As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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
Talen Energy Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 47-1197305 | |
| (State of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| Two North Ninth Street Allentown, Pennsylvania |
18101 | |
| (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, par value $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), please 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), please check the following box. ¨
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-199888
(if applicable)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
| Item 1. | Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered. |
For a description of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Talen Energy Corporation (the “Registrant”) being registered hereunder, reference is made to the information set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-199888), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 5, 2014, as thereafter amended (the “Registration Statement”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement filed by the Registrant with the Commission on May 1, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2. | Exhibits. |
Under the “Instructions as to Exhibits” section of Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities to be registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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.
| TALEN ENERGY CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: May 13, 2015 | By: | /s/ Paul A. Farr | ||||
| Name: Paul A. Farr | ||||||
| Title: Director and Executive Vice President | ||||||