As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2011.

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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

MedQuist Holdings Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		98-0676666
(State of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9009 Carothers Parkway, Franklin, TN		37067
(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. þ		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:		333-169997
		(If applicable)

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
Common stock, par value U.S. $0.10 per share		The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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.

          A description of the common stock, par value U.S. $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), of MedQuist Holdings Inc. (the “Registrant”) will be contained in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-169997) relating to the Common Stock, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (such prospectus as filed pursuant to 424(b), the “Prospectus”). The description of the Common Stock contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Form 8-A.

Item 2: Exhibits.

None.

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.