Form: 8-A12B

Form for the registration / listing of a class of securities on a national securities exchange pursuant to Section 12(b)

September 13, 2017

 

 

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

 

RYB Education, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands

 

Not Applicable

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

4/F, No. 29 Building, Fangguyuan Section 1, Fangzhuang

Fengtai District, Beijing 100078

People’s Republic of China

+(86) 10 8767 5611

(Address of principal executive offices, including 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 one Class A ordinary share

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share*

 

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. 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: 333-220259 (if applicable)

 

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 New York Stock Exchange. The American depositary shares represent Class A 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.

 

The description of the securities being registered is set forth under “Description of Share Capital” and “Description of American Depositary Shares” in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-220259), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2017, as amended, including any form of prospectus contained therein pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, which description and prospectus are incorporated herein by reference. Copies of such description will be filed with the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 2.   Exhibits.

 

No exhibits are required to be filed as the securities being registered on this form (1) are being registered on an exchange on which no other securities of the Registrant are registered, and (2) are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

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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.

 

 

 

RYB Education, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Yanlai Shi

 

 

Name:

Yanlai Shi

 

 

Title:

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: September 13, 2017

 

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