SEC Form 8-A12B filed by Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc.

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

Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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), 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), check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-282187

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.

The securities (the “Shares”) to be registered hereunder are shares of 8.00% Series A Preferred Shares due 2029, par value $0.001 per share, of Sound Point Meridian Capital, Inc. (the “Registrant”). The Shares are expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and to trade thereon within 30 days of the date of the Prospectus (as defined below) under the trading symbol “SPMA.”

A description of the Shares is contained under the headings “Summary of Offering,” “Distribution Policy,” “Dividend Reinvestment Plan,” “Description of Our Series A Preferred Shares” and “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters” in the preliminary prospectus dated October 24, 2024 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”) included in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form N-2 (as amended from time to time, the (“Registration Statement”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (Registration Nos. 333-282187 and 811-23881, respectively), and under the headings “Summary of Offering,” “Distribution Policy,” “Dividend Reinvestment Plan,” “Description of Our Series A Preferred Shares” and “U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters” in the prospectus dated October 31, 2024 (the “Prospectus”), as filed with the Commission under the Securities Act on November 4, 2024. The descriptions of the Shares contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus and in any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed with the Commission under the Securities Act are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, the documents listed below are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

SIGNATURE

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.

Date: November 4, 2024