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

 

 

KEMET Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

57-0923789

(State of incorporation
or organization)

 

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

 

2835 Kemet Way, Simpsonville, South Carolina

 

29681

(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 $0.01 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), 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), check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:                      (If applicable)

 

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

 

 

(Title of class)

 

 

(Title of class)

 

 

 


 

This registration statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the application of KEMET Corporation (the “Company”) to list its common stock, par value $0.01 on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Item 1.        Description of Securities To Be Registered.

 

The description of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Prospectus forming a part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended, initially filed with the Commission on October 21, 2010 (File No. 333-170073), is hereby incorporated by reference.

 

Item 2.        Exhibits.

 

List below all exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement:

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits for Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Company are registered on the NYSE and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 12, 2010

 

 

KEMET CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ R. James Assaf

 

Name:  R. James Assaf

 

Title:  Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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