1 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 BITSTREAM INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 04-2744890 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 215 First Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration of a class of registration of a class of debt securities and is debt securities and is to effective upon filing pursuant become effective to General Instruction A(c)(1) simultaneously with the please check the following effectiveness of a concurrent box. / / registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box. / / SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which to be so registered Each Class is to be Registered None None - --------------------- ------------------------------ SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) 2 ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED. The Securities being registered are the Registrant's Class A Common Stock a description of which is included under the caption "Description of Capital Stock" in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-11519), including amendments thereto, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 1996 and is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. A. Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.[1] B. By-laws of the Registrant.[1] C. Specimen copy of Class A Common Stock certificate of the Registrant.[1] - -------- 1 Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-11519), including amendments thereto, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 1996. -2- 3 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. BITSTREAM INC. By: /s/ C. Raymond Boelig ----------------------------- C. Raymond Boelig President and Chief Executive Officer Dated: October 15, 1996 -3-