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

 

 

Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		92-0890338
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

355 Quality Circle NW

Huntsville, Alabama 35806

(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 registered		Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 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) 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:

333-295691

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

None

 

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

A description of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to be registered hereunder is contained in the section titled “Description of Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-295691) initially publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 8, 2026, as subsequently amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), and is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that constitutes part of the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed herewith 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.

 

				Applied Aerospace & Defense, Inc.
Dated: June 3, 2026				By:		/s/ James William Ferguson, III
				Name:		James William Ferguson, III
				Title:		Chief Executive Officer