0001193125-14-424371.txt : 20141125 0001193125-14-424371.hdr.sgml : 20141125 20141125101609 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-424371 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20141125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20141125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 042209186 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08002 FILM NUMBER: 141248105 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 BUSINESS PHONE: 7816221000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THERMO ELECTRON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-A12B 1 d827032d8a12b.htm FORM 8-A Form 8-A

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
   04-2209186
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

81 Wyman Street

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(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

2.000% Notes due 2025   New York Stock Exchange 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), check the following box.  x

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: 333-187080

                                                                                                                           (If applicable)

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

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (the “Company”) has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-187080) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and a prospectus dated March 6, 2013 (the “Base Prospectus”), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated November 17, 2014 (the “Prospectus Supplement”), filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the securities to be registered hereunder. The Company incorporates by reference the Base Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement to the extent set forth below.

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

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information contained in the sections captioned “Description of the Notes” and “Certain Material U.S. Federal Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus Supplement and “Description of Debt Securities” in the Base Prospectus.

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

   

Exhibit Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 20, 2009 (File No. 001-08002)).
4.2    Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2014, among the Company, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as paying agent, including form of the Note (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2014 (File No. 001-08002))
4.3    Paying Agency Agreement, dated as of November 24, 2014, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2014 (File No. 001-08002))

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.

 

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
By:   /s/ Seth H. Hoogasian
 

Name: Seth H. Hoogasian

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: November 25, 2014