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
SEER, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
82-1153150 |
(State of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3800 Bridge Parkway, Suite 102 Redwood City, California 94065 |
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code) |
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class to be so registered |
Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered |
Class A Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share |
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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) or (e), check the following box. ☐
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not Applicable
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered
As of February 26, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Seer, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 9, 2026 (the “Record Date”). Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Company at an exercise price of $11.00 (the “Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment. The complete terms of the Rights are set forth in a Tax Benefit Preservation Plan (the “Plan”), dated as of February 26, 2026, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as rights agent.
By adopting the Plan, the Board is seeking to protect the Company’s ability to use its net operating losses and other tax attributes (collectively, “Tax Benefits”). The Company views its Tax Benefits as highly valuable assets of the Company that are likely to inure to the benefit of the Company and its stockholders. However, if the Company experiences an “ownership change,” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), its ability to use the Tax Benefits could be substantially limited, and the timing of the usage of the Tax Benefits could be substantially delayed; these could significantly impair the value of the Tax Benefits. Generally, an “ownership change” occurs if the percentage of the Company’s stock owned by one or more “five percent stockholders” increases by more than 50 percentage points over the lowest percentage of stock owned by such stockholders at any time during the prior three-year period or, if sooner, since the last “ownership change” experienced by the Company. The Plan is intended to deter acquisitions of 4.9 percent or more of the outstanding Common Stock by any person without the approval of the Board. This would protect the Tax Benefits because changes in ownership by a person owning less than 4.9 percent of the Common Stock are not included in the calculation of “ownership change” for purposes of Section 382 of the Code. The Board believes that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders that the Company provide for the protection of the Tax Benefits by adopting the Plan.
The following is a summary of the terms of the Plan. The summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Unless the context requires otherwise, any capitalized terms used in the following summary that are not otherwise defined will have the meaning given to such terms in the Plan.
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Distribution and Transfer of Rights; Rights Certificates: |
The Board has declared a dividend of one Right for each outstanding share of Common Stock. Prior to the Distribution Date referred to below: •the Rights will be evidenced by and trade with the certificates for the Common Stock (or, with respect to any uncertificated Common Stock registered in book entry form, by notation in book entry), and no separate rights certificates will be distributed; •new Common Stock certificates issued after the Record Date will contain a legend incorporating the Plan by reference (for uncertificated Common Stock registered in book entry form, this legend will be contained in a notation in book entry); and •the surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common Stock (or the surrender for transfer of any uncertificated Common Stock registered in book entry form) will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such Common Stock. Rights will accompany any new shares of Common Stock that are issued after the Record Date. |
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.
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SEER, INC. |
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Date: February 26, 2026 |
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/s/ David Horn |
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David Horn |
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President and Chief Financial Officer |