-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LPIJnE43zJpEn8XwpCNswof+jmzvxLKuZf5tjVqIbn1K41hJZRWR8VYnKkmY9U7O AIuLK8SWlGTt1vXxcreW1A== 0000891618-98-001827.txt : 19980422 0000891618-98-001827.hdr.sgml : 19980422 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000891618-98-001827 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980421 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVIRON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000949173 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] IRS NUMBER: 770309686 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12G SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20815 FILM NUMBER: 98597832 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 297 N BERNARDO AVE CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159196500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 297 NORTH BERNARDO AVE CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94043 8-A12G 1 FORM 8-A 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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 AVIRON (Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in its Charter) Delaware 77-0309686 (State of Incorporation or Organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 297 North Bernardo Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043 (Address of Principal Executive Offices ) (Zip Code) If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1), please check the following box. [ ] If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2), please check the following box. [X] 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 - --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- None
Securities to Be Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: 5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2005 (Title of Class) 2 ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. A description of the 5-3/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2005 (the "Convertible Notes") of Aviron (the "Registrant") to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled, "Description of Notes," commencing at page 25 of the Prospectus included in the Registrant's Form S-3 Registration Statement, No. 333-50505, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 20, 1998 (the "Form S-3"). ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 1 Indenture between the Registrant and Marine Midland Bank as Trustee, dated as of March 15, 1998, (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.12 to the Form S-3). 2 Registration Rights Agreement, by and among the Registrant, Morgan Stanley & Co., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. and Hambrecht & Quist LLC dated as of March 15, 1998 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.11 to the Form S-3). 3 Form of Convertible Note, (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.12 to the Form S-3).
3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. AVIRON (Registrant) Date: April 20, 1998 By: /s/ Fred Kurland ------------------------------------ Fred Kurland Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----