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

 

CM Life Sciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   85-1966622
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     

c/o Corvex Management LP

667 Madison Avenue

New York, New York

  10065
(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
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
     
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
     
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock, each at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   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) or (e), check the following box. ☒

 

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) or (e), check the following box. ☐

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

 

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: 333-246251

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

The securities to be registered hereby are the units, shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and redeemable warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock of CM Life Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”). The description of the units, Class A common stock and warrants set forth under the heading “Description of Securities” in the Registrant’s prospectus forming a part of its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-246251), originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2020, as thereafter amended and supplemented from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), to which this Form 8-A relates is incorporated by reference herein. Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed are hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.Exhibits.

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

  CM LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
   
Date:  August 31, 2020 By: /s/ Brian Emes
  Name:  Brian Emes
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

 

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