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

CODEXIS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   71-0872999
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

200 Penobscot Drive

Redwood City, CA

  94063
(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

Common Stock, $0.0001 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), 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: 333-164044

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

 

 

 


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

The description of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Codexis, Inc. (the “Registrant”) set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-164044) as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 28, 2009 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as subsequently amended (the “Registration Statement”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, is hereby incorporated by reference in response to this item. Any form of prospectus subsequently filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that constitutes part of the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

Under the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed.


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.

 

Date: April 19, 2010     CODEXIS, INC.
      By:   /S/    DOUGLAS T. SHEEHY        
      Name:   Douglas T. Sheehy
      Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary