As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2007.

U.S. 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

POLARIS ACQUISITION CORP.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
 
26-0443717
(State of Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
2200 Fletcher Avenue, 4th floor
Fort Lee, New Jersey
 
07024
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
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. o
 
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-145759
 
(If applicable)
 
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
     
Units, each consisting of one share of Common Stock and one Common Stock Purchase Warrant
 
American Stock Exchange
     
Common Stock, $.0001 par value
 
American Stock Exchange
     
Common Stock Purchase Warrants
 
American Stock Exchange
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
 
 
(Title of Class)

 
 

 

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

The securities to be registered hereby are the units, common stock and common stock purchase warrants of Polaris Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”). The description of the units, common stock and common stock purchase warrants contained under the heading “Description of Securities” in the registration statement initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2007, as amended from time to time (File No. 333-145759) (the “Registration Statement”) to which this Form 8-A relates is incorporated herein by reference. Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed are hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.
Index to Exhibits.
 
*3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
*3.2
By-Laws
*4.1
Specimen Unit Certificate
*4.2
Specimen Common Stock Certificate
*4.3
Specimen Warrant Certificate
*4.4
Form of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company and the Registrant

*
Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit of the same number filed with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2007.

 
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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.
 
     
 
POLARIS ACQUISITION CORP.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: November 29, 2007
By:   /s/ Marc V. Byron
 
Marc V. Byron
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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