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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 (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Guidewire Software, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   36-4468504
(State of incorporation or organization)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2211 Bridgepointe Parkway

San Mateo, CA

   94404
(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 $0.0001 per share

   The 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: 333-176667

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

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

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

Guidewire Software, Inc. (the “Registrant”) registers hereunder its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). A description of the Registrant’s Common Stock and a description of the Anti-Takeover Effects of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are incorporated by reference herein to the information set forth under heading “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-176667) (the “Registration Statement”), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 2, 2011, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The description of the Common Stock included in any form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

Under the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

SIGNATURES

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.

 

    GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC.
Date: January 9, 2012   By:  

        /s/ Marcus S. Ryu

    Marcus S. Ryu
    President and Chief Executive Officer