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    SEC Form 8-A12B filed by Virtu Financial Inc.

    6/12/25 8:00:07 AM ET
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    8-A12B 1 eh250639881_8a12b.htm FORM 8-A12B FORM 8-K

     

     

    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

    _____________________________________

    VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    _____________________________________

     

    Delaware

     

    32-0420206

    (State or other jurisdiction of

    incorporation or organization)

     

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

         

    1633 Broadway

    New York, NY

     

    10019

    (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 registered  

    Name of each exchange on which

    each class is to be registered

    Class A Common stock, par value $0.00001 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 (if applicable): Not applicable

     

    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.

    Virtu Financial, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the transfer of the listing of its Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), from the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq”) to the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). The Registrant expects that listing of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq will cease at close of trading on June 16, 2025, and the listing of the Common Stock on the NYSE will commence at market open on June 17, 2025.

    The description under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” relating to the Registrant’s Common Stock included in the Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2025 (File No. 001-37352) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is incorporated herein by reference, except that any reference to Nasdaq is hereby amended to refer to the NYSE.

    Item 2. Exhibits.

    Not applicable.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    SIGNATURE

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities and 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.

     

    Date: June 12, 2025

     

      VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.  
         
      By: /s/ Justin Waldie  
        Name: Justin Waldie  
        Title: Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel  

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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