
ACCURIDE CORPORATION
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Delaware
      
61-1109077
(State or other jurisdiction
      
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
of incorporation or organization)
      
Number)

 
7140 Office Circle, Evansville, IN
  
47715
(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
  
 
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.  þ
 
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:  Not applicable
(if applicable)
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
None
(Title of Class)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

Reference is hereby made to the Amended Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by Accuride Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2012 (“Registration Statement”), relating to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2012 (the “Amended and Restated Rights Agreement”), between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent.  Such Registration Statement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.  The response to Item 1 of the Registration Statement is amended to add the following paragraph as the last paragraph of Item 1:
 
On December 19, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved, and the Company entered into, Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”).  The purpose of the Amendment is to shorten the expiration of the Rights Agreement from November 9, 2015 to April 30, 2014.
 
The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 20, 2012, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 Item 2.  Exhibits
 
1.  
Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 19, 2012, to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2012, by and between Accuride Corporation and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 20, 2012).
 

 
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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.
 
 
Accuride Corporation
 
     
Date:
 December 20, 2012
  
 /s/  Stephen A. Martin
 
Stephen A. Martin
 
Senior Vice President / General Counsel
 
 

 
 
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